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<h2><b>Accounting Tech 3</a></b></h2><br>
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<b>Location:</b> Des Moines, IA <br>
<b>Salary Minimum:</b> $42,307.20<br>
<b>Salary Maximum:</b> $62,691.20<br>
<b>Job Type: </b> Full-time<br>
<b>Agency:</b> 131 Iowa Department for the Blind<br>
<b>Job Number:</b> 21-00460<br>
<b>Post Close Date:</b> September 6, 2020<br>
<b>Pointe of Contact:
</b><a href="mailto:Cheri.Myers@blind.state.ia.us">Cheri Myers</a><br>
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Job Description:</b><br>
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<b>This is a non-merit position with the Iowa Department for the Blind.
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<b>Positions in this class are exempt from the screening and referral
requirements of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services - Human
Resources Enterprise.</b><br>
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The Iowa Department for the Blind has a vision to be the world’s leader
in blind rehabilitation services. We believe in responsibility, respect,
integrity, teamwork and leadership. The Accounting Technician 3 will
serve as the day-to-day support for all financial and accounting matters
within the Department for the Blind. This includes ensuring all proper
accounting practices, laws, and IDB procedures are being followed for
financial transactions under the subject matter of the Department for the
Blind.<br>
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This position includes auditing, reconciling, depositing, and reporting
on Department for the Blind’s financial transactions to IDB Management,
other State agencies, and Federal agencies including the RSA. The
Accounting Technician 3 will support the CFO in overseeing and ensuring
that all IDB Units and their 79 plus staff members are compliant with
required and best accounting practices and procedures and laws related to
IDB financial matters. Ideal candidates will possess a strong accounting
skills and a belief in the capacity of blind persons.<br>
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<b>Contributing to our Mission:</b><br>
With nearly 79 employees, we’re all “one team” at the Iowa
Department for the Blind. Our main goal is to empower blind Iowans to be
gainfully employed and live independently. As a member of our team,
you’ll play a vital role in providing blind rehabilitation services in
our state.<br>
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<b>What You Bring to Us:</b><br>
A cooperative, supportive, teamwork mentality.<br>
An interest in developing new skills.<br>
Attention to detail.<br>
A commitment to excellence in customer service.<br>
A professional background in accounting.<br>
Experience in auditing complex financial data across multiple financial
software systems.<br>
Analytical expertise to review, research, financial transactions and
financial inconstancies.<br>
Experience with researching, reviewing, and pulling financial data from
different software.<br>
Comfort in cash handling and processing.<br>
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<b>Benefits & Perks:</b><br>
IDB’s employment benefits are among the best with competitive total
rewards package. As a benefits-eligible State of Iowa employee, your
bi-weekly paycheck is just a part of your total compensation package.
Being part of the IDB team means you're eligible for a wide range of
benefits:<br>
Strive to provide work/life balance<br>
A workplace that promotes health and well-being<br>
Career growth training and promotional opportunities<br>
Accrued vacation, sick leave and nine fixed holidays<br>
Health and dental insurance<br>
Life and long-term disability insurance<br>
Employer paid basic life insurance $20,000<br>
Employer provided accidental death and dismemberment insurance<br>
Vision care discount program<br>
Flexible spending account (FSA)<br>
Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS)<br>
Retirement Investors Club (RIC) - voluntary retirement savings
program<br>
Corporate partner discounts (cell phone services, gym memberships, event
tickets, etc.<br>
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<b>Your Responsibilities:</b><br>
Compete Pre-audit approval on all payment and correction documents,
review for accuracy in all fields, grants, tasks, program codes, etc, to
ensure proper cost allocation and federal grant expensing.<br>
Review all Gifts & Bequest requests for compliance with Commission
policy for Gift & Bequests. For approved loans, prepare promissory
notes, work with client on repayment terms, process payments, do follow
ups if payments not made timely, file with income offset as needed.<br>
Oversees the posting of revenues and expenditures on notes payable.
Prepares monthly note payable statements.<br>
Monthly, analyze expenditures for federal grant indirect cost billing.
Prepare supporting spreadsheet and oversee preparation of cost
distribution paperwork.<br>
Train new staff on indirect cost analysis and preparation of spreadsheet
and associated paperwork and oversee staff’s work. Update indirect Cost
Rate calculation spreadsheet based on annual negotiated term.<br>
Analyze case management system for expenditures on client plans eligible
for Social Security Administration reimbursement. Prepare Social Security
reimbursement claims and track them through the process.<br>
Oversees the audit of receipts, fees and expenses for a number of
accounts; reconciles a variety of discrepancies in a number of
inter-related accounts<br>
Assist supervisor in updating program codes in State Accounting System
for federal grant changes in ensure correct cost allocation to federal
grants.<br>
Oversees and participates in the auditing/processing for all claims for
payment against departmental funds.<br>
Leads and trains clerical accounting staff and participates in payroll
preparation, and the maintenance of time distribution records for Iowa
Department for the Blind.<br>
Train clerical accounting staff in the reconciliation of IDB timesheet to
preliminary and final payroll and trains staff in preparation and
submission of corrections as needed to payroll entries.<br>
Analyzes expenditures and subtotal allowed program cost for federal grant
reporting such as RSA2 quarterly, 7OB, and RSA15.<br>
Designs and implements accounting systems which are responsive to changes
in operations and multiple funding agency financial requirements.<br>
Assists supervisor by performing such duties as instructing employees,
answering questions, distributing and balancing the workload, and
checking work; may make suggestions on hiring, promotions, and
reassignments.<br>
Train staff on and oversee department compliance with travel rules and
regulations and procurement rules and regulations.<br>
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Applicants for this position must complete the online application.
Applicants may attach a resume and cover letter when completing the
application.<br>
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<b>Minimum Qualification Requirements:</b><br>
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Graduation from high school or G.E.D equivalency and experience equal to
five years of accounting work involving compilation, tabulation,
examination, verification or recording of financial, statistical or
related fiscal program data using elementary bookkeeping principles and
practices;<br>
OR<br>
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completion of a post-high school accounting curriculum from an accredited
vocational, technical, business or community college, with at least
twenty semester hours of accounting coursework;<br>
OR<br>
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an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one
year of clerical office work for each year of the required
education;<br>
OR<br>
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an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting
thirty semester hours of accredited post high school education in
Business, Accounting or a closely related curriculum for each year of the
required experience;<br>
OR<br>
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employees with <u>current</u> continuous service in the state executive
branch that includes experience equal to one year of full-time work as an
Accounting Technician 2.<br>
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