Fixed Asset Analyst

Agency Overview 

The Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM), which oversees over $2 billion in capital programs and projects, is responsible for capital planning, project delivery, property management, and real estate services for the Commonwealth. We are stewards of the Commonwealth’s assets, which include 3 million square feet of state buildings. As an agency, we care for the people of our state and the future of our planet.

• We work with state agencies to create and manage forward-thinking, sustainable buildings to meet the needs of the Commonwealth’s citizens and help achieve a zero-carbon future.

• We are partners with fellow agencies to help them meet their strategic needs with fiscally responsible building and real estate solutions. 

• We support the growth of the Commonwealth’s economy and actively engage with private sector partners to make it easier to do business with the Commonwealth. 

• We work to expand access, opportunity, and equity to create more inclusive services, planning and outcomes for all the citizens of the Commonwealth.

DCAMM is a central agency in implementing several key policy priorities of the Healey-Driscoll Administration, including promoting decarbonization and climate resilience in all state facilities, identifying and facilitating opportunities to repurpose underutilized state property for housing production, and increasing the participation of underrepresented groups in public construction contracting and in the public construction workforce. 

Position Summary 

The Fixed Asset Analyst directly reports to the Deputy Director of Budgets and Capital Planning in the Office of Finance and Administration (OFA) and will provide supervision to at least one team member. The Fixed Asset Analyst exercises considerable independent judgment to identify and recommend improvements to financial and operational procedures, oversee fixed asset transactions, provide expertise across other DCAMM functions, conduct evaluation and appraisal of employees, and assist the Deputy Director of Budgets and Capital Planning with assigned tasks, projects, and duties. 

Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Identify and recommend improvements to financial and operational procedures as needed.

• Implement and/or review accounting procedures consistent with agency laws, rules, and regulations and generally accepted accounting practice in order to control agency expenditures, to ensure consistency of accounting activities, and to establish standards for performance.

• Make recommendations to management for process improvements and workflow changes.

• Conduct evaluation/appraisal of employees.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Oversee fixed asset transactions to ensure they are properly identified, recorded, reconciled, and reported as appropriate.

• Ensure related financial records comply with applicable Comptroller reports, bond counsel requirements and state financial-management policies.

• Provide expertise needed to coordinate across other DCAMM functions whose activities affect the agency's fixed asset records.

• Make recommendations to management for process improvements and workflow changes.

• Conduct evaluation/appraisal of employees.

• Perform other duties as assigned. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Knowledge of principles and practices of accounting including terminology.

• Knowledge of the methods of general report writing.

• Ability to analyze and determine the applicability of accounting data, to draw conclusions and to make appropriate recommendations.

• Ability to exercise sound judgment.

• Ability to work independently and in a team setting

• Ability to give written and oral instructions in a precise and understandable manner.

• Ability to supervise, including planning and assigning work according to the nature of the job to be accomplished, the capabilities of subordinates and available resources; controlling work through periodic reviews and/or evaluations; determining subordinates' training needs; determining the need for disciplinary action and either recommending or initiating disciplinary action.

• Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of supervision.

• Ability to coordinate the efforts of others in accomplishing assigned work objectives.

• Knowledge of the method and techniques of financial analysis.

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of financial management.

• Ability to organize work by establishing operating and/or reporting relationships and by assigning work accordingly.