Accounting Specialist

Posting Date

06 / 28 / 24

Application Deadline

07 / 04 / 24

Pay Range

$19.15 - $29.00 hourly

Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification.

This position is eligible for overtime compensation for all hours worked over 40 in the designated workweek.

Job Type

Unclassified

Department

Risk Management

About the Position

Are you detail-oriented, love doing Accounts Payable, and would love to train in other areas?

This position provides responsible professional accounts payable, procurement and administrative services in a high-volume environment.

This position requires attention to detail, accuracy, includes scanning, coding, entering invoices, reviewing, researching, and reconciling payments.

This position will work closely with finance and administrative staff, have excellent communication skills, efficient and effective time management and prioritization skills, adherence to deadlines, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and careful attention to detail.

About Us

At the Risk Management Department of Maricopa County, we provide comprehensive services designed to reduce risk and prepare for the unpredictable.

We offer liability claims administration, risk financing, insurance procurement, and risk management consultations. We accomplish this through a small but dynamic team, along with collaboration from our 13,000 employees and resources that include a $40M annual budget.

Join a dynamic team dedicated to helping protect Maricopa County by managing the risks that threaten it.

Proud to Offer

• Work with a greater purpose
• Tuition reimbursement
• Exceptional work-life balance
• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County
• Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents
• Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave
• Extensive wellness program, including healthcare premium discounts
• Employee discounts for goods and services
• Maricopa County participates in the Arizona State Retirement System. This defined retirement benefit requires a 12.29% monthly contribution rate and includes a 100% employer match on Day 1
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We Require

• Two years of accounts payable, accounting, bookkeeping or specialized administrative experience
• High school diploma or GED
• Must obtain Maricopa County Certified Agency Procurement Aid (CAPA certification within three months of hire

We Also Value

• Bachelor’s degree or higher education
• Working in a high-volume accounts payable environmental with multiple functions and deadlines
• Experience in Advantage financial system
• Working with Onbase
• Notary

Job Contributions

• Performs accounts payable, accounting, and procurement services following general accounting principles and internal control procedures
• Processes payments, purchase orders and various accounting transactions and audits the accuracy of figures, calculations, and required documentation and routes for approval
• Analyzes financial information, researches problems, and reconciles transactions, creates and assembles spreadsheets, performs any combination of routine calculating, and compiling data to keep financial records complete
• Documents processes and procedures and ensures internal control measures, meets deadlines and responds to audits
• Work with vendors, responsible for processing payments to employees (for lost wages), attorneys, settlements and other payments in the claims, insurance, and workers’ compensation arena
• Regularly reviews detail transactions, posting and reconciling of accounts payable to the general ledger
• Responsible for accounts receivable
• Responsible for purchases on procurement card and monthly reconciliation
• Prepares monthly reports and spreadsheets on invoices and payments, discounts, volume and any other data that might be beneficial
• Examines placement of expenses and prepares journal vouchers when necessary
• Assists in month end and fiscal year end as well as the quarterly reconciliation and other accounting tasks needed
• Provides back up administrative support services
• Performs other duties as assigned or required

Working Conditions

• Indoor office environment with ability to manage frequent interruptions, time pressures, high work volumes, multiple and complicated tasks, and unscheduled tasks and frequent time constraints
• Must have manual dexterity of hands and body to operate office equipment and work sitting on a computer for extended periods of time
• Must be able to bend and lift / carry up to 25 pounds with or without assistance

Selection Procedure

Only the most qualified candidates will be considered

Consideration will only be given to candidates who submit online applications

Candidates will be contacted primarily through email and their Workday online application profile

Must pass a pre-employment background and / or fingerprint investigation as required by statute or policy, including drug and alcohol testing requirements for positions designated as safety-sensitive

Maricopa County is an equal opportunity employer.

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