Address:

Arizona State Prison Complex (ASPC) – Safford
896 South Cook Road
Safford, Arizona 85546
https://corrections.az.gov/

Salary:  $39,900.00

Grade: 17

Closing Date: 12/16/2024

Do you have experience in risk management? Do you have a background working with fixed assets? Let’s get you started working for the State of Arizona. Apply today!

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is looking for a team leader with a background in risk management and accounting. This position serves as the Property Officer and Risk Management Liaison that is responsible for preparing documents, tagging, inventory accountability, and facilitating general surplus transfers of fixed assets for complex-wide State property items.

- Maintains un-interrupted updates of complex inventory records
- Prepares documents to add, change, or delete state property inventory items
- Provides training to the units state property liaisons
- Gathers equipment and prepares documentation for all equipment that needs to be surpluses and delivers to State Surplus and destruction on site
- Provides documentation to Risk Management for reimbursement for loss of state and personal property involving staff and for reimbursement of inmates’ personal property
- Enters and verifies financial and other data to provide records, reports, and other information and correspondence in a systematic manner
- Performs routine accounting tasks involving basic numeric calculations
- Resolves technical problems, investigates, and resolves account discrepancies
- Examines and verifies fiscal transactions such as billing invoices, accounts payable/receivable, creating requisitions, and other financial documents
- Operates the online Inmate Trust Account (ITA) for the prison units
- Processes ITA transactions (deposits, disbursements, collection of mandatory deductions, and error corrections) daily
- Maintains multiple bank accounts (ITA and Work Incentive Program Pay (WIPP))
- Assists in receipt and deposit of inmates’ monies
- Ensures disbursements do not exceed funds available
- Reviews payroll sheets for accuracy, inputs into the system, and completes processing
- Prepares financial summaries and reports in an accurate and timely manner
- Reviews inmate accounts and recommend approval/denial of inmate applications for indigent status to the Business Administrator for signature and distribution
- Reviews inmate requests for discharge money, issues checks to inmates, and posts information in the ITA system
- Drives on State business
- Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge of:
- Principles, practices, concepts, and techniques of government accounting
- Operation of online Inmate Banking System automated accounting systems, Microsoft Office Suite, and Google Suite
- Federal and State laws, statutes, and regulations
- ADCRR policies and procedures
- Maintenance of financial accounts and records
- Preparation of balance sheets, financial statements, summaries, budgets, audits, reconciliations, and other reports

Skill in:
- Verbal and written communication
- Decision-making and problem-solving of complex financial control and accounting problems
- Interpreting and analyzing financial data, accounting, and logistical systems as they apply to the development and reconfiguration of automated systems
- Organization and research
- Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships
- Planning, calculating, prioritizing, and training

Ability to:
- Accurately work with numbers and complete mandated reports in required formats
- Adapt to changing priorities and situations
- Research and compile fiscal and statistical information
- Interpret ADCRR policies as they pertain to accounting
- Work in a prison environment
- Interact professionally with all levels of Department staff and outside individuals

- Governmental or professional-level accounting experience
- Bachelor’s degree with a major in accounting
- Supervisory experience

Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation and drug test.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2-10-207.11).

In an effort to maintain a safe environment, all employees are required to take a Tuberculosis (TB) test during their New Employee Orientation and every year thereafter.

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

We offer an excellent and affordable comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees:
- Vacation and sick days 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).
- Robust and affordable insurance plan to include medical, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability options
- Exceptional retirement program
- Optional employee benefits such as deferred compensation plans, credit union membership, and a wellness program
- An incentivized commuter club and public transportation subsidy program

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

Positions in this classification participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). Enrollment eligibility will become effective after 27 weeks of employment.

Current ADCRR Employees: Consult with your respective Human Resources Liaison if you are in a different retirement plan than the one indicated above.

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 calling (602) 255-2430. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.