ACCOUNTANT 2

The Nevada State Controller's Office is recruiting for an Accountant 2 in Carson City, Nevada. This incumbent may be required to work overtime during financial reporting, fiscal year end, and periodically based on agency need. Accountants in this series perform the highest level of financial reporting. Incumbents work in the State Controller's Office and produce the State's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), which is audited by an independent public accounting firm, is essential for obtaining bond ratings, and is required for the Single Audit Report; implement Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) pronouncements; assist agencies with accounting issues and document processing; approve agency documents and work programs; provide support to agencies on the accounting system; review underlying accounting records for compliance with GAAP/GASB/federal regulations and reporting requirements, Accounting Policies and Procedures, and NRS. Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform work independently with little or no additional training. The successful candidate will be self-motivated, able to work within established deadlines, maintain a good working relationship within a team environment, prepare thorough and accurate financial reporting, able to apply critical thinking skills by researching, analyzing, and interpreting state and federal regulations, demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills, and maintain a high standard of professional integrity and confidentiality. The incumbent is essential in making recommendations regarding internal controls and ensures that fiscal policies and procedures are followed. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The incumbent may perform other related duties as required to meet ongoing needs. As part of the hiring process, applicants may be required to demonstrate the ability to perform job-related tasks. 

Accountants are responsible for preparing financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the standards of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). General purpose financial statements may be audited and include balance sheets; statements of revenue, expenditures/expenses, and changes in fund equity/balances; and statements of cash flow. Financial statements are typically combined statements which present information by fund type, account group, and discretely presented component units. Fund types include general fund, special revenue funds, debt service funds, capital project funds, enterprise funds, internal service funds, and trust and agency funds. Accountants are also responsible for preparing various other financial reports which include reports for federal, private grant, or national repository purposes, and ad hoc reports for use by outside entities such as internal/external auditors, legislative bodies, and the public.Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in accounting and one year of experience performing professional accounting work; OR Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance or related field and two years of experience performing professional accounting work; OR one year of experience as an Accountant I in Nevada State service.The Accountant series is distinguished from the Accountant Technician series in that Accountants are called upon to make decisions based upon a formal body of knowledge obtained through extensive post-secondary accounting education. Accountants must understand and regularly use Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and must have knowledge of governmental financial reporting standards. They must be able to compile and analyze information needed to develop complex and specialized financial statements normally found in year-end audit statements of financial position which are distributed to the public. 

Establish and maintain accounting systems and procedures which provide necessary documentation and audit trails for fiscal transactions, classification of expenditures, current fund balances. 

Prepare and analyze working trial balances, identify, and correct errors, and prepare journal entries in order to prepare reliable and accurate balance sheets and statements of revenues, expenditures/expenses, and changes in fund equity/balances. 

Prepare balance sheets, income statements, and changes in fund balance statements from working trial balances to provide reliable and accurate financial information. 

Use internally generated data and external source material to prepare notes to financial statements with supporting workpapers, tying in all amounts to the basic financial statements. 

Establish internal accounting procedures for preparing financial statements and managing workflow to ensure compliance with governmental accounting statutes, regulations, policies, and principles. 

Provide overall support to agencies and divisions regarding accounting problems and management information systems; provide advice, consultation, direction, and training to agency staff; manage agency accounting functions by developing work plans, assigning work, establishing work performance standards and evaluating work performance. 

Analyze fiscal data to identify and correct errors; reconcile or supervise the reconciliation of trust accounts, general ledger accounts, bank statements, sub-ledger accounts and controller’s reports.

Schedule and coordinate audits with independent auditors; prepare supporting work papers and provide other assistance to auditors in periodic audits; review audit reports and write summaries of findings and recommendations; discuss audit findings with agency management and implement audit recommendations. 

Review agency fixed asset listings and ensure that current year additions and disposals have been properly reported; reconcile fixed asset purchases to the accounting system and run depreciation schedules. 

May provide full supervision or work direction for professional, technical, or clerical staff. 

Perform related duties as assigned.

Under direction, Accountant II’s perform the full range of duties described in the series concept and normally supervise Accountant I or Accountant Technician positions. The class is distinguished from the Accountant I and III levels by the size and complexity of the funds and budgets for which the position is responsible and the consequence of an error in the work performed. This is the journey level class in the Accountant series.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: generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) including cost, managerial and fund accounting principles and practices; automated and manual management reporting systems to create output formats and obtain accurate and complete financial information. 

Ability to: analyze and interpret financial reports and complex technical fiscal data; develop procedures and practices to increase work effectiveness. Skill in: communicating orally to negotiate sensitive issues such as budgeting, contracts, and other fiscal transactions

Recruiter Contact Information: Clark Mandichak - clarkmandichak@admin.nv.gov

Salary : $67,296 - $100,099