Deputy Controller - Controller II - Hybrid
Salary
$106,776.00 - $138,816.00 Annually
Location
Denver, CO
Job Type
Full Time
Job Number
AAA-01324-102626
Department
Department of Personnel & Administration
Division
Executive Directors Office
Opening Date
10/28/2026
Closing Date
11/6/2026 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA
Determined by Position
Type of Announcement
This position is open only to Colorado state residents.
FLSA Status
Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.
Department Contact Information
Heather Siegal heather.siegal@state.co.us
Primary Physical Work Address
Eligible for a hybrid flexible work assignment within Colorado and may be required to work on site at 1525 Sherman Street, Denver, CO 80203.
Hiring Pay Rate
While a salary range is posted for this position, any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state service as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While all offers are compliant with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, there is no guarantee an offer will be at the top of the posted range based on the salary analysis.
How To Apply
Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.
Department Information
This position is only open to Colorado state residents.
Note: This posting may fill more than one vacancy.
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Description of Job
The position exists to assist the Department Controller in leading and directing the financial services function within the Department. Ensures that department financial activities consistently follow GAAP, State Statutes and State Fiscal Rules, and must be able to perform the major duties of the Department Controller in the case of absence.
A summary of the duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:
Responsible for oversight of the day to day accounting operations for all DPA divisions.
Analyze/reconcile financial data to ensure accuracy, identify errors and help ensure compliance with applicable rules and regulations.
This includes account balances for assets, liabilities, fund balance, revenues, and expenditures.
Review all accounting documents (i.e. payment vouchers, journals, purchase orders, purchase requisitions and services contracts) for accuracy and appropriateness.
Ensure transactions are accurate and in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and all applicable State fiscal rules and regulations.
Perform routine accounting tasks on an ongoing basis and/or upon request, including but not limited to:
Create, audit and approve accounting transactions reported in the Colorado Operations Resource System (CORE). Ensure all billing and payments are recorded in the proper accounting period, reconcile accounts to CORE, guarantee the accuracy of reporting, including auditing and analyzing all default accounts.
Prepare journal entries for assigned transactions and ensure timely posting before monthly closing.
Review and approve CORE transactions prepared by other accounting staff (e.g., GAX, PRC, JV, CR, etc.)
Maintain the accounting records of and record all appropriate transactions for the general fixed assets of assigned divisions.
Prepare Journal Vouchers and Interagency Transactions to correct or allocate costs and revenue as necessary.
Work with the Department Controller to review quarterly and annual diagnostic reports and resolve any problems.
Account for and reconcile balance sheet accounts, including but not limited to accounts receivable, deferred revenue, and accounts payable.
Review applicable journal entries to record the pay date shift.
Confirm interagency payables and record any necessary journal entries at fiscal year end.
Work with the Controller to successfully close and open the books for the fiscal year and complete any necessary reports and exhibits for the State Controller's Office.
Maintain interaction with the State's Financial System and any stand-alone sub-systems, including resolving and analyzing problems associated with this work.
Ensure year-end and year-open tasks, such as roll-forwards, and estimated revenue and expense accruals are completed within deadlines.
Review monthly financial reports prepared by division accountants including operating reports, fund balance analysis and additional detailed analysis of selected funds as requested.
These reports are distributed to senior level management as well as division fiscal managers.
Meet with division staff and budget staff to discuss division financial results.
Prepare, monitor and analyze monthly financial reports including projections of yearly expenditure patterns to provide management with the information necessary to control the budget by providing comparison of actual expenditures to budgetary projections and making adjustments where necessary.
Project expenses and recommend options available to unit managers to perform at a more successful level.
Responsible for overseeing accurate financial reporting for divisions/programs and for providing reports used in state-wide reporting.
Maintain various sub-systems, which includes making recommendations to management in regards to the implementation of new systems or to alter procedures and processes for existing sub-systems.
Provide quarterly reporting to the Department Controller to explain variances and abnormal balances in accounts.
Review for accuracy and completeness the fiscal year-end financial exhibits as required by State Fiscal Procedures and other supporting schedules as requested.
Compile and submit information for use in the State Controller's Office statewide indirect cost plan.
Compile monthly, quarterly and fiscal year-end financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Responsible for managing financial system reporting by creating and maintaining as needed and ad hoc departmental reports in CORE InfoAdvantage.
Explain reporting processes and train others financial users in the department on using and as applicable developing system reports.
Takes an active role in planning needs and requirements for the closing and opening of each fiscal year.
Participates in developing fiscal closing training for division personnel and as needed, is one of the presenters.
In consultation with unit managers and the budget unit, determines the need for decision items, supplemental requests, budget amendments.
Work with division fiscal staff in finding creative and ethical approaches to resolving budget and accounting compliance issues.
