Accounting Officer (Specialist)

The Accounting Officer (Specialist) performs the professional accounting duties related to revolving fund and employee travel.

*Reviews, audits, and approves more complex travel claims for payment via the California

Automated Travel Expense Reimbursement System (CalATERS) Global ensuring they comply

with departmental travel polices, the State Administrative Manual (SAM), the California

Department of Human Resources (CalHR), the State Controller's Office (SCO), and current

Memorandums of Understanding (MOU). *Enters and reconciles expenditure account

information before releasing travel claims from CalATERS to Fl$Cal. *Identifies, corrects, and

reconciles various erroneous vouchers and journal entries in Fl$Cal related to travel

transactions. *Trains new staff on various workloads. *Acts as CalATERS support lead over

lower classifications and conducts annual quality review on processed travel claims to identify

potential training issues.

*Records and replenishes Office Revolving Fund (ORF) advances in Fl$Cal to ensure

compliance with Fl$Cal Job Aids. *Identifies and corrects various erroneous vouchers and

journal entries in Fl$Cal related to ORF transactions.

*Audit and process travel claims submitted via the manual Travel Expense Claim (STD. 262) in

Fl$Cal. *Calculate taxes and prepares SCO tax withholding forms. *Maintains documentation

files for replenishment through Fl$Cal.

*Performs CalATERS Help Desk duties. *Will have continuous contact with departmental staff

and SCO to answer travel questions and conduct training classes. *Responds to inquiries from

employees regarding travel policy by interpreting and effectively communicating the rules and

policies. *Assists all staff on any travel issues.