Accounting Careers Trainee

The State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation (DOT), is now accepting applications to fill various Accounting Careers Trainee positions with a target class of Accountant, in the Bureau of Finance & Administration, Office of Finance. The selected candidate(s) will receive on-the-job training for advancement into a professional level position of Accountant.

What We Can Offer You:
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Professional growth and development opportunities
A healthy work/life balance to all employees
Position Highlights:
Monday – Friday
Full-time (40 hours per week)
First shift
Location: Newington, CT
This position is eligible to apply for telework after successful completion of the working test period, and thereafter, in accordance with the Telework Policy.  The Policy can be found here.  Employees in their initial working test period must work on site in the office.

The Role:
As an Accounting Careers Trainee, you will receive training in introductory accounting work to develop skills and knowledge to qualify for advancement into a professional agency accounting position. You will perform a variety of increasingly complex duties as skills are acquired during the training period.

Position Details:
The recruited Accounting Careers Trainee position(s) will receive training in various accounting functions, which will vary depending on assigned area and may include:
Utilizing various modules of the Core-CT Financial system for entry, reporting and analyses of financial records.
Review of invoices, documents, agreements, contracts, legislation, guidance, and similar materials that involve financial transactions, procedures, and the handling of public funds.
Examination of documents, audits, expenses, and similar records, to monitor, adjust and close projects, federal agreements, and grants.
Creating purchase orders and receivers in the Core-CT accounting system to facilitate the funding of vendor agreements and corresponding invoice payments, and/or to facilitate Department procurement of goods or services.
Analyzing encumbrance and expenditure activity and coordinating with various bureau staff to prepare estimates of projected expenditures for assigned budget area(s).
Establishing customer receivable accounts, initiating billing invoices, monitoring account balances, and taking necessary follow up action for collection of outstanding balances.
Preparing daily bank deposit and associated journal entries.
Reviewing purchase orders, requisitions, requests for P-Card purchases, and/or agreements/construction contracts for appropriate coding and funding availability.
Reviewing expenditure transactions and preparing complex journal entries to correct Department financial records as required.
Preparing various weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual budget/expenditure or receivable/revenue reports as required by compiling data related to assigned area of responsibility.
Code Contracts, create receipts, request audits and maintain accounting records of expenditures.
Perform other related duties as required.
*Salary Note:
Minimum Requirements
Hiring Rate
Completion of 1 Year of Training
Bachelor’s degree with at least 15 semester hours
in accounting and/or qualifying experience
$67,460/year
$70,542/year
Bachelor’s degree with at least 30 semester hours
in accounting
$69,521/year
$72,661/year
Master’s degree in a related field with at least
15 semester hours in accounting
$71,606/year
$74,843/year

The salary for an employee who completes any of the above minimum requirements after initial appointment to the Accounting Careers Trainee job class will be adjusted commensurate with the schedule above and effective the pay period following the date the degree has been conferred or the pay period following the date the appropriate number of credits as indicated above have been earned.

For current state employees compensation will be in accordance with guidelines for computing salary adjustments set forth by the Department of Administrative Services, Determining Salary Upon Change in Class Manual.

Who We Are:
The Office of Finance is comprised of three Divisions (Budget Services, Capital Services, and Financial Management & Support) responsible for providing the business and financial support, budgeting, accounting, accounts receivable, and federal and state funding management necessary to meet the needs of the Department.  Office of Finance staff help plan for, monitor, control, and report on the expenses that the Department incurs while maintaining and improving the State’s rails, buses, highways, bridges, pedestrian routes, and various other projects.  The current recruitment includes positions in Financial Management & Support and Budget Services.  It is anticipated that this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in all divisions.

DOT Mission:
It is the DOT’s mission to provide a safe and efficient intermodal transportation network that improves the quality of life and promotes economic vitality for the State and the region.