HHS Accountant

Under the direction of the Director of Accounting Services, this position will manage the accounting needs over a specific functional area of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Funding for the Department consists of approximately $9 billion in annual receipts with over 380 state and federal funding sources.

The Accounting team is responsible for managing the complete lifecycle of assigned federal awards, working with programmatic points of contact, budget analysts, management and other groups as necessary.

The Accountant 2 position works within the team to monitor department accounts, analyze and validate information received, and process accounting transactions in the State's financial system, Iowa Advantage.

Responsibilities:

This position will:

• Verify department procurement and travel card expenditures in accordance with state and federal policies and procedures, reconcile payments to supporting documentation, allocate charges to department programs, and submit information for payment.
• Process transactions in the State's Accounting System, Iowa Advantage. This includes cash transactions, transfer documents, and correction documents.
• Monitor balances in federal and state systems to ensure sufficient cash on hand to process claims. Draw funds from federal systems when earned.
• Maintain financial records to support financial reporting.

Requirements:

To be effective, the candidate must develop a strong understanding of HHS programs and the Department financial processes, and be able to effectively communicate them to various audiences.

The candidate must have a firm grasp of the state's accounting system.

The desired candidate will:
* be flexible, willing to adapt, and able to work independently
* apply state and federal policies to daily responsibilities
* quickly identify issues, offer solutions and continuously establish and maintain adequate accounting procedures

Benefits:
We have a great total compensation package for all of our full-time employees, including:

• Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS)
• Retirement Investors Club (RIC) (Employer Sponsored Retirement Plan)
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Vacation Leave
• Sick Leave
• Paid Holidays (9 days/year)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• For additional information on benefits click here

The State of Iowa is an EEO/AA Employer:

IHHS values those with "lived experience" and encourages foster youth, foster parents, and/or parents who were in the DHS (HHS) system to apply.

Minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities are also encouraged to apply (Hearing and Speech Impaired - Relay Iowa TDD).

Our agency uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit Graduation from an accredited four year college or university with a minimum of twelve semester hours (or its equivalent) in accounting, business administration or finance; course work and eighteen months of responsible experience in accounting, accounts examination or verification, budgeting or closely related fiscal experience with a governmental agency, public accounting firm, or private industry;

OR

substitution of work experience in the public or private sector which entailed accounting, auditing, budgeting, assessment or computation of taxes, or closely related financial functions (e.g., treasurer, comptroller, accountant, auditor, budget analyst, etc.) on a year-for-year basis for the required education (thirty semester or equivalent hours equal one year);

OR

substitution of successful completion of a post-high school vocational/technical, business college, or area community college curriculum in accounting which included concentrated course work equivalent to twenty semester hours (or more) in accounting for the required education;

OR

any combination of qualifying post high school level education and experience which totals five and one-half years;

OR

employees withcurrentcontinuous experience in the state service that includes the equivalent of six months of full-time experience as an Accounting Technician 2 shall be considered as qualifying;

OR

substituting graduate level course work in accounting, business administration, or finance for each year of the required experience on the basis that satisfactory completion of 30 semester or equivalent hours of graduate level course work is equivalent to one year of experience;

OR

employees withcurrentcontinuous experience in the state service that includes the equivalent of eighteen months of full-time experience as an Accounting Technician 1 shall be considered as qualifying;

OR

Certified Public Accountants may qualify with six months of the required experience;

OR

employees withcurrent continuous experience in the state classified service that includes the equivalent of twelve months of full-time experience as an Accountant/Auditor 1, six months of full-time experience as an Accounting Technician 3, or twenty-four months of full-time experience as an Accounting Technician 2 shall be considered as qualifying.

For additional information, please click on this link to view the job description.

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