ACCOUNTANT 2* - 01072026-74064

The State of Tennessee is seeking an Accountant 2 to perform professional accounting work of average difficulty. The role involves preparing financial reports, monitoring grant funds, auditing tax-related documents, and managing long-term projects while providing training and supervision to less experienced accountants.

Responsibilities

• Prepares financial activity reports for use by internal and external customers under the direction of assigned supervisor. Performs basic reconciliations of general ledger accounts, processes basic accounts payable/receivable transactions, and basic accounting journal entries in electronic databases
• Monitors federal and third party, grant and program funds to ensure accurate fund results. Monitors reported expenditures of sub-recipients grant funds and other program funds for allowable and accurate reporting
• Audits tax related accounting documents and basic invoices and billings for compliance. Reviews refund request documentation prior to and after submission for payment to ensure recipient eligibility and proper allocation and disbursement of funds
• Analyzes general ledger transactions and account documentation submitted by external customers to determine accurate and appropriate expenditures
• Manages long term projects to ensure timely completion of project milestones. Prioritizes daily tasks to meet deadlines and facilitate efficient task completion
• Resolves issues with external customers related to basic financial transactions and customer service complaints
• Solves basic problems related to customer billing based on reporting and research. Recommends to assigned supervisor whether an account should be closed based on departmental outstanding balance policies
• May train, lead, or supervise accounting personnel in performing specialized or general accounting tasks

Skills

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in accounting and experience equivalent to one year of full-time professional accounting or auditing work
• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree including thirty-six quarter hours in accounting and experience equivalent to one year of full-time professional accounting or auditing work
• Substitution of Graduate Education for Experience: Graduate coursework credit received from an accredited college or university in accounting may substitute for the required experience on a month for month basis to a maximum of one year (e.g., 36 graduate quarter hours in the above listed field may substitute for one year of the required experience)
• Designated as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

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