ACCOUNTANT TECHNICIAN 2
Salary
$57,252.96 - $84,501.36 Annually
Location
Elko
Job Type
Full-Time
Job Number
2026-01839
Department
DHS - CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES
Opening Date
05/18/2026
Closing Date
5/26/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
FLSA
Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit
C
Salary Grade
32
Full Physical Address of Position (City, State, Zip)
Elko
Job Summary
he Nevada DIVISION OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES (DCFS) is seeking an Accountant Technician 2 for the Nevada Youth Training Center (NYTC), a 64-bed secure facility for male youth age 14 to 18 located in Elko NV. NYTC's goal is to promote positive self-growth, create change in behavior, attitudes, values and ways of thinking through education, therapeutic treatment and appropriate medical and mental health services. The incumbent will be responsible for reconciling daily outside bank transactions; edit and reconcile IFS to BETS transactions; submit Pay Vouchers, Journal Vouchers, and Billing Claims into State's central NV.CORE accounting system; maintain contract logs to track spending on State Vendor Contracts; Assist management in preparation of complex budgets; Analyze information on past expenditures and project trends; Reconcile Youth Trust Bank Account; among other duties. Steps to be taken in completing specialized transactions, resolving processing problems, researching, and correcting errors, and reconciling accounts often are not clearly dictated by regulations and require a series of actions which may vary with specific circumstances. This position reviews and verifies the validity of expenditures and performs complex account reconciliations. Accountant Technicians perform technical accounts maintenance work for agencies with complex accounting functions or systems. Factors that contribute to complexity include, but are not limited to, federal grant reporting, external bank accounts, cost allocation plans, budget accounts, bank guidelines other than those contained in the State Administrative Manual, enterprise accounting, complex fund accounting, and external reporting requirements. Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform work independently with little or no additional training.
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Accountant Technicians reconcile and monitor specific accounting and fiscal functions or activities within a department establishing or using established procedures and guidelines that are not limited to the State Administrative Manual. Reconciliation includes balancing departmental records with reports generated by the State's central accounting system as well as federal and other accounting systems. Monitoring includes ensuring accounting functions and activities are in compliance with reporting requirements and grant specifications.
Essential Qualifications
Graduation from high school and three years of financial records maintenance experience which included duties such as designing, implementing and interpreting narrative and data reports; applying principles of accounting to analyze financial information; preparing entries to accounts; analyzing assets and liabilities and preparing balance sheets; auditing contracts, vouchers and other documents and preparing summary transaction reports; implementing accounting control procedures; and overseeing the work of accounting clerical staff; OR one year of experience as an Accountant Technician I in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.
Job Duties
Control complex accounts payable functions for agencies with multiple cost/project centers, by establishing guidelines for allocating general costs to the appropriate cost centers, and ensuring procedures are followed prior to submitting documents for payment or grant draws.
Control complex accounts receivable functions to include determining the billing amount using cost accounting procedures; make determinations regarding referral of delinquent accounts.
Assist management in preparation of complex budgets by coordinating with various sections to ensure budget requests are received and reviewed in a timely manner; developing narratives for each category and general ledger account to provide justification for proposed budget request; analyzing information on past expenditures and projecting trends; making recommendations for budget adjustments as needed; and preparing special budget analysis reports to highlight problems on own initiative or as requested.
Provide fiscal management and auditing of federal or other grant monies by monitoring expenditures to ensure compliance with multiple grant specifications and complex reporting requirements; auditing records and reports of sub-grantees for compliance with grant requirements; and preparing complex financial reports in compliance with federal, grant, contractual, or other external requirements.
Manage federal draw downs in conformity with the Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990 and grant requirements; provide fiscal management and auditing of federal grant monies; track costs billable to the federal government; prepare vouchers and monitor and report status of federal funds.
Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports including trial balances, adjustments and balance sheets; establish and maintain automated billing systems including account analysis, reconciliations and processing adjustments.
