Deputy Controller - Controller II - Hybrid

Salary : $106,776.00 - $138,816.00 Annually
Location : Denver, CO
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number:
Department: Department of Personnel & Administration
Division: Executive Director's Office
Opening Date: 10/28/2026
Closing Date: 11/6/2026 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA: Determined by Position
Type of Announcement: This position is open only to Colorado state residents.
FLSA Status: Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.
Department Contact Information: Heather Siegal heather.siegal@state.co.us
Primary Physical Work Address: Eligible for a hybrid flexible work assignment within Colorado and may be required to work on site at 1525 Sherman Street, Denver, CO 80203.
Hiring Pay Rate: While a salary range is posted for this position, any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state service as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While all offers are compliant with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, there is no guarantee an offer will be at the top of the posted range based on the salary analysis.
How To Apply: Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

Description of Job
The position exists to assist the Department Controller in leading and directing the financial services function within the Department. Ensures that department financial activities consistently follow GAAP, State Statutes and State Fiscal Rules, and must be able to perform the major duties of the Department Controller in the case of absence.
A summary of the duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

Responsible for oversight of the day to day accounting operations for all DPA divisions.

• This includes: managing work flow to ensure that, for assigned divisions, all accounting transactions are processed accurately and in a timely manner, maintaining files that include supporting documentation for all accounting transactions, ensuring appropriate segregation of duties, ensuring internal fiscal policies are followed by program units, ensuring fiscal deadlines are met, ensuring accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year-end closes, monitoring and maintenance of accounting controls, resolving accounting discrepancies on a timely basis.

Analyze/reconcile financial data to ensure accuracy, identify errors and help ensure compliance with applicable rules and regulations.

• This includes account balances for assets, liabilities, fund balance, revenues, and expenditures.
• Review all accounting documents (i.e. payment vouchers, journals, purchase orders, purchase requisitions and services contracts) for accuracy and appropriateness.
• Ensure transactions are accurate and in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and all applicable State fiscal rules and regulations.

Perform routine accounting tasks on an ongoing basis and/or upon request, including but not limited to:

• Create, audit and approve accounting transactions reported in the Colorado Operations Resource System (CORE). Ensure all billing and payments are recorded in the proper accounting period, reconcile accounts to CORE, guarantee the accuracy of reporting, including auditing and analyzing all default accounts.
• Prepare journal entries for assigned transactions and ensure timely posting before monthly closing.
• Review and approve CORE transactions prepared by other accounting staff (e.g., GAX, PRC, JV, CR, etc.)
• Maintain the accounting records of and record all appropriate transactions for the general fixed assets of assigned divisions.
• Prepare Journal Vouchers and Interagency Transactions to correct or allocate costs and revenue as necessary.
• Work with the Department Controller to review quarterly and annual diagnostic reports and resolve any problems.
• Account for and reconcile balance sheet accounts, including but not limited to accounts receivable, deferred revenue, and accounts payable.
• Review applicable journal entries to record the pay date shift.
• Confirm interagency payables and record any necessary journal entries at fiscal year end.
• Work with the Controller to successfully close and open the books for the fiscal year and complete any necessary reports and exhibits for the State Controller's Office.
• Maintain interaction with the State's Financial System and any stand-alone sub-systems, including resolving and analyzing problems associated with this work.
• Ensure year-end and year-open tasks, such as roll-forwards, and estimated revenue and expense accruals are completed within deadlines.

Review monthly financial reports prepared by division accountants including operating reports, fund balance analysis and additional detailed analysis of selected funds as requested.

• These reports are distributed to senior level management as well as division fiscal managers.
• Meet with division staff and budget staff to discuss division financial results.
• Prepare, monitor and analyze monthly financial reports including projections of yearly expenditure patterns to provide management with the information necessary to control the budget by providing comparison of actual expenditures to budgetary projections and making adjustments where necessary.
• Project expenses and recommend options available to unit managers to perform at a more successful level.
• Responsible for overseeing accurate financial reporting for divisions/programs and for providing reports used in state-wide reporting.
• Maintain various sub-systems, which includes making recommendations to management in regards to the implementation of new systems or to alter procedures and processes for existing sub-systems.
• Provide quarterly reporting to the Department Controller to explain variances and abnormal balances in accounts.
• Review for accuracy and completeness the fiscal year-end financial exhibits as required by State Fiscal Procedures and other supporting schedules as requested.
• Compile and submit information for use in the State Controller's Office statewide indirect cost plan.
• Compile monthly, quarterly and fiscal year-end financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Responsible for managing financial system reporting by creating and maintaining as needed and ad hoc departmental reports in CORE InfoAdvantage.
• Explain reporting processes and train others financial users in the department on using and as applicable developing system reports.

Takes an active role in planning needs and requirements for the closing and opening of each fiscal year.

• Participates in developing fiscal closing training for division personnel and as needed, is one of the presenters.
• In consultation with unit managers and the budget unit, determines the need for decision items, supplemental requests, budget amendments.
• Work with division fiscal staff in finding creative and ethical approaches to resolving budget and accounting compliance issues.
• Assists with division rate setting.
• Monitors budgets, profit/loss, cash balance, general and state fund balance, etc. to ensure all financial responsibilities of the division are met.
• This position provides technical assistance, advises on accounting matters, interprets State Fiscal Rules, and implements State and Federal administrative policies.
• In addition, the position assists the Controller with design, recommendation, and implementation of coding structures for assigned programs, and develops processes and reports to meet the needs of division management and staff.

Assists the department controller and executive management with strategic planning to bring the department's finance, budget and contractual obligations together in a proactive manner.

• Interacts with management to determine and meet needs to manage the finances of the department.
• Works with the department controller on integrating the department's strategic plan into the ongoing financial operations.
• Assists the Department controller with presenting and defending financial data and information, internal accounting policies, procedures and controls to department management, state controller, state auditors, legislative committees and federal government.

This position has a key role in supervising assigned staff accountants and assists the controller in various ways.

• Provides leadership, direction, and review of work assignments, approves work hours and approves leave requests, sets priorities, provides regular and on-going feedback to staff regarding their performance.
• Reviews work performed by assigned staff and assigns job duties.
• Create an inclusive, positive, and professional work environment.
• Develops and implements employee performance plans and evaluations.
• Assists with recruiting and hiring staff as needed.
• Evaluate and recommend changes in staffing patterns, processes, and procedures.
• Work lead over other accounting staff by providing guidance and direction on accounting issues.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
*A Human Resources Analyst will only review the work experience/job duties sections of the online job application to determine whether you meet the minimum qualifications for the position for which you are applying. Cover letters and resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of the official State of Colorado online application, but may be attached. Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications to continue in the selection process for this position. Work experience and qualifications must be specifically documented on your online application. Do not use "see resume" or "see attached" statements on your application. Resumes will not be reviewed for minimum qualification screening. If it is determined that you meet the minimum qualifications, your application will also be used as part of the comparative analysis process to identify a top group for further consideration.

This position is advertised in line with the Governor's executive order (Executive Order 2022 015) focused on skills-based hiring practices that focuses on the knowledge, skills, and abilities specific to the job and aligns the hiring process accordingly. Skills-based hiring reduces potential barriers for applicants and allows for reduced bias in the hiring process by providing a direct description of skills that are unique to the duties assigned to the position with a recognition that the applicant may have developed these skills through education, training or past experiences.
Residency Requirement:

This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.
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