ACCOUNTANT TECHNICIAN 3

JOB Nevada Health Authority is recruiting for an Accountant Technician 3 located in Carson City. Under the direction of the Administrative Services Officer Il, the incumbent is responsible for fiscal review and final approval of payment vouchers, journal vouchers, and cash receipts. This positions reconciles the bank accounts on a monthly basis, reviews the weekly Provider Run, and prepares the monthly Buy-In wire transfer. Act as a liaison between Program staff as well as other State Agencies. Accountant Technicians reconcile and monitor specific accounting and fiscal functions or activities within a department establishing or using established procedures and guidelines that are not limited to the State Administrative Manual. Reconciliation includes balancing departmental records with reports generated by the State's central accounting system as well as federal and other accounting systems. Monitoring includes ensuring accounting functions and activities are in compliance with reporting requirements and grant specifications.

EXAMPLE OF DUTIES

Graduation from high school and four years of financial records maintenance experience which included duties such as designing, implementing and interpreting narrative and data reports; applying principles of accounting to analyze financial information; preparing entries to accounts; analyzing assets and liabilities and preparing balance sheets; auditing contracts, vouchers and other documents and preparing summary transaction reports; implementing accounting control procedures; and overseeing the work of other accounting staff; OR one year of experience as an Accountant Technician II in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

This job specification lists the major knowledge, skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge, skills and abilities from a previous level.

Working knowledge of:

advanced spreadsheet and word processing software applicable to developing financial reporting and data collection systems; fund, managerial, governmental, and cost accounting principles and practice.

General knowledge of:

federal requirements for fund disbursement, record retention and audit purposes as applied to maintaining sufficient departmental operating funds, proper documentation and accountability.

Ability to:

perform complex reconciliations to determine accuracy of account balances; write/update procedure manuals for multiple and complex financial processes; perform revenue and expenditure processing activities in multiple, complex financial areas; instruct system users in understanding reports generated by the accounting system; prepare clear and understandable reports substantiated by necessary references or other documentation applied to financial statements, special reports, federal reports and balance sheets.

Recruiter Contact Information:

Victoria Sheehan - Torisheehan@admin.nv.gov