The State of Tennessee is seeking an Accountant 1 to join their Finance and Administration Department in Nashville, TN. This entry-level position involves professional accounting work of routine difficulty, including monitoring grant funds, auditing invoices, and preparing financial reports under close supervision.

Responsibilities

• Monitors federal and third party grant and program funds to ensure accurate fund results
• Audits basic invoices and billings for compliance with departmental policies and procedures, contract terms, federal and state laws and regulations. Audits tax related accounting documents to determine compliance with federal tax laws and regulations
• Analyzes general ledger transactions to ensure and verify the accurate recording and/or application of funds. Analyzes account documentation submitted by external customers to determine accurate and appropriate expenditures
• Performs basic reconciliations of general ledger accounts, prepares financial activity reports, processes basic accounts payable transactions and accounting journal entries in electronic databases, and prepares sales tax returns as required
• Gathers account information from internal and external customers to update and maintain accurate account postings, support transactions, and perform reconciliations
• Solves basic problems related to customer billing based on reporting and research
• Manages long term projects to ensure timely completion of project milestones. Prioritizes daily tasks to meet deadlines and facilitate efficient task completion
• Communicates with external customers regarding basic issues with financial transactions

Skills

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in accounting
• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree including thirty-six quarter hours in accounting

Benefits

• This position is designed as Hybrid
• An applicant appointed to this flexibly staffed class will be reclassified to the next higher class in the series after successful completion of a mandatory one-year training period; inadequate or marginal performance during the training period will result in automatic demotion or termination.

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