Job Details

Lead Accounts Payable Accountant

Agency: 345 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Supervisory Organization: Deputy Director - CFO - Deputy CFO - Financial Operations

Job Posting End Date: November 20, 2025

Estimated Appointment End Date:

Full/Part-Time: Full time

Job Type: Regular

Compensation: $74,600/year

Why You'll Love Working Here:

Our benefits go beyond the basics, offering annual benefit allowances, a variety of health, dental, and vision plan options, paid annual and sick leave that rolls over each year, 11 paid holidays, robust retirement savings plans, and an EAP & wellness program to support you every step of the way.

Annual Benefit Allowance: The benefits allowance covers up to $20,538.24 for employees and their dependents to enroll in benefits.

Comprehensive Insurance Plans: The State offers several different medical, dental, and vision plans to better fit your needs. Including options to enroll in a Health Savings Account (HSA) or a Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).

Retirement Savings Plans: Pathfinder Defined Contribution Plan: available to employees who began State employment after November 1st, 2015. Employer matches 6% with an employee contribution of 4.5%. Employer matches 7% with an employee contribution of 7% or above. OPERS Defined Benefit Plan: available to returning employees who were previously enrolled in OPERS.

Annual & Sick Leave (PTO): 15 days accrued annually during the first 15 years of service. 18 days accrued annually for 510 years of service. 20 days accrued annually for 1020 years of service. 25 days accrued annually for over 20 years of service. Sick leave: Accrued at 15 days per year.

Paid Holidays: 11 paid holidays per year

Longevity Pay: Longevity payments are paid annually to eligible State employees with a minimum of 2 years of State service.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP): EAP is a cooperative effort between employees and administration to help employees gain access to professional services in resolving personal problems.

Job Description

Position Title: Lead Accounts Payable Accountant

Department: Financial Services & Operations

Reports to: Field Accounts Payable Manager

Division: 9

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: Position may be located in District 4 (Perry, OK), District 5 (Clinton, OK), District 6 (Buffalo, OK), and District 7 (Duncan, OK).

Basic Purpose: Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities involving professional level work in the maintenance, analysis, interpretation and management of financial accounting data. This includes the preparation and posting of various journals, ledgers and accounts, analysis and presentation of financial data, and preparation of financial statements and expenditure reports, review and approval of various vouchers and invoices for payment, analyzing budget requirements, preparing payroll data, allocation of funds to various accounts or functions, and other similar activities.

Typical Functions:

Reviews, analyzes and presents financial data, including revenue projections and expenditure reports, to determine funding requirements.

Prepares financial statements, reports of operations, expenditure reports, statistical data, and other information concerning financial requirements; assists in gathering and reviewing data for preparation of budget work programs.

Maintains various ledgers, journals, registers and other fiscal records; allocates revenues to appropriate functions; classifies expenditures and posts to various accounts as required.

Reviews and processes expense vouchers, invoices, and other fiscal documents for payment; reconciles various financial reports and other data concerning fiscal operations.

Determines payroll requirements; maintains payroll data; prepares and processes monthly payrolls.

Level Descriptor: This is the leadership level where employees are assigned responsibilities involving the direction or supervision of the work activities of an accounting unit, project, or program on a regular and consistent basis. This includes responsibility for planning, reviewing and organizing the work of an assigned staff as well as performing related administrative functions.

Education and Experience: Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of a bachelor's degree in accounting, business, finance or a closely related field plus four (4) years of experience in performing professional accounting experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one (1) year of bookkeeping for each year of the required degree.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Competencies: Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and theories; of financial statements and reports; of accounting ledgers and journals; of computer technology related to accounting systems; of payroll systems; of budget preparation; of governmental accounting standards; and of supervisory practices and principles. Ability is required to prepare basic financial statements and reports; to review and analyze financial information; to maintain routine accounting data in appropriate ledgers and journals; to review revenue and cost data for the preparation of budget work programs; to perform highly independent work; to make independent decisions; to resolve complex accounting and financial problems; and to supervise and direct the work of others.

Equal Opportunity Employment: The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.