Accountant I

Job Description

Accountant I | State of Oklahoma

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at the State of Oklahoma Department of Transportation, located in Oklahoma City. The agency is responsible for overseeing the state’s transportation infrastructure, with the finance department playing a critical role in managing fiscal operations. This position is vital for maintaining, analyzing, and interpreting the financial accounting data that underpins the department’s operations and reporting requirements.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Oklahoma County, OK
• Pay: $62000 yearly
• Team: Reports to Financial Manager within the Finance Department
• Mission: This person owns the professional-level work of maintaining, analyzing, interpreting, and managing financial accounting data to ensure accurate financial records and support fiscal administration for the State of Oklahoma Department of Transportation.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Reviews & Presents: Reviews, analyzes, and presents financial data, including revenue projections and expenditure reports, to accurately determine funding requirements.
• Prepares Reports: Prepares various financial statements, reports of operations, expenditure reports, and statistical data concerning the agency’s financial status.
• Maintains Records: Maintains and manages various accounting ledgers, journals, registers, and other fiscal records, ensuring proper allocation of revenues and classification of expenditures.
• Processes Payments: Reviews and processes expense vouchers, invoices, and other fiscal documents for payment, performing reconciliations of financial reports and data.
• Manages Payroll: Determines payroll requirements for the department, maintains comprehensive payroll data, and prepares and processes monthly payrolls.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Minimum qualification requires a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, finance, or a closely related field, positioning this as an entry-level role within a training status.
• Experience: Candidates should possess experience equivalent to the required degree, with one year of bookkeeping substituting for each year of the degree requirement, focusing on routine financial tasks.
• Skills:
• Possess knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and theories.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare basic financial statements and reports.
• Capable of reviewing and analyzing financial information effectively.
• Proficient in maintaining routine accounting data in appropriate ledgers and journals.