DEPARTMENT CONTROLLER- 77092

Executive Service

DEPARTMENT CONTROLLER

Finance and Administration

Division of Accounts

Nashville, TN

Annual salary: $152,460.00- $180,516.00

Closing date: 05/02/2026

This position is designated as hybrid

For more information: 

https://www.tn.gov/finance/careers-at-f-a.html

 

Who we are and what we do:

The Division of Accounts maintains the official accounting records for the state's budget, processes state payments, submits various IRS reports, and prepares the state's comprehensive annual financial report.

How you make a difference in this role:

The Department of Finance and Administration, Division of Accounts is seeking an accountant with a proven sense of accountability and ambition for financial stewardship and fiscal transparency.

Key Responsibilities:

Management of agency accounting department and oversight of accounting functions to include but is not limited to the following areas:

1. Ensure accurate and timely completion of monthly accounting checklist tasks
2. Timely and accurate payment of invoices and recording of accounts receivables
3. Monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts and analytical review of agency financial results
4. Communication of financial results to accounting and agency executive management
5. Completion of state-wide year-end closing tasks on or before established deadlines
6. Internal and external financial reporting including federal grant reporting 
7. Create and maintain documented accounting standard business practices and procedures 
8. Completion of annual risk assessment and corrective action plans to mitigate those risks

Minimum Qualifications:

The Department of Finance and Administration, Division of Accounts is seeking an experienced CPA with a proven track record of increasing responsibility that can make a significant, immediate contribution to the management of state agency accounting operations.  Applicants should have a minimum of five years experience in managing accounting staff and operations.  

CPA is required.

 Pursuant to the State of Tennessee¿s Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State¿s policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person¿s race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran¿s status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.

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