State Accountant

State Accountants This position is open to Alaska Residents only. Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify. RECRUITMENT EXTENSION NOTICE The recruitment period for this vacancy has been extended to allow for a larger applicant pool. If you have already applied there is no need to reapply. What You Will Be Doing In collaboration with the Finance Director, the State Accountants will lead the Accounting Services Section, Statewide Single Audit Coordinator and the Statewide ERP (IRIS/CGI Advantage) Financial and Procurement Support Team. Your role will develop policy and administrative rules, advise on tax compliance issues, implement new governmental accounting standards, and produce the statewide annual comprehensive financial report. You will coach and mentor accounting supervisors and staff accountants, set performance goals and evaluate team performance. The State Accountants are key leadership roles within the Division of Finance. Our leaders set the tone for the rest of the organization. Our Organization, Mission, and Culture The Division of Finance provides the highest quality accounting, payroll and travel services for the State of Alaska. The Division of Finance values: work life balance, intellectual curiosity, learning from experience, technical competency, working together toward a shared set of goals and expressing individuality. The Division of Finance is a small, welcoming community of accountants, analysts, technicians and payroll specialists. We conduct the State's financial business with integrity, accountability, and a spirit of continuous improvement. In your role you will partner with the Finance Director to set and attain the goals and objectives of the Accounting Services, Statewide Single Audit and IRIS Financial and Procurement Support Teams. As the leader of those teams you will be handling the full range of accounting issues from Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) pronouncement implementations to Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports (ACFR). The Benefits of Joining Our Team We maintain a friendly and flexible work culture that believes in work/life balance. Currently flexible work schedules and in-state telework options are available. The Working Environment You Can Expect Whether you work in our downtown Anchorage or downtown Juneau office, you will enjoy the views and be within close walking distance of coffee shops, restaurants, and numerous nature trails. Our Anchorage location is in the Atwood Building at 550 W. 7th Avenue, and our Juneau location is in the State Office Building at 333 Willoughby Avenue. Who We Are Looking For To be successful in the position a candidate will need the following core competencies: Leadership: Adapts easily to a changing environment and helps others see a path forward under new conditions. Helps team members align work habits with the strategic plan. Motivates others to improve performance and contribute to the strategic plan. Forward Thinker: New technologies are evolving in the finance industry every day. A successful candidate is eager to adopt new technology to reduce the time and labor intensiveness of accounting procedures and financial reporting. Strong Interpersonal Skills: The State Accountants must be comfortable developing strong positive working relationships with team members throughout the organizational chart as well as with external stakeholders. Effective Communicator: Clear, succinct, accurate and polite language; avoids unnecessary jargon and acronyms; empathetic to other perspectives; cognizant of non-verbal cues; and mentally present in conversations. Accountable: Takes responsibility and ownership for a problem, project, or issue. To truly excel in this position a candidate will have or develop the following competencies: Strategic Thinker: The ability to step back from the minutia of technical accounting and achieve larger organizational goals. This includes setting policies, long-term planning, prioritization, risk assessment and visualizing new opportunities. Problem-Solver and Decision-Maker: Demonstrates the ability to have clear goals, identify obstacles, properly diagnose problems, and lay out implementation plans the solve problem.