Accounting Technician 2

Job Description

Are You Ready To Make A Real Difference In The Financial Future Of Alaskan Children And Families?
The Department of Revenue, Division of Child Support Services is recruiting for an Accounting Technician 2 in Anchorage!

PLEASE NOTE: THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO ALASKA RESIDENTS.
Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Independently perform detailed audits of child support cases, ensuring accurate documentation of support, payments, and credits in compliance with statutes, regulations, and court or administrative orders.

• Reconcile financial data across multiple databases and external child support agencies, identifying discrepancies and applying corrective actions as needed.

• Complete a variety of case adjustments, including new case setups, reinstatements, modifications, and distribution verifications involving TANF, Tribal TANF, and Foster Care benefits.

• Prepare clear, comprehensive audit worksheets and written explanations of findings, ensuring accurate interpretation and application of child support rules and distribution requirements.

• Maintain effective communication and collaborative working relationships with staff across the Division, State agencies, other states, and partner organizations, while providing training and guidance to accounting technicians.

• We have a strong preference for candidates with demonstrated experience in financial audits, bookkeeping, interpreting regulations, or using multiple accounting or case-management systems.

Mission and Values/Culture:
Our work is important and challenging, and we are focused on making a difference in the lives of the families we serve. Your work will ensure support is collected and federal and department goals and objectives are met, effectively and efficiently. We are interested in your ability to progress and provide in-depth training, mentoring and advancement opportunities.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:
In your role, you will have a direct influence on the agency's ability to attain federal and department goals and objectives effectively and efficiently. Along with the benefits provided by the State of Alaska, including health insurance and retirement, you will receive the benefits of in-depth training on how to do the work, multiple advancement opportunities, and a management team that empowers and mentors staff who are interested in progression. This position requires in-person training, and office presence is required.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:
Located in the Atwood building in downtown Anchorage, we are a large division with 196 employees.

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

• Accounting: Knowledge of traditional accounting practices including accrual, obligations, and costs methods.

• Accounting Operations: Knowledge of generally accepted auditing standards and procedures for conducting financial and compliance, economy and efficiency, and program audits.

• 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 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.

• Teaching Others: Helps others learn through formal or informal methods; identifies training needs; provides constructive feedback; coaches others on how to perform tasks; acts as a mentor.

To view the general description and example of duties for the position please go to the following link: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs
If you can imagine yourself in this role, we encourage you to apply!
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.**PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY**

DISCLOSURE OF PRIOR STATE EMPLOYMENT
All employment with the State of Alaska, including but not limited to full-time, part-time, seasonal, temporary, on-call, etc. positions must be disclosed in your application. Failure to provide this information may result in the disqualification of your application.

REQUIRED OF ALL APPLICANTS
At the time of the interview, please ensure that you provide the following materials:

• List of three (3) professional references to include daytime telephone and email addresses. One must be a current or former supervisor.

• Copies of all performance evaluations received for the last two years. If performance evaluations are not available, you may substitute a written statement explaining why they were not available, or two letters of professional reference.

• Typing certification is required, demonstrating the ability to type at least 35 gross words per minute with 95% accuracy or higher. Online typing tests may be used, and results can be submitted to meet this requirement, or you can complete a typing test at any Alaska Job Center location. Location information is available at the following web page: www.jobs.state.ak.us/offices/index.html

BACKGROUND CHECK
Please be aware- this position requires the use of the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (APSIN). A security clearance issued by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) is necessary to use APSIN. DPS will deny security clearance for any applicant who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor in this state or another jurisdiction, or who may be a fugitive from justice. Additionally, security clearance will be withdrawn if DPS discovers that material information was falsified or omitted at the time of the initial application for security clearance.

BARGAINING UNIT
If you are a current state employee, please mark the union you are a member of at the time of application.

EDUCATION
If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education section of the application. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials and must be attached to your application upon submission. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, provided they include the URL and institution name.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION
If education is completed in a foreign college or university, it 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 the 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. The omission of the required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application, and you will not receive further consideration.

WORK EXPERIENCE
If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer 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. Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination that your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.

MULTIPLE VACANCIES
This recruitment may be used for more than one (1) vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety (90) days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.

APPLICATION NOTICE
You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or via a hard copy application. If you accessed this recruitment bulletin through a job search portal such as AlaskaJobs or another database, you MUST use a Workplace Alaska online or hard-copy application to apply successfully. Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska "How to Apply" webpage, found here: http://doa.alaska.gov/dop/workplace/help/

NOTICE
Questions regarding the application process can be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 800-587-0430 (toll-free) or (907) 465- 4095. If you choose to be contacted by email, please ensure that your email address is correct on your application and that your spam filter will permit emails from the 'governmentjobs.com' domain. For information on allowing emails from the 'governmentjobs.com' domains, visit the Lost Password Help page at https://www.governmentjobs.com/OnlineApplication/User/ResetPassword.

EEO STATEMENT
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodations, auxiliary aids, or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-4095 in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal-opportunity employer.

WORKPLACE ALASKA APPLICATION QUESTIONS & ASSISTANCE
Questions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 1-800-587-0430 (toll-free) or (907) 465-4095 if you are in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to recruitment.services@alaska.gov

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For specific information in reference to the position please contact the hiring manager at:

Sandy McDermott, Administrative Officer 1
Email: dor.cssd.directors.office@alaska.gov
Phone Number: 907-269-6800