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The State of Connecticut, Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP) is currently recruiting for an Associate Accountant to join our team within the Fiscal Services Unit in Middletown, CT.

 

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POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

  • This position is full-time, following a first shift schedule, 40 hours per week, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday, located at 1111 Country Club Road in Middletown, CT.
  • This position will be assigned to the grants unit. 
  • The position will be responsible for administering Grant Funds to include reconciliation of funds, approval of requests for goods and services, processing reimbursements, preparing financial reports, preparing complex journal entries, approving travel reimbursements and various other duties.

 

ABOUT US 

The DESPP is committed to protecting and improving the quality of life for all by providing a broad range of public safety services, training, regulatory guidance, and scientific services utilizing enforcement, prevention, education and state of the art science and technology. DESPP is structured on three key Strategic Pillars created by Commissioner Ronnell Higgins.

 

1. Operational Efficiency, Efficacy and Excellence

  • Making decisions through the thoughtful and informed use of data
  • Challenging the "that's the way it's always been done" construct—i.e., thinking outside the box as to how we can improve
  • Constantly seeking better results

2. Shared Fiscal Responsibility

  • Recognizing our collective responsibility to steward the agency's resources
  • Realigning planned budgetary actions to ensure that they are in taxpayers' interests
  • Preparing together for potential budget stresses and fiscal challenges

3. Ethics and Accountability

  • Critically and constantly measuring our practices against our policies
  • Performing quarterly performance evaluations agency-wide to measure success and flag areas needing improvement
  • Regularly engaging external partners for feedback and assessments
  • Opening our doors to Connecticut students and workers for apprenticeships, internships, and career pathways

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Seven (7) years of experience in accounting or auditing.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

One (1) year of the General Experience must have been at the level of an Accountant, an Auditor or an Accounts Examiner with responsibility for the exercise of independent analysis and judgement in the application of professional accounting principles and practices.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

  • College training in accounting or a closely related field may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
  • A Master's degree in accounting may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.
  • Certification in any of the following may be substituted for one (1) year of the General and Special Experience: Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor.