Accountant II
Salary
$45,684.77 - $52,500.00 Annually
Location
25 - HINDS COUNTY, MS
Job Type
Full-Time
Job Number
9432-0411-20261030HDS
Department
0411 - MDA-MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Opening Date
11/02/2026
Closing Date
11/16/2026 11:59 PM Central
Agency Minimum Salary
$45,684.77
Agency Maximum Salary
$52,500.00
About the Agency
The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) is the states lead economic and community development agency. MDA recruits new companies to Mississippi, helps existing companies expand and provides support to foster growth and new opportunities in a variety of areas, including energy, small and minority business, trade, film, retiree recruitment, and more. Additionally, MDA attracts millions of visitors to the state each year through Visit Mississippi, the tourism division of the agency. MDA also supports pass-through funding and provides support for a variety of grant programs and non-profits, such as Innovate Mississippi and Mississippi Main Street Association.
About the Position
This is a Time-Limited position. This is professional accounting work supporting the administration, monitoring, and financial oversight of Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds. The incumbent will maintain financial records, monitor expenditures, assist with drawdowns and reconciliations, support grant reporting, and help ensure compliance with applicable state and federal fiscal requirements. Work includes monitoring budget activity, reviewing supporting documentation, coordinating with program staff to verify allowable costs, tracking financial and program-related transactions, and supporting audit readiness for disaster recovery activities. - Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: • Maintain accurate accounting records for CDBG-DR expenditures, obligations, encumbrances, and related financial activity. • Monitor budget-to-actual expenditures for salaries, travel, contractual services, and other applicable cost categories. • Monitor grant-related financial activity to ensure expenditures are properly recorded, supported, and aligned with approved program activities and budget authority. • Assist with federal drawdowns, cash management, and monthly or quarterly reconciliations between internal accounting systems and federal reporting records. • Review invoices, payment packages, coding, and supporting documentation for accuracy, completeness, allowability, and compliance with applicable requirements. • Coordinate with program staff to ensure financial transactions are properly documented and aligned with approved program activities, budget authority, and monitoring requirements. • Support preparation of grant reports, financial summaries, audit responses, monitoring documentation, and other records required for federal and state oversight. • Track administrative and program delivery costs to support compliance with CDBG-DR funding requirements, monitoring expectations, and applicable grant limits. • Identify expenditure variances, documentation gaps, monitoring concerns, or compliance issues and recommend corrective actions as appropriate. • Maintain organized records to substantiate the allowability, allocability, and reasonableness of costs charged to the grant and to support monitoring, audit, and closeout activities. • Perform related duties as assigned to support effective financial management, monitoring, compliance, and timely implementation of disaster recovery activities.
What youll need to be Successful
To be successful in this position, the candidate must be able to manage detailed accounting records, review and reconcile financial information, interpret grant and fiscal requirements, and ensure expenditures are accurate, allowable, properly documented, and aligned with approved CDBG-DR program activities. The candidate must also be able to communicate effectively with fiscal and program staff.
Preferred Qualifications
Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree and 2-4 years of experience and/or appropriate certification. - Hiring Agency Preferred Education and Experience Requirements: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and two (2) to four (4) years of related accounting, budgeting, fiscal monitoring, or grant financial management experience. Preferred experience includes accounting, budgeting, grant financial management, or fiscal monitoring experience in a governmental or federally funded program environment. Experience using Mississippi's Accountability System for Government Information and Collaboration (MAGIC), the State of Mississippi's system used for government financial, budgeting, procurement, reporting, and related administrative transactions, is preferred.
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Health/Prescription Insurance
Eligible employees have the opportunity to participate in the state's health and prescription insurance program. Employees may select either single or family coverage with affordable co-payments. More detail can be found at Know Your Benefits.
Wellness Benefits
Employees are eligible for a wellness and health promotion program. This plan provides annual benefits for certain services with first-dollar coverage with no deductible.
Life Insurance
All eligible employees receive an actual term life insurance policy upon employment. The policy coverage is two times the employee's annual salary to a maximum of $100,000. More detail can be found at Life Insurance Choices.
Optional Insurances
Many agencies offer discounted premiums for dental, vision, and cancer insurance.
Flexible Spending Accounts
Many state agencies provide opportunity for employees to participate in pre-tax spending accounts. These accounts allow employees to withhold childcare expenses and unreimbursed medical expenses prior to application of state and federal taxes.
Paid Personal Leave and Sick Leave
Full-time employees receive paid time off for personal needs and for sick leave. Leave begins accruing after one month of employment and may be used as it is accrued. Employees earn approximately 18 days of personal leave annually and 12 days of sick leave annually.
Military Leave
In accordance with federal law, all employees serving in the armed forces or the military reserves are entitled to 15 days per year for military training.
Holidays
Employees receive up to 10 paid holidays to enjoy many of our nation's celebrations with family and friends.
Retirement Programs
The State of Mississippi provides all its employees a Defined Benefit/Defined Contribution Retirement Program. Employees become vested in the State's retirement system after 8 years of employment. Both you and your employing agency contribute toward your retirement. More detailed information regarding the State's retirement program can be found at http://www.pers.state.ms.us
Deferred Compensation
State agencies offer several opportunities for their employees to participate in a deferred compensation voluntary retirement savings plan. More information can be found at Deferred Compensation.
State Credit Union
All state employees are eligible to participate in the Mississippi Public Employees' Credit Union. This organization offers state employees special savings and borrowing plans. For more information about this program, call 601.948.8191.
Tuition Reimbursement
Many state agencies provide opportunities for their employees to achieve higher education through tuition reimbursement. Common programs include medical and nursing fields, accounting, and business/administrative fields.
Career Development and Training
The Mississippi State Personnel Board offers several management and administrative certification programs, as well as professional development courses to enhance employee value to the agency. Individual agencies also offer technical training and allow membership in professional organizations to employees in their specific fields of employment.
Promotional Opportunities
Employees who have completed 6 or more months of service are eligible for promotional opportunities within state government employment. Minimum qualifications must be met.
Career Ladders
Many job classifications provide career-ladder opportunities based upon attainment of competencies. These career ladders can increase an individual's salary, provided funds are available within the agency.
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What is the highest level of education (or semester hours of college) you have completed?
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Do you possess appropriate certification, if required?
Required Question
Employer State of Mississippi
Address 210 East Capitol Street
Suite 800
Jackson, Mississippi, 39201
Phone 601-359-1406
601-359-1406
| Location | Jackson, MS |
| Salary | $45,684.77–$52,500 Per Year |
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