Accountant 3
Atlanta, GAFull-time$70K/yrPosted 3 days agoStill listed 2 days ago
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The State of Georgia Insurance Department seeks an Accountant 3 to perform professional-level finance, accounting, and fiscal control functions under general supervision. The role serves as backup payroll liaison to the State Accounting Office’s Payroll Shared Services and supports payroll issue resolution, travel reimbursements, payments, settlements, reporting, asset management, and agency risk management.
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Explore a World of Opportunity with the State of Georgia! We are the force that drives Georgia! Georgia State Government is a large enterprise, composed of various agencies and entities with a common goal to improve the lives of Georgia's more than 10 million citizens! Join Team Georgia and impact lives everyday while receiving a robust benefits package designed for every stage of your career!
Job Title: Accountant 3Agency: Insurance Department of the State of GeorgiaJob Requisition ID: JR0000007301Shift: Day (United States of America)Compensation Details: $70.000.00 Job Description: Under general supervision, the Accountant 3 performs professional-level finance, accounting, and fiscal control functions. This lead role will also serve as the backup to the agency’s payroll liaison for the State Accounting Office (SAO), Payroll Shared Services.
Submit transmittal for payroll, assist with issues regarding verifying and checking for errors from the State Accounting Office (SAO) Payroll Shared Services including communicating issues regarding employees pay and deductions.
Assist with managing the local admin and accounting functions in the statewide travel reimbursement system (CONCUR).
Process expense reimbursements (Travel).
Process miscellaneous payments, one-time and monthly recurring invoices.
Process purchase orders and requisitions invoices and Ad Hoc payments.
Process banking settlements for expense, ad hoc, and procurement settlements.
Assist with processing local distributions to counties and municipalities for the Premium Tax department.
Assist with preparing, balancing, reconciling, and submitting the annual salary and travel report for approval.
Assist with preparing, balancing, reconciling, and submitting the annual per diem report for the approval.
Assist in managing the agency asset management.
Manage risk management functions for the agency, including reconciling.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in accounting and two (2) years of professional accounting job-related experience; or two (2) years of experience at the lower level Accountant 2 (FIP021) or position equivalent. Equal Employment Opportunity Employer The State of Georgia does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, or other protected categories in employment or the provision of services. Qualified applicants may request reasonable accommodation when needed during the application and/or screening process by contacting the appropriate agency Human Resources department.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,496 open Accountant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$70K/yr
- US median$75–100K/yr1,032 salary ranges
This rate, $70K, is 20% below the US median midpoint ($88K) — in the lowest quarter of Accountant salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 59 open Accountant jobs in Georgia and 3,496 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Georgia
- State of Georgia (this employer)6 open
- H&R Block4 open
- Atlanta Public Schools2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Accountant postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (2,309 postings).
- Education
- 1,844 of the 3,496 open Accountant jobs (53%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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