Address: 3010 E. Camelback Rd. Suite #200
Phoenix, AZ  85016

Salary: $40,496 - $60,000 

Grade: 20

Closing Date: March 27, 2026

The accountant 2 is responsible for preparing, posting and reconciling all cash disbursements and receipts including refunds, pension payroll, accounts payable, transfers in and out, intersystem transfers, benefits transfers, daily contribution checks, daily contribution wire transfers, monitoring disbursement request for appropriateness and ensuring all approvals and authorizations are in place. Additionally, they are responsible for the preparation of reports including the daily cash sheet, budget reports, month end financials and ACFR production, maintaining and reconciling internal databases, preparing downloads and uploads for internal contributions and benefits database to the internal accounting system, preparing downloads and uploads from Mellon investments to internal accounting system and other related duties as assigned.

This position may be available for remote work within Arizona (# days per week in the office/hoteling).

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.

• Process daily GL transactions including check deposits and incoming wire deposits.
• Reconcile trial balance cash accounts for multiple bank accounts.
• Perform cash flow analysis and maintain daily average balances to avoid bank fees.
• Monitor and review processed accounting transactions and related system reports for accuracy and completeness.
• Receive agency invoices and purchase orders, enter all invoices into Great Plains, verify GL accounts of all payments, verify all proper signatures and purchase orders accounted for, ensure proper funds available for payments.
• Create payments, wire cash from money market accounts to checking accounts, create and upload ACH files for EFT payments, create and upload positive pay files for checks, create and reconcile GL entries.
• Create all reports used by benefits and insurance departments, reconcile all records in benefits and insurance ledgers to all records in GL.
• Reconciliation of all contributions received in contribution ledger to all journal entries made in GL.
• Create month end contribution accruals and monthly GL export for Great Plains import from EPIC detailed transactions.
• Design and create ad hoc reports, spreadsheets and forms for the Accounting department and other departments within the agency.
• Streamline internal processes across many departments.
• Access multiple databases with Excel queries to import external data to create fully customizable reports, spreadsheets and forms.

Knowledge of:
• Generally accepted accounting practices and principles (GAAP).
• Principles, concepts, practices, methods and techniques of government accounting and fiscal management.
• Applicable laws, codes and regulations.
• Methods and techniques of data processing as it relates to accounting practices.
• Federal and State accounting laws, rules and procedures.
Skill in:
• Maintaining accurate financial records and preparing clear and accurate reports for informational, auditing and operations use.
• Reconciling accounts, records, reports and journals.
• Reviewing and verifying accuracy of data.
• Preparing financial and/or auditor statements, schedules and reports.
• Review, audit and analysis of complex accounting and financial reports.
• Financial automated accounting systems (AZ360 and Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains highly desirable) and database management software applications such as Access and other PC or mainframe based accounting database.
Ability to:
• Perform multiple tasks simultaneously in a team environment with minimal supervision.
• Organize own work, setting priorities and meeting critical deadlines.
• Independently plan, organize, coordinate and perform work in various situations where numerous and diverse demands are involved.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of the positions area of responsibility.

• A bachelor's degree in accounting or closely related field from an accredited college or university.
• Accounting, budgeting or internal controls experience.
• Working knowledge of accounting databases and/or software and a reasonable level of Excel experience.

Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation to include credit and criminal history.

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

At PSPRS, we promote the importance of work/life balance by offering workplace flexibility, a learning environment and a team-oriented culture. Among the many benefits of a career with PSPRS, are 10 paid holidays per year, accrual of sick and annual leave, affordable medical benefits, participation in the Arizona State Retirement Plan (after 6 months of employment), optional participation in a 457 deferred compensation program, and employer matching on employee deferrals in the 457 plan (limited to a matching of 6% of salary on a per pay period basis).

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

Positions in this classification participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). Please note that enrollment eligibility becomes effective after 27 weeks of employment.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Andrew Goodwin at 602-296-3738 or agoodwin@psprs.com for assistance.

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer.

Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by contacting Andrew Goodwin at agoodwin@psprs.com. Requests should be made as early as possible to arrange the accommodation.