Accounting Specialist – Human Services Jobs

Overview

Position Title: Accounting Specialist

Company: Maricopa County

Location: Maricopa, AZ, US

Job Description

In Human Services, we focus on maximizing potential and providing support and resources for all stages of life. We partner with families and communities to encourage children to learn, invite youth and adults to cultivate professional skills, guide families to achieve financial success, and enable seniors to live independently.

Responsibilities:

• Completes department purchase orders according to grant regulations and county procurement policy
• Processes/coordinates purchases and files documentation
• Processes invoices for payment and inputs into the financial system
• Reconciles PCARD and ensures that each transaction was posted to the proper program
• Prepares PCARD document package for the finance manager to review and approve of PCARD statement
• Places orders for items of minimal value as per procurement policy using PCARD
• Researches and assists in providing information for audits
• Acts as a courier to the County Finance Office for various financial documents
• Assists in cross-training of other staff members
• Performs the function of travel coordinator in the absence of the travel coordinator or when the workload requires
• Creates and maintains desk procedures

Requirements:

• Basic Microsoft Excel skills to be able to format and generate complex reports
• Experience with federal and state grants
• Experience and knowledge of accounting principles and practices and County procurement policy
• Must obtain a Maricopa County Certified Agency Procurement Aide (CAPA) certification within two months of hire
• Two years of accounts payable experience
• Experience and knowledge of CGI Advantage Financial System and OnBase
• Experience in the public sector or non-profit accounting environment
• Must secure and maintain an Arizona Department of Public Safety Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card
• High school diploma or GED
• Two years of procurement, clerical accounting, bookkeeping, or similar experience