Coach Team Lead

DST is looking for a Coach Team Lead. This is a full-time position (40 hours per week) with State Benefits, including health insurance, paid vacation, paid sick time, paid holidays, as well as retirement.

 

 This position will function as the lead of a two-person COACH team that provides intense onsite technical assistance and training to distressed and struggling units of local government. This technical assistance and training include, but is not limited to, the areas of finance office operations, proper internal controls, budgeting, purchasing, governmental accounting, debt management, grants management, and communication with elected officials and local government auditors. This position will teach local government employees and governing officials best practices and industry standards as well as legislative requirements.

 Position is expected to:
 

Qualified applicants must possess, and application must clearly reflect work experience that demonstrates the following:

• Thorough knowledge of the NC Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act as well as other applicable federal and State laws and regulations, related to finance, and how those statutes apply to local governments and public authorities in NC. 
• Thorough knowledge of current accounting and financial management systems. 
• Strong ability to analyze financial data and determine the overall financial condition of an entity as a result. 
• Demonstrated ability to analyze a local government’s financial data to ascertain the fiscal health of the entity. 
• Demonstrated ability to clearly communicate the results of the analysis and propose solutions to improve an entity’s fiscal condition to the governing board and the management of a local government or public authority. 
• Demonstrated ability to mentor lower-level accountants and direct their daily work.
• Ability to work with local government finance staff based on their level of knowledge and provide meaningful feedback on their business processes. 
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound accounting judgment and to work independently to resolve fiscal issues with little direct supervision on a regular basis. 
• Strong PC skills, particularly with Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

Bachelor's degree in accounting, or a degree in business administration, finance or public administration or a related discipline from an appropriately accredited institution with 18 semester hours of accounting coursework; and five years of professional accounting/auditing experience in the preparation of interpretive or analytical accounting/ financial statements and reports or equivalent combination of education and experience.

 

 

 

 This position is a remote, home-based position; however, the position will work regionally across the state, assisting local governments in their region. Frequent day travel within their region and occasionally outside the region will be required.  Travel will be greater than 20% of time and person will be reimbursed for travel.

*PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION ON-LINE USING THIS WEBSITE *

 This position is subject to a criminal history background check through CastleBranch. In addition, one or more of the following may also be reviewed, depending on the nature and requirements of the position: employment history, professional references, credit history, and educational verification (i.e., degree, license, or official transcript). Foreign degrees may require an official evaluation for U.S. equivalency. Applicants will be required to pass the background check to the satisfaction of the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer. All offers of employment are conditional until the satisfactory completion of the background check.
  
 This office uses the Merit-Based Recruitment and Selection Plan to fill positions with highly qualified individuals. All applicants must complete and submit a State application for employment using the NEOGOV Online Job Application System (https://www.governmentjobs.com/) for the State of North Carolina. To receive credit for your work history and credentials, you must list the information on the online application form. Any information omitted from the application cannot be considered in screening for qualifying credit. Attached or incorporated resumes (including Text resumes on application form) WILL NOT be used for screening for qualifying credit. Please make sure you complete the application in full.
 
 "See Resume" or "See Attachment" will NOT be accepted. Other attachments will also be accepted, but not used in screening for qualifying credit.  
  
 Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information regarding the status of your application over the phone. To check the status of your application, please log in to your account and click "Application Status". It is not necessary to contact the Human Resources Office to check the status of an application.
Please note, if you received your high school diploma or college degree outside of the United States, you are required to have your education validated for US equivalency and submit a copy of all equivalency documentation to our office for review.
 
 There are several organizations that perform this specialized service, feel free to use any service of your choosing. For your convenience a couple are listed below:
 
 

• International Education Research Foundation - (310) 258-9451 or www.ierf.org
• World Education Services Inc. - (212) 966-6311 or www.wes.org

  
 If you are having technical issues submitting your application, please call the NeoGov Help Line at 855-524-5627. If there are any questions about this posting, other than your application status, please email Department of State Treasurer at [email protected].