Accountant Recruitment # 250204-0026AR-001 Location Windsor Locks, CT Date Opened 2/5/2025 4:00:00 PM Salary $78,296* - $101,215/year (*Employees new to state service will start at minimum) Job Type Open to the Public Close Date 2/26/2025 11:59:00 PM Go Back Apply View Benefits (https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/jobs/?b=Benefits) + + + + Introduction The Connecticut Airport Authority (https://ctairports.org/) (CAA) is looking for a diligent and meticulous financial professional to join our team as an Accountant (https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/specs/classspecdisplay.asp?ClassNumber=0026AR&R1=&R3=) . We offer an opportunity to collaborate with us in our Revenue Accounting Unit while expanding your expertise in finance. If you are ambitious, thorough, and eager to make a significant impact alongside a dedicated team, we want to hear from you! What We Can Offer You: + Join a Forbes-recognized company! Connecticut is proud to be featured on America’s Best Employers by State and Best Employers for New Grads in 2024; + Work for a top airport: BDL has been nationally recognized for eight consecutive years by leading travel publications (https://bradleyairport.com/2024/10/01/bradley-international-airport-named-top-10-best-airport-in-u-s-by-conde-nast-traveler-for-eighth-consecutive-year/) ; + Excellent state benefits package, including health and dental coverage (https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/jobs/?b=Benefits) ; + Extensive pension plan and supplemental retirement offerings (https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/jobs/?b=Benefits) ; + Generous paid time off, including 13 holidays per calendar year; + Professional growth and development opportunities. Your Role: + Analyze and interpret accounting records and reports; + Monitor and track bank and investment account activity; + Prepare daily cash and invoicing system reconciliations ; + Post and manage cash application to ensure that payments are applied timely and accurately; + Manage distribution of all tenant invoicing; + Understand various activity in financial system including system and manual journal entries and their impact on the general ledger; + Initiate fund transfers between accounts to reconcile balances; + Maintain and update financial system and records with lease agreements and billing requirements to ensure accurate invoicing for tenants; + Calculate CPI rate adjustments in accordance with the lease requirements; + Work with leasing and airport managers to ensure tiedown tenant billings are accurate; + Manage tenant utility bill backs by obtaining, tracking and invoicing tenants for relevant service costs; + Collect, review and maintain Passenger Facility Charge data to identify revenues, interest earnings and project expenditures are accurate and update FAA SOARS system quarterly; + Support the finance department with related duties and cross-train to provide back-up. About Us: The Connecticut Airport Authority (https://ctairports.org/) (CAA), is a State of Connecticut (https://portal.ct.gov/) quasi-public agency that was established to develop, improve and operate Bradley International Airport (BDL), as well as five General Aviation Airports throughout the state. It is the CAA’s mission to provide excellent customer service and top-quality facilities for its passengers while making Connecticut’s airports more attractive to new airlines, establishing new routes, and supporting Connecticut’s overall economic development and growth strategy. By keeping our airports operating at their best, we deliver a powerful and positive impact on the state's economy. Selection Plan For assistance in applying, please read (https://www.jobapscloud.com/ct/sup/applicanttips2023november.pdf) or watch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8sOb10qYXQ) our Applicant Tips on How to Apply! To Apply: + In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on this job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application. + An individual serving in this position must be able to successfully undergo a thorough background and security screening, pre-employment drug screening, fingerprinting and maintain required security clearance during the duration of employment. + Please ensure your application is complete before it is submitted. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69 (https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/act/pa/pdf/2021PA-00069-R00SB-00056-PA.pdf) , the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will be unable to make revisions once you officially submit your application. + All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to Carol Stewart at cstewart@ctairports.org. After You Apply: + Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board daily to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process. + This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the question's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders daily in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam. + At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency. Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications as indicated to apply for this position. + Applicants invited to interview may be required to submit additional documentation which supports their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: performance reviews, supervisory references, college transcripts, certifications or licenses, etc., at the discretion of the agency. + In addition to the checking of references, an investigation of facts stated in the application may be made before candidates are certified for permanent appointment. Connect With Us: + Updates regarding the recruitment process will be available through your JobAps portal account. Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience and training most closely meet the requirements of the position. Candidates who are offered and accept a position with the State of Connecticut are bound by the State Code of Ethics for Public Officials and State Employees, which is available at www.ct.gov/ethics (https://portal.ct.gov/ethics) . + Should you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment, please contact Carol Stewart at cstewart@ctairports.org or (860) 254-2584. PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK) In a state agency this class is accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in professional accounting. EXAMPLES OF DUTIES + Records complex and compound journal entries; + Prepares balance sheets and financial statements involving multiple accounts; + Analyzes and interprets accounting records and reports; + Assists higher level staff in planning, design and implementation of accounting procedures or systems; + Reviews expenditures and prepares or reviews financial statements; + Assists in budget management by compiling and reviewing agency manager program budget proposals, preparing estimates and calculations of projected expenditures and quarterly allotments, and preparing monthly reports; + Monitors fiscal aspects of grant programs by preparing or reviewing financial reports, reviewing expenditures for compliance with grant contracts, providing technical assistance to grantees in maintaining accounting records; + Recommends accounting related improvements to business practices such as accounting controls and financial reviews; + Utilizes electronic data processing (EDP) systems for financial records, reports and analysis; + Assists in EDP experts in planning and implementation of financial aspects of EDP systems; + May supervise bookkeeping (e.g., maintenance, balancing and reconciling of accounts), accounts payable and/or receivable functions or other accounting related paraprofessional or clerical functions; + Performs related duties as required. KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY + Knowledge of + professional accounting principles and practices; + governmental accounting and budgeting; + basic auditing principles and practices; + Skills + interpersonal skills; + oral communication and written skills; + Ability to + prepare, analyze and evaluate financial statements and other accounting records and reports; + analyze and evaluate accounting methods and procedures; + utilize EDP systems for financial management; + read and interpret written materials. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE Six (6) years of experience in accounting or auditing. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE Two (2) years of the General Experience must have been at the paraprofessional level. Work at the paraprofessional level requires exercise of some independent judgment in applying basic accounting principles and may be compared to the level of a full charge bookkeeper. NOTE: For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of an Assistant Accountant. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED + Successful completion of an Accounting Careers Trainee program approved by the Department of Administrative Services may be substituted for the General Experience and Special Experience. + 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 as a Certified Public Accountant or Certified Internal Auditor may be substituted for one (1) year of the General and Special Experience. + Two (2) years of experience as an Assistant Accountant may be substituted for the General and Special Experience. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS + Experience communicating in writing and verbally with internal and external stakeholders; + Experience with Microsoft Office Suite; + Experience using advanced functions of Microsoft Excel; + Experience working independently on tasks with competing deadlines. Conclusion AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility. Click on a link below to apply for this position: Fill out the Supplemental Questionnaire and Application NOW using the Internet. Apply Online