Accounting Control Specialist

Overview Of Athena

ATHENA Consulting is an award-winning staffing firm serving state and local governments. Our mission is to make lives better! We make our Clients’ Lives Easier by engaging and supporting our clients and partnering with them to be the most knowledgeable staffing partner. We make our Employees’ Lives Better by identifying and cultivating their talents and matching these talents with our customers’ needs. ATHENA places a high value on customer service, accountability and getting the job done.

Position Summary

We are currently recruiting for an Accounting Control Specialist. This position is responsible for fiscal/financial management functions impacting the department; to provide financial management expertise for the performance of specialized and technical accounting activities as a liaison to the Finance team; to review, research and resolve issues with and reconcile grants and budgets across the department; and to do related work as required. This full-time position pays $43.59/hr, and is located in Providence, RI.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Within RIDOH, to be responsible for fiscal/financial management functions impacting the department.
• Provide financial management expertise for the performance of specialized and technical accounting activities as a liaison to the Finance Team.
• Review, research and resolve issues with and reconcile grants and budgets across the department.
• Familiar with RIDOH’s unique mission and fiscal/financial reporting requirements.
• Perform complex month-end, quarter-end, and annual closing processes related to the State’s general ledger, including extensive coordination with State agencies to reconcile open transactions and ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Provide agency assistance as required for federal grant reporting and federal grant cost management.
• Determine and verify balances in State agency asset and liability accounts, and to perform complex analyses to determine the accuracy, completeness, and proper classification of the State’s financial transactions.
• Ensure interagency and interfund transactions are properly recorded, including the settlement of related cash accounts.
• Responsible for the proper accrual of State agency accounts receivable, accounts payable, and other accrued revenues and expenditures at fiscal year-end.
• Maintain utmost confidentiality when working with sensitive and personally identifiable information, including payroll and health benefits.
• Exercise administrative direction over programs that are essentially financial in nature.
• Responsible for the compilation, analysis and presentation of statistical and financial reports reflecting expenditures, unencumbered funds and projections of future requirements.
• Document financial processes to ensure continuity of knowledge within the Finance team
• Document financial processes to support department staff
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  

Required Skills/Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of fiscal/financial management practices and techniques
• Working knowledge of federal grant management and reconciliations.
• Knowledge of principles and practices of governmental accounting and budget formulation
• Working knowledge of the principles, practices and methods involved in maintaining records
• Ability to identify pertinent information from a mass of data
• Ability to reconcile information across multiple data sets
• Working knowledge of the ERP/Workday system, along with its capabilities.
• Ability to multitask and be flexible.
• Highly motivated.
  
  

Education And Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
• Graduation from a college of recognized standing with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or a closely related financial field.
• Professional-level experience in financial analysis or financial administration, including experience in data management and reconciliation.
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Working hours M-F, 8:00am-4:00pm.
• Must be able to lift and move up to 25 pounds.
  
  

Successful ATHENA employees will display the following characteristics:

• You strive to be the best in your field currently and in the future.
• You like to make your employer look good.
• You find solutions, where others only see problems.
• You are proactive, you make and meet commitments, and you perform your duties exceedingly well.
• You are aware of the employer’s needs at all times and are well-versed in what you personally and ATHENA can offer them as a whole.
• You have the ability to work with diverse, integrated, deliverable-driven teams to accomplish the larger mission.
  
  

The benefits of working for ATHENA include:

• Support from a team of professionals committed to making your life better.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance available for full- time employment
• Health Savings Account
• Pet insurance.
• 401k with a generous employer match.
• ATHENA paid Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance for employee.
• Additional Voluntary Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance for employee, spouses, and children.
• Short and Long Term Disability.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Easy to use employee self-serve HR portal.
• Sick leave varies by state – be sure to inquire with your Recruiter.
  
  

The statements in this Job Posting are intended to describe the general nature and minimum level of work required. The content should not be construed as a complete list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required to meet the criteria for this position. Upon request, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Application for employment is not intended to and does not create a contract or offer of employment and if hired, employment with the company is on an at-will basis and could be terminated at the will of either party.

ATHENA Consulting LLC does not discriminate in hiring based on federally protected classifications to include but not limited to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, marital status or other characteristics protected by law. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

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