Financial Reporting Section Manager (SPSA Opt. 2)

at Department of Healthcare and Family Services in Springfield, Illinois, United States Job Description Essential Functions Subject to management approval, serves as Financial Reporting Section Manager for the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services ( HFS ), Division of Finance, Bureau of Fiscal Operations by overseeing the Department’s annual Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ( GAAP ) reporting processes through planning, directing, evaluating, and coordinating the operations and activities of staff responsible for financial reporting in accordance with GAAP statements Serves as full line supervisor Establishes, directs, and implements accounting policy, methods, and procedures related to the operation of the Financial Reporting Section Monitors, reviews, and analyzes automated accounting systems and procedures within the Department to ensure procedures, controls, and interfaces to the Department’s accounting system are implemented in accordance with GAAP, Governmental Accounting Standards Board ( GASB ), and requirements of the Illinois Office of the Comptroller’s ( IOC ) Statewide Accounting Management System ( SAMS ) Manual Evaluates policies and procedures affecting the Department’s financial reporting Supervises and coordinates the collection of financial information and other data as needed from bureaus within HFS and other agencies Conducts strategic planning and prioritizes to ensure that accounting needs of the department and interfaces with the Department’s accounting system are addressed Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above Minimum Qualifications Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college, preferably with courses in fiscal management, accounting, and budgeting Requires prior experience equivalent to four (4) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in accounting, external auditing or budgetary planning and control, or public accounting To view full details and how to apply, please login or create a Job Seeker account