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ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST I - Job # 524631

Job Location:

Arizona Correctional Industries (ACI)
4441 East McDowell Road
Phoenix, Arizona 85008
https://corrections.az.gov/

Salary: $41,040.00
Grade: 16
Closing Date: 03/15/2024

Job Summary:

Do you have experience working in a secure manufacturing environment? Do you have any college accounting course credits? This is the perfect opportunity to join our rewarding ACI team!

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is looking for an accounting specialist with excellent communication skills. This position performs a variety of finance and budgeting functions and/or transactions, using AZ360 and the AZ Procurement Portal (APP). Retrieves and compiles complex data from database systems and sources to prepare monthly reports and reconciliations. Enforce sanitation and security practices in accordance with agency policies, procedures and best practices.

For further information about the Arizona Correctional Industries visit: https://aci.az.gov/

Job Duties:

- Processes sales orders, invoices and customer payments
- Resolves customer and sales representative issues
- Reconciles customer account discrepancies
- Processes customer refunds and credit memos as necessary
- Reviews, analyzes and approves fiscal transactions such as invoices and payments using AZ360 and Arizona Procurement Portal (APP) programs
- Prepares adjusting journal entries concerning accounts receivable
- Creates and applies credit memos and adjustments to customer accounts
- Researches and resolves accounting and invoice issues with customers and staff
- Confers with the Controller, Assistant Controller and other department management
- Recommends changes to departmental procedures to increase efficiency
- Attends weekly accounts meetings
- Meets with the Controller and Assistant Controller to review current accounts receivable aging
- Generates reports and prepares journal entries
- Drives on State business or to perform audits at outlying ACI shops
- Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge of:
- Governmental and manufacturing accounting principles
- Government payment methods and concepts
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- Techniques of proper collecting from private and government entities
- Current sales tax procedures and policies
- Office procedures
- Practices and policies relating to work habits
- Accounting systems, spreadsheets and formulas

Skill in:
- Applying accounting principles and practices
- Effective verbal and written communication
- Analysis and interpretation of accounting information
- Training accounting procedures and methods
- Maintaining accounts receivable in Epicor
- Microsoft Office - Creating Excel spreadsheets
- Planning, coordinating and establishing priorities
- Effective problem-solving and research

Ability to:
- Set priorities
- Communicate effectively
- Analyze reports
- Learn and be proficient in the use of Epicor and Arizona Financial Information Systems accounting systems and Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets
- Plan and communicate with staff and customers
- Research and resolve issues
- Work in a correctional environment with inmates

Selective Preference(s):

- Minimum of 12 semester hours of accounting classes or an Associate’s Degree in accounting from an accredited University
- Five (5) years of working experience in accounting
- Office procedures and management classes

Pre-Employment Requirements:

Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation and a drug test.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2-10-207.11).

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

Benefits:

We offer an excellent and affordable comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees:
- Vacation and sick days with 10 paid holidays per year
- Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
- Robust and affordable insurance plan to include medical, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability options
- Exceptional retirement program
- Optional employee benefits such as deferred compensation plans, credit union membership, and a wellness program
- An incentivized commuter club and public transportation subsidy program

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

Retirement:

Positions in this classification participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). Enrollment eligibility will become effective after 27 weeks of employment.

Current ADCRR Employees: Consult with your respective Human Resources Liaison if you are in a different retirement plan than the one indicated above.

**Apply at** https://www.azstatejobs.gov/jobs/ce0c08bf-7516-4ab1-9eb2-53534f6e332f

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $41,040.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to Relocate:

• Phoenix, AZ 85008: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person