State of Nebraska

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Hiring Agency:

Education - Agency 13

Location:

Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:

$33.532

Job Posting:

JR2025-00018082 Assistant Director-Central Accounting (Program Specialist III) (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):

08-02-2025

Job Description:

If you’re a financial person but also a people person - join the Nebraska Department of Education as our Assistant Director of Central Accounting! This position will provide direction and guidance for all central accounting areas including payroll, accounts payable, and accounts receivable, and serve as back-up for the Director of Central Accounting. This includes providing training to other NDE employees and supervising our Central Accounting Associates, not just the numbers!

This is an experienced team with lots of knowledge to share – they’re looking for candidates with high attention to detail and great customer service skills. Microsoft Excel is used daily at an advanced level, so a close personal friendship with Excel is a must! If you have previous experience with supervision in a financial role, are passionate about financial management, and ready to make an agency-wide impact, we want to hear from you!

• The Nebraska Department of Education does not sponsor or transfer non-immigrant work visas for these positions.**

Office Location: This position is assigned to our office located at 84th & O St, Lincoln, NE.

Pay Grade 9: $69,746.51/year

This rate is based upon available budget funds; any offer will be made at this rate.

Teammates Enjoy

In addition to being part of meaningful work and making a difference through public service, our Total Compensation package includes an approximate $28,400 in additional Benefits value! See full benefits information at https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits

• Competitive benefits, paid time off, and retirement
  • 79% employer-paid health insurance, dental, vision, long and short-term disability, flex spending and health savings accounts, employee discount program, and more!
  • Generous vacation and sick leave earnings each year (starting at 12 days each!), plus a variety of other leave types
  • 156% state-matched retirement (yes, that’s $1.56 for every dollar!) with a guaranteed 5% return
• Thirteen paid holidays per year

Essential Functions

• Leads central accounting staff in providing customer service to internal and external stakeholders. Prioritizes, organizes, and monitors ticketing system requests, and responds to escalated requests.
• Maintains policies and procedures for Central Accounting and NDE payable activities (e.g., invoices, procurement, expense reimbursements).
• Extracts, compiles, organizes, and analyzes financial data from vouchers, ledgers, journals, and other accounting documents and databases to develop and prepare spreadsheets, reports, statements, and other financial documents.
• Processes bi-weekly payroll, including initial review, running pre-payroll and journal entries, transferring data, and verifying accuracy.
• Pre-audits and monitors all grant payments.
• Coordinates contract management and payment database, and processes and tracks contract payments.
• Develops and facilitates professional learning experiences and provides resources related to central accounting, state accounting, and procurement, and assists with training resource updates on central accounting webpages.
• Serves as a system administrator for timekeeping and expense reimbursement systems.
• Reviews and interprets data on vouchers, invoices, and other source documents to ensure accuracy, and completeness, and applies payment.
• Provides leadership in the hiring, supervision, and potential discipline of staff. Conducts performance management activities including establishing annual goals related to the strategic plan, holding check-in meetings to discuss goal progress, and completing performance appraisals. Facilitates a continuous learning environment by promoting professional development to ensure all employees have the opportunity and skills to be efficient and effective in meeting the goals of the agency. Delegates work and projects appropriately among staff.
• Develops and prepares reports ensuring accuracy and compliance with requirements.
• Maintains regular & reliable attendance, travels independently, and works in a variety of settings.

Working Conditions and Travel:

This position requires approximately 95% of work time spent in an office environment; the remaining 5% is spent traveling or working in alternative sites such as conferences and off-site meetings. There is also approximately four days of overnight travel per year.

Requirements / Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in a related field and four years of experience related to the essential functions of the position. Any equivalent education and\or work experience may be substituted in order to meet the minimum qualifications of the position.

Preferred Qualifications: State of Nebraska Pre-Audit certified and Nebraska state government experience working with Kronos, JD Edwards financial system, and the State Accounting Manual.

If you have any questions about this posting or working at NDE, please email us at nde.hrjobpostings@nebraska.gov.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation.

Check out all that the State of Nebraska has to offer! Benefit eligibility may vary by position, agency and employment status. For more information on benefits, please visit: https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits

Equal Opportunity Statement

The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex. age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.

Current employees of the State of Nebraska should NOT apply on this external career. Instead go to Workday and access the Jobs Hub - Internal Apply app from your home landing page.