Accountant 3

Job Description

Department Employees Only

Only permanent* State employees currently working in, or

laid off from, the classified service** of the designated department of the recruitment may apply.

What You Will Be Doing:

The positions will provide administrative and financial oversight to the Division of Administrative Services within the Department of Education and Early Development. Focus is on fiscal support, budget, and federal funds management.

Mission and Culture:

DEED’s mission is to provide an excellent education for every student every day. We have a vision that all students can succeed in their education and work, shape worthwhile and satisfying lives for themselves, exemplify the best value of society, and be effective in improving the character and quality of the world about them. For information on DEED, please review our website,

https://education.alaska.gov/

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The position will help carry out the mission and vision by providing financial administrative support across the entire department, enabling staff to provide support to schools, district, student, and families statewide.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

The Administrative Services Division is small, close-knit team. We value an attitude of service, strong collaborative relationships, communication, and teamwork. We provide cross-training and process-based work that ensures consistency across the team. DEED is efficient and welcoming. There are options for partial teleworking or remote work. We offer flexible work schedules.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

Our Juneau office is conveniently located in the state office building downtown. The position can be assigned a cubical with ample light and has the option for teleworking after an initial training period, with the opportunity for flexible scheduling. The location is centrally located with plenty of parking; nearby restaurants, and coffee shops.

Who We Are Looking For:

The ideal candidate will possess the following position specific competencies:

Principles of Accounting:

Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, standards, and practices (for example, double entry accounting, accrual accounting), including the full accounting cycle and the preparation of work sheets, financial statements, ledgers, and journals

Oral and Written Communication:

Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving:

uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.

Minimum Qualifications

Competency Description

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class.  They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency.  They typically list expectations, as opposed to specific tasks, and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines.   A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Please ensure your application (through work history, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports/demonstrates you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Minimum Qualifications:

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in

Analysis and Assessment:

Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.

Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.

Oral and Written Communication:

Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Principles of Accounti

ng:

Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, standards, and practices (for example, double entry accounting, accrual accounting), including the full accounting cycle and the preparation of work sheets, financial statements, ledgers, and journals.

Technical Competence:

Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or progressively responsible professional level experience in accounting, budgeting, or financial management.

Special Note:

“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

“Training” and “education” in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

“Professional experience” means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment.

“Progressively responsible” means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.

Additional Required Information

Please read the below information carefully. This applies to your application submission.

If selected for an interview

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the applicant must provide the following:

Transcripts if using education to meet the minimum qualifications for the position (unofficial transcripts are acceptable); and

A list of at least 3 references with current contact information.

Current performance evaluation, if available.

Application Notice

You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or via a hardcopy application. If you accessed this recruitment bulletin through a job search portal, such as AlaskaJobs or any other database, you MUST use a Workplace Alaska online or hardcopy application to apply successfully. Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska “

How to Apply

" page. Your application must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on the closing date.

Omission of any required documentation listed may result in an incomplete application.

Supplemental Questions

A cover letter is NOT required for this position.  Instead, applicants must answer the supplemental questions on the application. Answers must be supported by the work history documented in your application.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the minimum qualifications listed abov