Accountant Manager

Job Description:

Accountant Manager

Description

The Children’s Division is seeking candidates for an Accountant Manager. This position is based in Central Office and is located at 205 Jefferson Street 10 th Floor, Jefferson City, Missouri.

The current annual rate for this position is $118,720.25. Individual(s) selected for this position may receive a higher rate based on a pay differential (e.g. shift, or time-of-service pay).

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Budget

• Oversight of the Division’s Budget Books, both Department Request and Governor’s Recommendation. This includes working with leadership and program staff to develop core reallocations, core request forms, program description forms, new decision items and form 9’s.
• Responsible for the coordination of responses to inquiries/requests from the Division of Finance and Administrative Services (DFAS); the Office of Administration and the General Assembly.
• Accountable for all divisional fiscal notes and processes.
• Work with DFAS on budget control issues.
• Coordinate with DFAS on PS/EE allocations.
• Prepare and submit to DFAS monthly expenditure report projections and compliance
  
  with spend plans/allocations.
• Attend all budget hearings during legislative session, may include any special session
  
  and/or veto session in regard to budget.
• Participate in budget presentations at the legislature with the division director.
• Keep the division director informed on all CD related fiscal matters.

Contract Management

• Represent the division in RFP development and pre-bid conferences and participate in contract and DSS delegation evaluations in coordination with division program staff.
• Approve DFAS contract awards under $25,000 and competitively bid department delegations.
• Work with DFAS and CD program staff on contract enforcement.

Financial Quality Assurance and Compliance

• Work with DFAS to identify areas of concern to focus compliance and quality assurance reviews.
• Coordinate division corrective actions from DFAS compliance and quality assurance reviews.
• Coordinate with DFAS responses to external audit questions and responses to/corrective action plans from external audit findings.
• Coordinate division’s implementation of corrective action plans from external audit findings.
• Serve as point of contact for Children’s Division related to state and federal audits and reviews.

Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable

• Work with DFAS accounts payable and budget staff to ensure accurate coding of payments; monitor expenditures for correct multi-level coding. This would include payments from the state accounting system, as well as other payment systems, such as the FACES system.
• Coordinate between DFAS and programs the development of and adherence to policies and procedures to report/manage receivables and bad debt.

Grants and Cash Management

• Work with DFAS on quarterly salary certification and time studies required to make federal fund claims under the Department’s cost allocation plan.
• Responsible for coordinating and understanding federal grant requirements.
• Understand federal grant requirements of the agency.
• Coordinate and ensure federal grant requirements are being met by the agency.

Automated Systems

• Coordinate across Children’s Division programs, ITSD systems, and DFAS staff regarding changes, enhancements, and new development within the FACES automated system.
• Provide fiscal support and identification of resources for automated systems that support CD activities such as DHSS, FAMIS, and other entities.

Cross Functional

• Work in coordination with DFAS to develop and monitor comprehensive budget and grants spend plans to guide fiscal and administrative activities supporting program initiatives, such as contract awards and cash management.
• Assist DFAS in assuring program division adherence to fiscal and administrative policies.
• Responsible for CD rate analysis, rate setting and rate studies.

A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum of 15 earned credit hours in one or a combination of the following: Accounting, Finance, Economics, Public or Business Administration, or a closely related field; and ,

Four or more years of professional experience in accounting, auditing, purchasing, budgeting, fiscal management, or in general management with some fiscal responsibility.

Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as a sole basis denying consideration to any applicant.

Recruitment Area: Accepting applications from all qualified applicants.

The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here .

Jeremy.Wilkerson@dss.mo.gov

Salary:

$118,720.25 per Year