Assists with division rate setting.
Monitors budgets, profit/loss, cash balance, general and state fund balance, etc. to ensure all financial responsibilities of the division are met.
This position provides technical assistance, advises on accounting matters, interprets State Fiscal Rules, and implements State and Federal administrative policies.
In addition, the position assists the Controller with design, recommendation, and implementation of coding structures for assigned programs, and develops processes and reports to meet the needs of division management and staff.
Assists the department controller and executive management with strategic planning to bring the department's finance, budget and contractual obligations together in a proactive manner.
Interacts with management to determine and meet needs to manage the finances of the department.
Works with the department controller on integrating the department's strategic plan into the ongoing financial operations.
Assists the Department controller with presenting and defending financial data and information, internal accounting policies, procedures and controls to department management, state controller, state auditors, legislative committees and federal government.
This position has a key role in supervising assigned staff accountants and assists the controller in various ways.
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
This position is advertised in line with the Governor's executive order (Executive Order 2022 015) focused on skills-based hiring practices that focuses on the knowledge, skills, and abilities specific to the job and aligns the hiring process accordingly. Skills-based hiring reduces potential barriers for applicants and allows for reduced bias in the hiring process by providing a direct description of skills that are unique to the duties assigned to the position with a recognition that the applicant may have developed these skills through education, training or past experiences.
Residency Requirement:
This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.
Class Code & Classification Description:
H8C2XX
Controller II
Minimum Qualifications:
Experience Only:
At least eight (8) years of relevant experience in accounting or auditing which must include at least 2 years of supervisory experience
OR
Education & Experience:
A combination of related education (coursework requires 24 semester hours completed in accounting or auditing) and/or relevant experience in accounting or auditing which must include at least 2 years of supervisory experience equal to at least eight (8) years
Current, valid licensure as a CPA by the Colorado Board of Accountancy will count for six (6) years of the requirement
The exceptional candidate will possess the proven ability or accomplishment in the following preferred qualifications:
Previous State Service related to the work assigned to the position.
Governmental accounting and/or reporting
Experience with CORE or other large financial system, including reporting
Strong MS Excel knowledge
Excellent written communication skills
Conditions of Employment:
Appeal Rights:
An applicant who has been removed from consideration during the selection or comparative analysis process, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board and/or request a review by the State Personnel Director. A standard appeal form is available on the State Personnel Board website,https://spb.colorado.gov/forms-and-filing. If you appeal, your appeal must be submitted in writing on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative, and received at the following address within ten (10) days of your receipt of this notice: Colorado State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director, Attn: Appeals Processing, 1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver, CO 80203. Fax: 303-866-5038. Phone: 303-866-3300. Email address: dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us. The ten-day deadline and these appeal procedures also apply to all charges of discrimination. Refer to Chapters 4 and 8 of the State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Directors Administrative Procedures, 4 CCR 801, for information about the appeals process. The State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Directors Administrative Procedures are available at spb.colorado.gov.
Supplemental Information
Employment Philosophy: The State of Colorado strives to build and maintain workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans. We are building a Colorado for All through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness. The State is committed to non-discriminatory practices in hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.
Accommodations: The Department of Personnel & Administration is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Heather Siegal heather.siegal@state.co.us
The State of Colorado offers permanent employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, as well as a comprehensive leave program. Please click the following link for detailed information: www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/benefits
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This position requires either: Experience Only: At least eight (8) years of relevant experience in accounting or auditing which must include at least 2 years of supervisory experience OR Education & Experience: A combination of related education (coursework requires 24 semester hours completed in accounting or auditing) and/or relevant experience in accounting or auditing which must include at least 2 years of supervisory experience equal to at least eight (8) years Current, valid licensure as a CPA by the Colorado Board of Accountancy will count for six (6) years of the requirement Do you meet this qualification?
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If you selected yes, please tell us about your qualifying education or equivalent experience here, including names of organization and dates of service.
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The salary listed, $106,776.00 - $138,816.00 annually, is the hiring range. No offer will be made over this range. If offered this position, is the salary listed acceptable to you?
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Please describe how you learned of this job opening.
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FOR CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE OF COLORADO: Per the requirements of the Step Pay Program, any State employee must be paid a rate that is equal to or greater than the appropriate step pay rate within their classification's pay range based on completed years in their current class series as of June 30. All current and former State employees must ensure that your entire work history within the State Classified System, including at Institutions of Higher Education, is indicated in your application so that your time-in-series can be calculated accurately. If you are a current State of Colorado employee, please list all State of Colorado Departments or institutions of Higher Education for which you have worked for and your Employee ID (if known):
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| Location | Denver, CO |
| Salary | $106,776–$138,816 Per Year |
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