Posting number: 27-00242
Department: 645 Iowa Department of Transportation
Job classification: Accounting Technician 2
Posting type: Open
Categories: Accounting and Finance
Do you have an eye for detail and love numbers? Our Team has an immediate opening for an Accounting Technician 2. We offer a collaborative workspace to encourage teamwork and good communication. If you are looking to make lives better, be a part of a supportive, engaging team and provide excellent customer service – this may be the position for you!
Iowa DOT’s Mission is Making Lives Better Through Transportation To accomplish our Mission, the person selected for this position will demonstrate actions and behaviors guided by the Iowa DOT’s five CORE values: Safety First, People Matter, Customer Focused, Servant Leadership, and Integrity Without Exception.
Shift Monday – Friday 8:00 am -4:30 pm
Location Ames, IA 50010
In this entry-level role, your duties will include basic accounting tasks such as:
As a State of Iowa employee, you will be eligible for the following benefits:
We encourage you to view more about the State of Iowa Employee benefits and costs at the State of Iowa Employee Benefits Website!
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The Iowa Department of Transportation is an equal-opportunity employer. If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing any screening, interviewing, pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the selection process, please direct your request to the Affirmative Action & Equal Employment Opportunity (AA/EEO) Officer at: aa-eeo@iowadot.us
Reasonable accommodation such as interpreter, translator, written materials, modified equipment/devices, ADA access, etc. This does not include scheduling needs.
The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov
Graduation from high school or G.E.D. equivalency and four years of clerical accounting experience which involved the compilation, tabulation, examination, verification or recording of financial, statistical or related fiscal programs using elementary bookkeeping principles and practices;
the successful completion of a post-high school vocational/technical, business college, or area community college curriculum in accounting which included concentrated course work equivalent to twenty semester hours (or more) in accounting;
an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of employment in clerical office work for each year of the required education;
substituting the successful completion of thirty semester hours or the academic equivalent in a post high school Business, Accounting or closely related curriculum for each year of the required experience;
any equivalent combination of qualifying education or experience;
one year of experience as an Accounting Technician 1 in the State of Iowa classified service will be considered as qualifying;
one year of work experience as an Accounting Clerk 3 in the State of Iowa classified service will be considered as qualifying.
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