Job Location: Jefferson City, MO
Why you’ll love this position:The Missouri Department of Agriculture is dedicated to the promotion and protection of the state’s agriculture industry. With nearly 100,000 farms on more than 28 million acres of farmland, the state’s Department of Agriculture works to connect farmers with consumers. Nearly 90% of Missouri’s farms are family owned, and our family farms are committed to producing a safe and secure food supply for customers locally and globally. Additionally, more than one in every ten Missouri jobs are in agriculture and forestry.
What’ll you be doing: - Plan, direct, and manage the department’s financial management program which includes supervisory responsibilities for accounting, procurement and facilities management.
- Plan, organize, and supervise disbursement and accounting of funds, billing, preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
- Process, analyze, evaluate, prepare, and approve complex financial transactions, statements, revenue, and expenditures for the department.
- Oversee internal controls over expenditures in SAM II Financial.
- Supervise the SAM II Chart of Accounts maintenance and Labor Distribution Profile (LDPR) code establishment.
- Review monthly Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and related bank account cash journals, schedules, adjusting entries, and reconciling items.
- Approve large expenditures and the related accounting code assignments within SAMII and MissouriBUYS as required by Department policies.
- Conduct compliance reviews of Department expenditures to ensure compliance with laws, rules, policies, procedures, and guidelines Perform internal financial reporting activities to include monthly, quarterly and annual payroll projection and appropriation expenditure reports for all divisions and recommend any necessary adjustments.
- Perform monthly fund analysis of the all divisions to ensure solvency and makes recommendations when potential concerns arise.
- Prepare and monitor the department’s cost allocation plan and oversee the monthly cost allocation transfers from the divisions.
- Create and recommend Accounting policies and procedures to Department leadership.
- Serve as the facilities liaison with the Office of Administration on all buildings occupied by the Missouri Department of Agriculture.
- Serve as fiscal and procurement subject matter expert for the MOVERS software implementation.
- Provide strong leadership to the fiscal office and excellent customer service to all divisions and boards within Missouri Dept. of Agriculture.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications: - Five (5) or more years of experience in accounting, budget or a closely related field with increasing responsibilities for multi-faceted direction and planning AND Two (2) or more years of supervisory experience.
- Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Access).
- Global knowledge of the SAM II system
Preferred Qualifications: - State government fiscal experience preferred
- Master's degree preferred
- CPA designation preferred
- Facilities management experience
Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant.Benefits:
- 3 weeks paid vacation; 3 weeks paid sick leave; 13 paid holidays
- Health (medical, dental, vision) and free life insurance
- Retirement
- Up to $75/month match on savings plan
- 6 weeks paid leave for birth or adoption
The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here .
