Senior Accountant/Fiscal Analyst

Senior Accountant/Fiscal Analyst

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About the Role:

The Senior Accountant/Fiscal Analyst plays a key role in our Accounts Payable Section and is responsible for performing professional accounting duties requiring technical expertise, analytical skills, and specialized financial knowledge. Working under limited supervision, you will audit and process a variety of invoices and travel claims, ensuring compliance with state and agency regulations. You will process payments in relation to SCDES and SCEIS procedures and maintain up-to-date knowledge of applicable disbursement rules and regulations. This role is also responsible for timely payment research and resolution, as well as division processing and administrative functions. In this position, you will support the Agency's mission by maintaining strong financial practices and contributing to efficient and reliable operations.

Job Responsibilities:

• Process Invoices: Review, analyze, and process disbursement invoices within required timeframes, applying Agency rules, State procurement code policies, and SCEIS/STARS requirements. Collaborate with program areas to verify funding, receipt invoices, and resolve problems as needed to ensure accurate and timely processing of payments.
• Payment Issue Research & Resolution: Assist internal and external customers by responding to inquiries regarding payment status. Support program staff in interpreting and implementing procedural changes. Manage vendor, program area, and Comptroller General error calls.
• Large Vendor Contact: Coordinate prompt and accurate payment of all incoming invoices and account problem resolution. Serve as the agency's Accounts Payable liaison for assigned large vendors. Responsible for reviewing monthly vendor reports for outstanding items and working with internal and external stakeholders to resolve concerns. Offer customers suggestions and recommendations to ensure agency compliance.
• AP Administrative Support: Perform assigned or shared administrative Accounts Payable duties, including but not limited to researching and distributing AP mail; submitting void, reprint, or pull vendor check requests to STO; researching vendor checks returned by USPS; reviewing the SCEIS parked document list weekly; and contacting vendors to resolve remit-to name and address mismatches.
• Other Duties: Perform other related duties as assigned and required by Finance & Operations management.

Why Join Us?

As a state employee, you'll enjoy:

• Job Stability & Purposeful Work: Make an impact on your community as you contribute to protecting SC's environment.
• Great Benefits: Including paid holidays, 30 total days of leave per year, insurance options for you and your family, and retirement benefit choices.
• Career Growth: Grow professionally with ongoing training and skill-building opportunities.
• Work-Life Balance: A career that lets you enjoy South Carolina, inside and outside of your job.

Minimum and Additional Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field and two (2) years professional experience in a related area, such as accounting, auditing, finance, or banking; OR
• An associate's degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field and four (4) years professional experience in a related area, such as accounting, auditing, finance, or banking may be considered.

Institutions of Higher Learning must be recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Applicants indicating college credit or degree(s) on the application are encouraged to upload an unofficial copy of the transcript as an attachment to the application. Please note that the agency may require an official, certified copy of the transcript or diploma prior to hiring.

Additional Requirements:

• Experience with SCEIS or a similar online Accounts Payable system used to process invoices and travel-related documents.
• Ability to monitor, process, and troubleshoot a high volume of work efficiently, timely, and accurately.
• Ability to learn and follow State procedural policies; knowledge of or familiarity with state travel guidelines, as well as state government fiscal and accounting practices.
• Strong organizational skills, dependability, and the ability to work independently with sound judgment.
• Experience with Microsoft Word and/or Excel.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Driven to take initiative and follow through on procedures for timely completion and agency compliance.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with staff, vendors, and the general public.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior Accounts Payable experience.
• Experience with State SCEIS (not SCEIS Central) for processing invoices and travel claims.

Additional Comments:

• Employee must be able to work overtime if requested.
• This role operates under limited supervision with periodic reviews of work. The employee must be able to perform daily tasks independently, exercising sound discretion, and request supervisory guidance as needed.

SCDES is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited, to lactation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. The Department will not sponsor H1B visas for this position.

The South Carolina Department of Environmental Services offers an exceptional benefits package for full time (FTE) employees:

• Health, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance for employees, spouse, and children.
• 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
• 15 days sick leave per year
• 13 paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• S.C. Deferred Compensation Program available (S.C. Deferred Compensation)
• Retirement benefit choices *
• State Retirement Plan (SCRS)
• State Optional Retirement Program (State ORP)
• Remote Work: The option to work remotely 2 days per week is available after successful completion of 1 year of employment with SCDES, based on job functions.

*Enrollment in one of the listed plans is required for all FTE employees; please refer to the contribution section of hyperlinked retirement sites for the current contribution rate of gross pay.