Division of Business and Finance (DBF)

This position may offer the ability to work remotely on a hybrid basis, within Arizona, based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures

Main Office Location: 100 N. 15th Avenue, Suite 302, Phoenix, AZ 85007

Salary: Up to $56,453 (DOE)  

Grade: 20

Open Until Filled (1st Review of Resumes 1/23/2026)  

The Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA), Division of Business and Finance (DBF), is seeking a dedicated and analytical professional to join our team as an Accountant II. In this role, you will perform advanced professional accounting work essential to the integrity of our financial operations, specifically supporting accounts receivable, accounts payable, and comprehensive financial reconciliation functions. You will be responsible for managing the end-to-end processing of deposits, billings, and inter-agency transactions, while maintaining meticulous benefits billing records and proactively resolving aging balances or discrepancies.

As a key member of the finance team, you will utilize automated financial systems to execute complex adjustments and provide critical audit support. By applying state accounting policies and rigorous internal controls, you will ensure that all financial activities are accurate, timely, and fully compliant with state standards. This position offers a dynamic environment for an accounting professional who excels at problem-solving and is committed to maintaining high-quality financial reporting and operational excellence for the State of Arizona.

The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

• Manage Accounts Receivable by recording, tracking, and reconciling billings, adjustments, and modifications, while maintaining accurate benefit billing records, including adds, changes, updates, and stop reports.
• Approve financial documents in AZ360 in accordance with delegated authority. Maintain documentation to support internal controls, audits, and compliance reviews.
• Process daily cash receipts to includes wires, interface files for CR docs, and remote depositing to bank. Also responsible for the daily activities on the payment website.
• Perform reconciliations & reporting and assist with financial reporting and audit support.
• Act as lead and assist with training and development for lower level positions.
• Process vendor payments & adjustments.
• Process Inter-Agency & Intra-Agency payments & adjustments.

Knowledge of:

• Advanced governmental and financial accounting principles and theory (FASB, GASB)
• Use of the AZ360 accounting system
• Reconciliation procedures
• Acquisition, disposal, and depreciation methods for fixed assets
• Accrual, cash, and Fund (modified accrual) based accounting
• Office methods, procedures, and equipment
• Department of Administration rules and regulations
• Database structures or other applications necessary to use and modify data

Skills in:

• Math at a college level: ratio analysis, amortization calculations, variance analysis, cost of goods sold calculations, and multivariable problem-solving
• Oral and written communications
• Operation of computers and software applications
• Analyzing and interpreting ADOA policy and procedures
• Work management, time management, and organization
• Analysis and interpretation of financial data to support judgments and decisions
• Work techniques necessary to maintain accounting records in automated accounting systems
• Interpersonal, group, and team-building skills

Ability to:

• Merge both knowledge and skill within a dynamic environment to produce a wide variety of accounting specialties within the confines of a single position

• Experience working in the State accounting environment

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required
• Background and reference check, including a criminal records verification

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

The Arizona Department of Administration offers a comprehensive benefits package to include:

• Sick leave
• Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program)
• Health and dental insurance
• Retirement plan
• Life insurance and long-term disability insurance
• Optional employee benefits include short-term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance
  

By providing the option of a full-time or part-time remote work schedule, employees enjoy improved work/life balance, report higher job satisfaction, and are more productive. Remote work is a management option and not an employee entitlement or right. An agency may terminate a remote work agreement at its discretion.

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

• Participation in ASRS Lifetime Benefit Pension Plan after 26 weeks of employment

• If you have any questions please feel free to contact Christopher Langseth at christopher.langseth@azdoa.gov for assistance
• The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer