PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL RETIREMENT SYSTEM

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ACCOUNTANT 2

Job Location:

Address: 3010 E. Camelback Rd. Suite #200
Phoenix, AZ  85016

Posting Details:

Salary: $40,496 - $60,000 

Grade: 20

Closing Date: March 27, 2026

Job Summary:

The accountant 2 is responsible for preparing, posting and reconciling all cash disbursements and receipts including refunds, pension payroll, accounts payable, transfers in and out, intersystem transfers, benefits transfers, daily contribution checks, daily contribution wire transfers, monitoring disbursement request for appropriateness and ensuring all approvals and authorizations are in place. Additionally, they are responsible for the preparation of reports including the daily cash sheet, budget reports, month end financials and ACFR production, maintaining and reconciling internal databases, preparing downloads and uploads for internal contributions and benefits database to the internal accounting system, preparing downloads and uploads from Mellon investments to internal accounting system and other related duties as assigned.

This position may be available for remote work within Arizona (# days per week in the office/hoteling).

The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

Job Duties:

• Process daily GL transactions including check deposits and incoming wire deposits.
• Reconcile trial balance cash accounts for multiple bank accounts.
• Perform cash flow analysis and maintain daily average balances to avoid bank fees.
• Monitor and review processed accounting transactions and related system reports for accuracy and completeness.
• Receive agency invoices and purchase orders, enter all invoices into Great Plains, verify GL accounts of all payments, verify all proper signatures and purchase orders accounted for, ensure proper funds available for payments.
• Create payments, wire cash from money market accounts to checking accounts, create and upload ACH files for EFT payments, create and upload positive pay files for checks, create and reconcile GL entries.
• Create all reports used by benefits and insurance departments, reconcile all records in benefits and insurance ledgers to all records in GL.
• Reconciliation of all contributions received in contribution ledger to all journal entries made in GL.
• Create month end contribution accruals and monthly GL export for Great Plains import from EPIC detailed transactions.
• Design and create ad hoc reports, spreadsheets and forms for the Accounting department and other departments within the agency.
• Streamline internal processes across many departments.
• Access multiple databases with Excel queries to import external data to create fully customizable reports, spreadsheets and forms.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge of:
• Generally accepted accounting practices and principles (GAAP).
• Principles, concepts, practices, metho