Complete fiscal year openings and closings for assigned accounts; develop internal controls on revenues and expenses; reconcile federal to State fiscal year closings; prepare annual Single Audit Reporting Form (SARF) reporting requirements for submission.
May train, supervise and evaluate the performance of assigned clerical and technical support staff; develop work performance standards and accounting policies and procedures.
Perform related duties as assigned.
Under general supervision, Accountant Technician II's perform the full range of duties described in the series concept. Incumbents will typically supervise lower level accounting positions. The class is distinguished from Accountant Technician I's and III's by the size of the department or division and complexity of accounting requirements of the agency for which responsible. Incumbents are typically responsible for two or more fiscal areas in a medium or large agency or for one very complex accounting function in a large department. This is the journey level in the series.
Representative duties at a college or university may also include: Increased complexity of technical accounting work is found through management of an accounting function(s) that spans the entire college or university, such as reconciliation of the single bank account for the university through which all monies flow or calculation, collection, distribution and reporting of facilities and administrative costs collected from grant funds.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
This job specification lists the major knowledge, skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge, skills and abilities from a previous level.
General knowledge of: bookkeeping practice and theory; fund, managerial, governmental, and cost accounting principles; supervisory principles and practice; federal regulations and practices related to cash flow management.
Working knowledge of: intermediate spreadsheet and word processing software applicable to developing financial reporting and data collection systems.
Ability to: identify problems from an accounting worksheet or financial report and solve or recommend solutions; apply State and federal statutes and regulations and department procedures to financial transactions; interpret and apply State and federal statutes and regulations, and departmental rules and regulations including legal interpretations as applied to approving, monitoring and processing financial transactions; and identify and solve problems from an accounting work sheet or financial report.
Skill in: developing accounting record systems, worksheets, and reports; interpreting financial reports and accounting reports, and presenting information to others; and all knowledge, skills and abilities required at the lower level.
Recruiter Contact Information: Victoria Sheehan - Torisheehan@admin.nv.gov
The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse, inclusive, and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. All applicants are considered without regard to race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages.
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Benefits include:
Health Insurance: Medical, dental, life, and disability insurance programs for employees and their dependents/family are offered through the Public Employees' Benefits Program (PEBP).
Vacation: Accrual of three weeks of annual leave each year.
Sick Leave: Accrual of three weeks of sick leave each year.
Holidays: 12 paid holidays per year.
Retirement: Participation in the Nevada Public Employees Retirement System (PERS). Employees do not contribute to Social Security but will contribute to PERS if their position is at 50% or more full-time equivalency. For more information on how PERS service may impact Social Security benefits, visit the SSA publication.
Deferred Compensation: The State offers a voluntary Deferred Compensation Program.
No Nevada state income tax.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Eligible due to public sector employment.
Longevity Payments Eligibility: Employees who have received a performance rating of "standard" or better and have completed eight (8) or more years of continuous service are eligible for longevity pay.
Additional benefits may apply to employees covered under a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), depending on their designated bargaining unit. For more information, visit the Labor Relations Unit (LRU).
For more details about your rights and responsibilities as a State of Nevada employee, please review the State of Nevada Employee Handbook (PDF).
The following are legal holidays:
January 1.............................................. New Years Day
Third Monday in January.................. Martin Luther King, Jr.s Birthday
Third Monday in February................ Washington's Birthday
Last Monday in May........................... Memorial Day
June 19................................................ Juneteenth Day
July 4.................................................... Independence Day
First Monday in September.............. Labor Day
Last Friday in October....................... Nevada Day
November 11........................................ Veterans Day
Fourth Thursday in November........ Thanksgiving Day
Friday following the Fourth Thursday in November...................... Family Day
December 25........................................ Christmas Day
When January 1, June 19, July 4, November 11, or December 25 falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is the observed legal holiday. If these days fall on Sunday, the following Monday is the observed holiday. Eligibility for holiday pay is covered by the provisions of NAC 284.255
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