Accounting Analyst Supervisor

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Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS)

Opening Date : September 25, 2025

Closing Date : October 8, 2025

Job Class Code : 0946

Grade : 26 (09)

Salary : $59,716.80 - $84,468.80 per year

Position Number : 02000-2244

Are you an experienced accounting professional who is detail oriented and enjoys independent work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment? Do you possess a high degree of initiative? Do you enjoy working collaboratively utilizing the latest Microsoft analytical tools? Then we are looking for you!

This is a full-time position located in Augusta and allows for partial telework with management approval.

Core Responsibilities :

The DHHS Financial Service Center is seeking an Accounting Analyst Supervisor to join the Recovery Division. This position will contribute to the Department's mission by helping us ensure state and federal funds are utilized in an efficient manner to meet the health and welfare needs of Maine's citizens. The Recovery Division's primary scope of work includes depositing money, establishing receivables, and collecting millions of dollars in identified debt owed to DHHS annually, from a variety of sources.

This position is responsible for the account reconciliations and reporting as well as maintaining financial controls for all types of funding recovery. Primary responsibilities include :

• Provide leadership and managment while developing analytical staff in their accounting skills, technical skills, and overall job knowledge.
• Gather, review, and understand financial data from multiple systems and sources in order to complete account reconciliations and reporting.
• Ensure that all reports are well-designed, checked for accuracy and are nearly self-explanatory to the user.
• Reconcile various accounting systems, formulate corrections, and make adjusting entries where necessary.
• Formulate and recommend system and process changes through evaluation, analysis, and application of accounting theory in order to eliminate future problems and improve processes, policies, and procedures.
• Review and find ways to improve systemic and data driven processes to create efficiencies while standardizing and automating reconciliations and reporting.

The work completed in this position contributes to the development of business process and accounting controls to implement and maintain sound fiscal practices. This position applies agency-specific accounting to create and improve methods of reconciling data housed in different systems, minimize risk, summarize findings, prepare reports, and recommend changes in organizational structures, programs, policies, procedures, or practices in an effort to better achieve organizational goals.

Minimum Qualifications :

Advanced education, training, and / or experience in accounting, business administration, finance, or another closely related field demonstrating competency in applying accounting principles and standards, reviewing and monitoring complex business transactions, developing operational processes and procedures, and acting in a leadership capacity.

Please submit a copy of your transcript with your application materials.

The backgrounds of well-qualified candidates will demonstrate the following competencies :

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Agency information :

he DHHS Financial Service Center is responsible for program accounting, cash management and revenue / expenditure controls for the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The Service Center provides budgetary and fiscal analysis for many complex areas within DHHS, including TANF (i.e. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) and MaineCare (Maine's Medicaid Program). The Service Center works collaboratively with senior leadership at State agencies, providing consultative financial and accounting services. Areas of fiscal expertise include : compliance with State and Federal laws and regulations, statewide budgetary policy, budget development and monitoring, application of generally accepted accounting and financial practices, grant management, financial analysis, cash management, accounting and financial processing, and legislative support.

Application Information :

If you have questions about this position, please contact Shawn Warren at : Shawn.E.Warren@Maine.gov

Please submit a State of Maine direct hire application, resume, and copies of post-secondary transcripts before the closing date.

Please submit all documents or files in a PDF format.

To request a paper application, please contact Mandy.Hernandez@Maine.gov

Benefits of working for the State of Maine :

No matter where you work across Maine state government, you find employees who embody our state motto-"Dirigo" or "I lead"-as they provide essential services to Mainers every day. We believe in supporting our workforce's health and wellbeing with a valuable total compensation package, including :

State employees are eligible for an extensive and highly competitive benefits package, covering many aspects of wellness. Learn about additional wellness benefits for State employees from the Office of Employee Health and Wellness.

Note : Benefits may vary somewhat according to specific collective bargaining agreements and are prorated for anything less than full-time.

There's a job and then there's purposeful, transformative work. Our aim is to create a workplace where you can learn, grow, and continuously refine your skills. Applicants demonstrate job requirements in differing ways, and we appreciate that many skills and backgrounds can make people successful in this role.

As an Equal Opportunity employer, Maine State Government embraces a culture of respect and awareness. We are committed to creating a strong sense of belonging for all team members, and our process ensures an inclusive environment to applicants of all backgrounds including diverse race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, physical or mental disability, religion, age, ancestry, national origin, familial status or genetics.

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