This is a non-merit position. Candidates must follow the instructions in the "To Apply" section. Positions in this class are exempt from the screening and referral requirements of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services - Human Resources Enterprise.

The Iowa Finance Authority is searching for an outstanding and motivated professional to join our Accounting Team as an Accountant for our Federal and State Programs.

The Accountant will safeguard assets of our programs and ensure that transactions are properly recorded. They provide analysis of financial results to management and stakeholders and work to provide outstanding customer service. This position will provide accounting services to our Federal and State program teams.

General duties:
Accountants provide financial leadership for one or more of the agency’s major programs; safeguard the agency’s assets; prepare financial statements in accordance with Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) guidance; and assist program managers with analysis of financial results.

• Evaluate and maintain effective internal controls
• Prepare journal entries
• Account reconciliations
• Accounts receivable management
• Bank reconciliations
• Maintaining policy & procedure manuals
• Grant management
• Support the agency’s annual independent audit
• Loan servicing
• Implementation of new GASB standards
• Budgeting

Ideal candidates will have experience in accounting for restricted funds and exemplify our core values:

INNOVATIVE - We inspire people with our ideas, turn those ideas into reality and know how to replicate success.
MISSION ORIENTED - We keep a constant focus on the Iowans our programs benefit.
PURPOSEFUL - We nurture a culture of outstanding work, collaboration and diligence.
ACCOUNTABLE – We accept responsibility, are trustworthy in our commitments, respectful to one another, and transparent in our actions.
CUSTOMER SERVICE FOCUS – We are courteous, responsive and respectful and serve as a reliable resource for our clients and constituents.
THOUGHT LEADERS – We are imaginative visionaries who find creative ways to reveal opportunities and leverage data to help drive decisions.

The Accountant position is a non-merit contract covered position that is classified by the State of Iowa as an Accountant 3.

As an employee of the Iowa Finance Authority you are a State of Iowa employee and eligible for a comprehensive benefits package that includes the following and more:

• Insurance – Health, Dental, Life and Long Term Disability
• IPERS (Iowa Public Employee Retirement System)
• Leave – Sick, Vacation, Family and Military Leave

To learn more about benefits available to State of Iowa employees visit the benefits web page.

Applicant must pass a comprehensive background check before an offer for employment will be extended.

An EEO/AA Employer

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 www.dhs.gov/E-Verify .Graduation from an accredited college or university with twelve semester hours in accounting course work and experience equal to thirty months of responsible full-time work in accounting, accounts examination or verification, budgeting or closely related fiscal work with a governmental agency, public accounting firm, or private industry;
an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting one year of the required experience for each year of the required education to a maximum of four years;
an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting thirty semester hours of graduate level course work in accounting, business administration or finance for each year of the required experience to a maximum substitution of sixty hours;
Certified Public Accountants will qualify with eighteen months of the required experience;
employees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes experience equal to nine months of full-time work. as an Accountant 2.

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