The Oregon Department of Corrections is currently recruiting for an Accounting Technician position at their headquarters in Salem, Oregon. This role involves managing vendor payments, resolving discrepancies, and ensuring accuracy in financial records while working primarily in an office environment.
Responsibilities
- Paying purchase order (PO) vendors and resolving purchase order and vendor-related issues
- Managing a queue of assigned vendors, tracking and correcting discrepancies through the AFAMIS accounting system
- Comparing vendor invoices to purchase orders to verify the accuracy of goods and services received, quantities, costs, and payment terms
- Sorting, batching, totaling, and recording invoices for vouchering and payment
- Ensuring all batch and voucher requests are accurate and properly processed
- Reviewing and reconciling coded accounting transactions and Accounts Payable Edit Reports
- Researching and resolving discrepancies
- Balancing payment documents to recorded batch totals
- Matching invoices to warrant requests
- Applying or requesting refunds for credit memos
- Reviewing problem invoices and purchase orders
- Contacting vendors to obtain missing invoices or resolve past due balances
- Verifying invoice approvals and obtaining signatures as needed
- Assigning vendor numbers and cost coding for payments
- Working collaboratively within the unit to assist during staff absences, peak workload periods, and year-end processing
Skills
- Two (2) years of experience calculating, recording, and maintaining accounting information that must include coding transactions and checking them for propriety, balancing, and resolving discrepancies in computer edits; OR
- One (1) year of experience calculating, recording, and maintaining accounting information that must include coding transactions and checking them for propriety, balancing, and resolving discrepancies in computer edits AND at least 43 quarter (29 semester) credit hours from an accredited college, university, or vocational-technical school that includes 9 quarter (6 semester) credit hours in accounting. Credit hours must include introductory level accounting courses 1 and 2; OR
- At least 94 quarter (62 semester) credit hours or an associate degree from an accredited college, university, or vocational-technical school that includes 12 quarter (8 semester) credit hours in accounting. Credit hours must include introductory level accounting courses 1 and 2 and may include any additional accounting courses with 'accounting' in the title
- Training or experience must include using a computer to enter, update, or retrieve information
- Applicants must be current ODOC or OCE employees (temporary and contract workers are not eligible) and must submit supervisor approval
Benefits
- Family health, vision, and dental insurance
- Vacation, sick leave, and 11 paid holidays
- 21 days paid military leave for national guard and reserve components
- Optional short and long-term disability
- Term life insurance
- Fully paid retirement program
- Oregon Saving Growth Plan
- Flexible spending accounts for health and childcare
- *And more*
Company Overview
State of Oregon is a government organization that focuses on employment, businesses, education, recreation, and public safety. It was founded in 1859, and is headquartered in Salem, Oregon, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.oregon.gov.