Graduate Accountant I

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6/6/2026 (8:00 PM EDT)

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Graduate Accountant I

Pay Grade13

Salary

$3,491.98 - $5,237.96 Monthly

Employment Type

EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 40.0 HR/WK

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Hiring Agency

Finance & Administration Cabinet | Office of the Controller

Location

200 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601 USA

Description

The Office of Statewide Accounting Services (SAS) is seeking a motivated energetic candidate to fill anexciting position in a fast paced environment. If you love to plan and organize business and programmaticfunction and enjoy collaborating with various staff this is the opportunity for you. SAS wishes to obtain aGraduate Accountant I to assist with data modernization and financial transaction transformation.

The Graduate Accountant I will be a skilled team member that assists in our mission critical processes relatedto accounting, informational systems, and agency assistance.

Responsibilities and Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide assistance and guidance to State agencies with all accounting related inquiries, including the reviewand approval of complex eMARS transactions.
• Provide assistance for all Fiscal Year Closeout activity of assigned agencies.
• Perform central check writing processes.
• Includes processing CWAs and CWIs, and processing EFT and check paymentsthrough to Treasury.
• Reconcile Payroll Retirement Distribution by verifying allocated payroll wage types, processing journalvouchers, and distributing reports.
• Participate in eMARS system updates and enhancements to ensure state financial data is processed andreconciled accurately.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Accounting and bookkeeping skills
• Customer service skills
• Subject matter training and presentation skills
• Attention to detail
• Time management
• Teamwork and initiative
• eMARS experience

If you are interested in a challenging yet rewarding career when you can make a positive difference byimproving financial transparency for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, we would like to review your application.


Minimum Requirements

EDUCATION: Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree (which includes twenty semester hours or thirty quarter hours in accounting).

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS: NONE

Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE: NONE

Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION: Professional experience in Kentucky State Government accounting will substitute for the education on a year- for-year basis.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (AGE, LICENSURE, REGULATION, ETC.): NONE

Working Conditions

Incumbents working in this job title typically perform work in an office setting.

Probationary Period

This job has an initial and promotional probationary period of 6 months, except as provided in KRS 18A.111.

If you have questions about this advertisement, please contact Jenny Keown at View email address on click.appcast.io or View phone number on click.appcast.io.

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D