Accounts Examiner

What Makes This Opportunity Unique
The State of Connecticut's Department of Labor Business Management team is seeking an Accounts Examiner to join their team. You'll have the opportunity to grow professionally in a dynamic environment that values ambition. With our hybrid work schedule, you'll have the flexibility to work both remotely and in the office. Your role will play a pivotal part in ensuring financial integrity and flawless execution to effectively serve our community.

As an Accounts Examiner, you will review, analyze, and audit financial records to ensure compliance with policies, accounting standards, and regulations. Responsibilities include consulting on contract budgets, conducting fiscal reviews for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) contractors, and preparing detailed audit reports with recommendations for improvement. Additionally, the position requires collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to address financial inquiries, support audit procedure development, and provide expert guidance on financial practices and compliance.

Why Join Us?
At the State of Connecticut, we believe in cultivating a workplace that is inclusive, encouraging, and driven by a shared dedication to excellence. Joining our team means:

• Working in a hybrid environment that promotes flexibility and work-life balance.
• Being part of a collaborative team that values your contributions and encourages professional growth.
• Access to ongoing training and development opportunities to improve your skills and advance your career.
• Competitive salary and benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.
• The chance to create a meaningful impact on the financial integrity of our state's operations.
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• Work for a Forbes top company: 'Forbes' State of Connecticut Ranked One of the Best Employers of 2023 - State of CT Receives National Recognition for Offering Job Growth, Competitive Benefits, and Flexible Schedule.

How to Apply
If you are ready to take on this ambitious role and contribute to our mission of excellence, we invite you to apply for the Accounts Examiner position. Please submit your application detailing your relevant experience and qualifications through our online application portal.

• Please visit our 'Applicant Tips on How to Apply' page or view our tutorial. 
• The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified. 
• Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.  
• In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process.   
• This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the question's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.  
• Note:  At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position.  These documents may include:  a cover letter, resume, transcripts, diplomas, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.  Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications as indicated to apply for this position.  
• Should you have questions pertaining to this recruitment, please contact Liz Pinette at elizabeth.pinette@ct.gov.
• This position will be filled in accordance with contractual language, reemployment, SEBAC, transfer, promotion and merit employment rules. 
• The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class. 
• All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period.  It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception.  Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov. 
• For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.
• Read through this helpful link to prepare for your interview.

In a state agency this class is accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in the examination of financial records of state agencies, businesses, municipalities or other entities.

• Review and examine financial records and documents.
• Analyze documents to determine if expenditures align with policy and procedures.
• Act as a consultant to other units when a contract budget is in review and provide assessment of proposed budgets and any concerns.
• Conduct fiscal reviews as part of annual monitoring for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) contractors including but not limited to the five Workforce Development Boards (WDBs).
• Act as a liaison to the WDBs and contractors to address financial questions or concerns.
• Review invoices and request additional documentation from contractors to verify expenditures or address questions as needed.
• Create, review, and distribute reports related to monitoring efforts after reviewing contractor financial activities in a program or contract period.
• Examine and reconcile accounting records with supporting data, such as vouchers, invoices and cash receipts.
• Examine accounting methods and procedures to ensure compliance with accepted accounting principles, laws and regulations, and state or federal requirements.
• Participate in meetings or conferences as a representative of the Business Management unit as needed.
• Provide guidance on communications to address policy/procedural concerns with contractors.
• Performs related duties as required.
• Additional information can be found here.

• Knowledge of 
• and ability to apply professional accounting and auditing principles and practices; 
• and ability to apply relevant statutes and regulations;
• Skills
• interpersonal skills; 
• oral and written communication skills; 
• Ability to 
• analyze financial records, documents and reports; 
• prepare comprehensive reports including narrative and statistical sections; 
• utilize EDP systems for financial management.

Six (6) years of experience in accounting or auditing.

Two (2) years of the General Experience must have been at the paraprofessional level. Work at the paraprofessional level requires the exercise of some independent judgment in applying basic accounting principles and may be compared to the level of a full charge bookkeeper. 

NOTE: For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of an Assistant Accountant.

• Successful completion of an Accounting Careers Trainee program approved by the Department of Administrative Services may be substituted for the General Experience and Special Experience.
• College training in accounting or a closely related field may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
  
• A Master's degree in accounting may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.
  
• Certification in any of the following may be substituted for one (1) year of the General and Special Experience: Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor.
  
• Two (2) years of experience as an Assistant Accountant may be substituted for the General and Special Experience.

• Experience examining and evaluating accounting, financial, and operational records.
• Experience with accounting systems such as CoreCT.
• Experience writing formal, written reports such as audit reports.
• Experience monitoring and evaluating programs or contractors.

Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes.  As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.