Accountant 5 (Finance Officer - 02-1006)

Job Description

This position is open for State of Alaska Employees Only.

What You Will Be Doing

The Finance Officer is more than the department’s top accountant — this is a chance to help shape how we do business. We’re looking for someone who knows their way around the numbers, but also enjoys looking at the bigger picture, finding better ways to do things, and helping others grow. The right person will bring fresh ideas, build up our fiscal teams, and work across divisions to make our financial operations stronger, more consistent, and better connected.

Our Organization, Mission, and Culture

The Division of Administrative Services provides budget, accounting, financial, IT, and administrative support that helps the Department of Administration's programs successfully serve state agencies and Alaskans. Our Fiscal Section works collaboratively with accountants and administrative staff throughout the department, providing guidance and developing solutions rather than simply identifying problems. We value accountability, continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and strong partnerships across divisions.

The Benefits of Joining Our Team

This position offers a unique opportunity to influence financial operations across the entire Department of Administration. As Finance Officer, you will have the ability to shape processes, develop staff, establish department-wide financial practices, and build stronger fiscal operations within our divisions. You will work with a knowledgeable team while also partnering with division leadership, fiscal staff, the Division of Finance, auditors, and other statewide partners. The position provides considerable independence and an opportunity to turn ideas into meaningful improvements. If you enjoy developing people, solving complex problems, and leaving an organization stronger than you found it, this position offers the opportunity to do all three.

The Working Environment You Can Expect

The position is located on the 10th floor of the State Office Building in downtown Juneau, with views of Douglas Island and Gastineau Channel, and works closely with fiscal and leadership staff located throughout the state. The work is collaborative and fast-paced, with regular interaction through Microsoft Teams, telephone, email, and in-person meetings; part-time telework may be available consistent with division policy (2 days in office per week).

Who We Are Looking For

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

Developing Others:

Develops the ability of others to perform and contribute to the organization by providing ongoing feedback and by providing opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods.

Establishing Focus:

Develops and communicates goals in support of the organization’s mission; acts to align own unit’s goals with organization’s strategic direction and ensures people in the unit understand how their work relates to the agency’s mission.

Minimum Qualifications

Competency Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications.

Please ensure your application

(through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

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.

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

Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules.

Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.

Financial Analysis: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques of financial analysis, forecasting, and modeling to interpret quantitative and qualitative data; includes data modeling, earned value management, and evaluating key financial indicators, trends, and historical data.

Financial Systems: Knowledge of the standards, architecture, and specifications of automated financial systems, including source documents, system flows, system interfaces, and related internal controls.

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.

Technical Credibility: Understands and appropriately applies principles, procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to specialized expertise.

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.

State Employee Recruitment

Applicants must currently hold or have held permanent employment status in any position in the classified service as defined in

Alaska Statute 39.25.100

. Permanent employment status is defined as holding permanent status in ANY job class in the current period of employment with no break in service (separation from State of Alaska employment) since the permanent status was earned.

At time of interview

, please be prepared to provide:

Two (2) most recent job performance evaluations or 2 letters of reference; and

Names and daytime telephone numbers of three (3) professional references.

EDUCATION

If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educat