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Remote GAAP ACCOUNTANT
Location: US-IL-Springfield
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Agency: Department of Healthcare and Family Services
Posting ID: DF33774 BPIS: 09045 Start Date: 12/13/2023 Closing Date:
Salary: Salary Range $7,000 - $10,000/ Anticipated starting salary $8,500
Job Type: Salaried Full Time
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: Agency Excluded 000
****************A RESUME IS REQUIRED FOR THIS JOB POSTING****************
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Job Description:
Under administrative direction, performs a broad range of accounting and financial activities for the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS), Division of Finance leading up to the preparation of financial statements through the annual Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) reporting process; prepares monthly, quarterly and other financial reports and reconciliations for internal use or as required by the Illinois Office of the Comptroller (IOC) for the funds assigned, including reconciliations of cash, receipts/revenues, appropriations, expenditures, fixed assets, accounts receivable, accounts payable, lapse period expenditures and other required or assigned financial reports for supervisory or management review; completes HFS and IOC financial reporting forms (both computerized and manual) for use in the annual GAAP or other reporting process; works with external, internal auditors and other applicable parties as assigned, to answer questions or explain records or the information provided in the GAAP packages or other financial reports; travels to attend meetings, training sessions, seminars and conferences.
HFS values employees with different backgrounds, life experiences, and talents.
Employees receive a robust benefit package including:
- Monday-Friday work schedule
- Flexible work schedules are available in many program areas. (Remote work may be an option for certain positions.)
- Health, Life, Vision, and Dental Insurance
- Pension Plan
- Paid Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Deferred Compensation Program and other pre-tax benefit programs (Medical/Daycare)
- Employees earn (12) paid Sick Days annually.
- New Employees earn (10) paid Vacation Days their first year of service and can earn up to (25) paid Vacation Days annually.
- Employees earn (3) paid Personal Days annually.
- (13-14) paid holidays annually (based on start date)
If you are seeking a new opportunity, and this position appeals to you, please apply today!
At the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS), we value staff as our greatest asset. We work in a spirit of teamwork to help millions of Illinoisans access high quality healthcare and fulfill child support obligations to advance their physical, mental, and financial well-being. We provide healthcare coverage for children and adults through Medicaid and other medical programs, and we help ensure that children receive financial resources from both their parents through Child Support Services. The HFS Office of the Inspector General investigates, audits and reviews program activity to ensure the integrity of our programs is maintained.
HFS is committed to promoting and preserving a workplace culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion. We welcome and value employees with different backgrounds, life experiences, and talents. It is the collective sum of our individual differences that provides a broad perspective, leading to greater innovation and achievement. In recruiting for our team, we recognize the unique contributions of each applicant regardless of culture, ethnicity, race, national origin, sex, gender identity and expression, age, religion, disability, and sexual orientation. HFS is an equal opportunity employer. - Performs a broad range of accounting and financial activities for HFS leading up to the preparation of financial statements through the annual GAAP reporting process; extracts, qualifies and compiles dollar amounts, converting from cash to either modified accrual or accrual basis to prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports; prepares written entries to journalize amounts in accordance with GAAP as promulgated by the IOC as described in the Statewide Accounting Management System (SAMS) Procedures Manual
- Prepares monthly, quarterly and other financial reports and reconciliations for internal use of as required by the IOC for the funds assigned, including reconciliations of cash, receipts/revenues, appropriations, expenditures, fixed assets, accounts receivable, accounts payable, lapse period expenditures and other required or assigned financial reports for supervisory or management view
- Completes HFS and IOC financial reporting forms (both computerized and manual) for use in the annual GAAP or other reporting process; enters adjusting and reclassification entries, and rolls-up and verifies applicable funds applications; prints and assembles fund packages and forms in a format prescribed by the agency for supervisory and management review
- Works with external, internal auditors and other applicable parties as assigned, to answer questions or explain records or the information provided in the GAAP packages or other financial reports. Travels to attend meetings, training sessions, seminars and conferences
- Performs other duties as required or assigned, which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above
- Requires a bachelor's degree in accounting. A bachelor's degree other than Accounting is acceptable if it includes at least 18 credit hours in accounting courses towards such degree.
- Requires knowledge of accounting theory, principles, methods and procedures.
- Requires two years of experience preparing complete financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement, footnotes) in accordance with GAAP.
- Requires strong knowledge of office methods, procedures and standard office software package Microsoft Office Suite (Microsoft Outlook, Access, Excel, Word, etc.).
- Requires ability to develop and maintain cooperative working relationships.
- Registered or licensed Certified Public Accounting (CPA) is preferred.
- Prefers two years accounting experience working for governmental type agencies.
- Prefers experience with Statewide Accounting Management System (SAMS), and Systems, Applications and Products (SAP).
- Requires ability to travel
- Requires ability to utilize agency-issued resources and equipment
Work Hours: 8:00am - 5:30pm Monday - Friday
Work Location: 2200 Churchill Rd, Springfield, IL 62702
Agency Contact: HFS.DOFApps@illinois.gov
Job Family: Fiscal, Finance & Procurement
The main form of communication will be through email. Please check your junk mail, spam, or other folder for communication(s) regarding any submitted application(s). You may receive emails from the following addresses:
- donotreply@SIL-P1.ns2cloud.com
- systems@SIL-P1.ns2cloud.com
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