Financial Manager

Overview

This position manages project cost accounting setup in Arizona’s Accounting System for all applicable projects across a 5-year program, including Local Projects, Transit, Aeronautics, and other applicable project categories. Responsibilities include overseeing critical financial operations, approving project master requests, managing weekly federal billing and Indirect Cost Allocation Plan billing, and resolving complex accounting errors. The role also serves as a key point of contact for agency compliance through the Federal Highway Administration Payment Integrity Information Act audit.

This role may offer the ability to work remotely within Arizona, based on department business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures. All work, including remote work, must be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

Responsibilities

• Manage the daily operations of the Project Accounting (PA) team; direct, instruct, and advise team members to ensure compliant, accurate, and timely completion of tasks.
• Resolve problems and answer questions raised by staff.
• Perform personnel management duties, including:
  • Monthly one-on-one meetings
  • Monthly performance measures
  • Evaluation of team progress and performance
  • Motivation and communication of results and potential issues to appropriate personnel
  • Training and development of employees
• Review cost accounting documents for accuracy.
• Approve non-federal requests.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP and applicable federal and state rules and regulations.
• Approve project master requests.
• Oversee weekly federal billing.
• Oversee Indirect Cost Allocation Plan billing.
• Reject and resolve complex accounting errors.
• Serve as a key point of contact for agency compliance through the Federal Highway Administration Payment Integrity Information Act audit.

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs)

Knowledge of:

• Capital budgeting concepts and principles related to transportation programs, transit program, aeronautics program, and other various projects
• Project planning, programming, and scheduling; federal funding methodologies, regulations, and guidelines
• Federal and state laws, rules, regulations, and policies related to construction budgets and Federal-Aid revenues
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Funding types

Skills in/with:

• Work management and leadership
• Interpersonal relations, including interactions with FHWA representatives, senior departmental staff, and other organizations and customers
• Financial acumen, including strong analytical skills for researching and resolving financial and technical data issues
• Written and verbal communication
• Critical thinking
• Microsoft Excel/Word/Access
• Google Workspace

Ability to:

• Train and develop team members in group or one-on-one settings and provide feedback
• Communicate complex information clearly and effectively, verbally and in writing
• Analyze and interpret contract and financial data and review a large volume of project documentation
• Meet deadlines and communicate in an organized and coherent fashion
• Learn and work quickly with a high degree of detail and accuracy
• Adapt and deliver on changing priorities
• Make recommendations for improvements

Minimum Qualifications (Selective Preferences)

• Bachelor’s degree with a major in accounting from an accredited college or university; or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field with a minimum of 24 semester hours of accounting courses
• 5 years of professional experience in accounting, finance, or budgeting
• Any combination of experience, education, or training that meets the necessary KSAs may be substituted

Pre-Employment Requirements

• This position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must:
  • Possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license
  • Complete all required training
  • Successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks
  • Maintain a license that is current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended
• Employees who drive on State business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training.
• An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on State business must maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2-10-207.11).
• All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

Compensation & Benefits

• Anticipated Salary: $96,799.87
• Grade: 24
• Benefits package includes:
  • Sick leave
  • Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year
  • Paid Parental Leave—up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program)
  • Health and dental insurance
  • Retirement plan
  • Life insurance and long-term disability insurance
  • Optional employee benefits include short-term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance
• Remote work: Full-time or part-time remote work schedule is an available management option; remote work is not an employee entitlement or right. An agency may terminate a remote work agreement at its discretion.
• Retirement: Mandatory participation in the Arizona Retirement System (ASRS) is required.

Location

Resource Administration
800 W. Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ 85007

Additional Information

• Closing Date: November 11, 2026
• Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation: The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer.