Accounting Technician 1 / 2 (PCN: 251674)

About the role

ATTENTION ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY!

The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF), Northern Region Construction & CIP Support, is looking fill our an Accounting Technician 1/2 position to help us Keep Alaska Moving!

What you will be doing

This position provides technical accounting and administrative support to the Northern Region Design, Engineering, & Construction (NR DE&C) section.

At the Accounting Technician 1 level, with training and guidance, you will process payroll and equipment cost transfers, review financial coding, and help research and correct accounting errors. You will maintain financial records and spreadsheets and assist with reviewing purchasing requests and purchasing card transactions for accuracy and compliance.

At the Accounting Technician 2 level, you will independently process payroll and equipment cost transfers, analyze financial reports, resolve accounting discrepancies, and prepare adjusting journal entries. You will also review and approve purchasing requests and purchasing card transactions, ensure accurate coding and compliance, and help staff resolve payroll and purchasing issues.

Our organization, mission, and culture

You will build accounting and administrative skills through hands-on training while supporting transportation projects that connect Alaska’s communities.

The benefits of joining our team

This position is flexibly staffed. This vacancy may be filled at either the Accounting Technician 1 or the Accounting Technician 2 level depending on the applicant's training and/or experience. Please respond to all of the minimum qualification questions. If filled at a lower level, incumbent will have the opportunity to advance to the next level upon management's assessment that the incumbent is performing adequately and has successfully completed the training plan and meets the minimum qualifications of the higher level.

• Part-time telework may be an option for this position after initial training is completed.
• The working environment you can expect: This position is located in Fairbanks.

• Our office environment is a well balanced mix of in-office and teleworking staff and is centrally located in Fairbanks.
• Our collaborative team environment is comprised of motivated and dedicated individuals who strive to provide excellent service and support.
• We promote a healthy work and life balance and enjoy a positive work environment.

Who we are looking for

To be successful in this position, the selected applicant will possess the following core competencies:

Please provide detailed descriptions of your duties in the “work Experience” section, clearly outlining how your skill and experience align with the minimum qualifications and competencies listed below.

• Self-Management: Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.
• 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.
• 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.
• Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.
• Clerical: Knowledge of filing, typing, entering data, maintaining records, taking shorthand, and using and completing forms.

Special Note

• Driver`s license preferred, but not required.

Additional information

One year of clerical work experience maintaining records that included using computer systems and performing basic arithmetic calculations.Substitutions:Successful completion of a formal vocational education program in accounting or bookkeeping will substitute for the required experience.Post secondary education from an accredited college will substitute for the required experience (3 semester/4 quarter hours equal one month).

Accounting Technician 2

One year of entry technical level accounting or clerical bookkeeping experience.Substitutions:Certification as an Accounting Technician from an accredited college will substitute for the required experience.Post secondary education from an accredited college will substitute for the required experience (3 semester/4 quarter hours equal one month) if it includes at least 6 semester/8 quarter hours in Accounting.

At time of interview, applicants are requested to submit (if not already attached to your application):

• Three (3) professional references, including name, job title, and current phone numbers.
• Copy of academic transcripts (unofficial are okay, please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcript) if using education to verify that you meet the minimum qualifications.

Alaska Residents Only

Please be sure to check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

Pay and benefits

This position is flexibly staffed. It may be filled at the 1 or 2 level, depending on the applicant's training and/or experience. The full range of salaries is listed above. Starting salary will be determined by the level the position is hired at. If filled at a lower level, promotion to the higher level will occur upon successful completion of the probationary period and required training, as well as the applicant meeting the minimum qualifications of the higher job class.

Education

To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, 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 educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application. (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts). Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable.

If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university.

It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

Work Experience

If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer’s name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported, and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.

Note

Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety. Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.