Job Description
Job Overview
This position is responsible for performing complex and specialized accounting
work at the supervisory and/or technical lead level. Work includes accounting,
fiscal management, and budget preparation for a mid-sized department/agency,
and/or leadership for specialized accounting functions within a large department
or agency.
Salary
Min $68,286.40 annually
Mid $93,912.00 annually
Benefits
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- Generous PTO & Holiday Plan
- Health Plans
- Health Savings Account
- Dental & Vision Plans
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Cafeteria Benefit
- Life Insurance
- Short & Long-Term Disability Insurance
Core Competencies
* Customer Commitment - Proactively seeks to understand the needs of the
customers and provide the highest standards of service.
* Dedication to Professionalism and Integrity - Demonstrates and promotes fair,
honest, professional, and ethical behaviors that establishes trust throughout
the organization and with the public we serve.
* Organizational Excellence - Takes ownership for excellence through one's
personal effectiveness and dedication to the continuous improvement of our
operations.
* Success through Teamwork - Collaborates and builds partnerships through trust
and the open exchange of diverse ideas and perspectives to achieve
organizational goals.
Duties and Responsibilities
Note: The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of
specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the
work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Depending on
assigned area of responsibility, incumbents in the position may perform one or
more of the activities described below.
* Plans, organizes, directs, controls, and/or supervises assigned accounting
and financial functions, programs, and systems as a department’s lead fiscal
position, or as the lead for a program/functional area within a large
department, to include annual risk assessment and review and approval of
fiscal transactions in the accounting system.
* Supervises assigned fiscal and/or clerical employees and prepares employee
performance reviews.
- Follows countywide fiscal related policies and procedures.
- Develops and implements internal departmental accounting procedures,
evaluates effectiveness, and makes changes as necessary to ensure proper risk
management strategies.
* Manages accounting and budget functions within a department or a
program/functional area within a large department.
* Prepares complex journal entries; reconciliations of general ledger
transactions to the applicable sub-ledger; processes and reconciles accounts
receivable and payables; reconciles and submits billing information and
resolves complex expenditure issues.
* Meets with Department Director and management staff to discuss financial
position, service, and project costing, evaluate the fiscal impact of
operational initiatives, and coordinates activities with other departments to
ensure adequate flow of pertinent information.
- Reviews and approves routine accounting entries.
- Prepares complex analyses and reports to support current and new operational
initiatives; evaluates operating initiatives and environmental factors on
costs of services; and assists with the development of operational efficiency
measures.
* Provides guidance and assistance to department staff on a broad variety of
fiscal/budget topics.
* Prepares monthly, quarterly, and annual financial and status reports for
management, to include customized Business Intelligence (BI) reports, budget
versus actual reports, projections, variance analysis, cost recovery reports,
rate studies, and statistical information.
* Leads and/or assists with the development and management of the department's
operating and capital projects budgets, to include preparation, projections,
analysis, and training of subordinates.
* Identifies fiscal needs for budget amendments and prepares draft budget
resolutions and amendments for approval by the Board of County Commissioners.
* Performs financial analysis to include budget versus actual revenue variances
and projections, environmental scan/trends for service delivery impact,
revenue management and position control.
* Monitors fiscal aspects of all grants and capital projects to include set-up,
creation of task structure, projections and cash flows, reimbursement
requests, and internal and external reporting.
* Attends department staff meetings or program oversight boards as required to
provide fiscal guidance, reporting and/or analysis.
* Prepare monthly capital improvement project reports analyzing multi-funding
sources and bond/grant requirements and performs special assessment
reconciliations.
* Manages automated inventory systems and supervises fixed asset recording,
transfer, and disposal.
* Provides assistance and/or leads cycle counts, periodic inventory counts and
annual fixed asset inventory count.
* Participates and assists in local, state, federal, and annual financial
audits.
* Performs other duties as needed, including those performed by subordinate
fiscal, financial, and clerical staff.
Job Specifications
* Knowledge of governmental accounting and auditing principles, practices,
procedures, methods, and theory.
* Knowledge of computerized accounting systems to include automated accounting
system applications.
* Knowledge of the specific accounting and reporting requirements and the
complete accounting cycle of the organization to which assigned.
- Knowledge of budgetary procedures and controls.
- Knowledge of supervisory principles, practices, and procedures.
- Ability to schedule, assign, monitor, review and evaluate the work of
assigned subordinates.
* Ability to analyze and audit accounting, fiscal, payroll and leave data,
reports, and statements.
- Ability to prepare accounting and audit records, statements, and reports.
- Ability to read, comprehend, interpret, and apply job related laws, rules,
policies, and procedures.
* Ability to develop computer-based spreadsheets, graphs, summaries, and
reports.
Physical Requirements
- Position is typically in an office environment.
- Requires an employee to be mostly sedentary.
Work Category
* Sedentary work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a
negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push,
pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work
involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and
standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are
met.
Minimum Qualifications Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; AND
- Four (4) years of experience as a professional accountant; OR
- An equivalent combination of education (not less than possession of a high
school diploma/GED), training, and experience that would reasonably be
expected to provide the job-related competencies noted above.
Emergency Management Responsibilities
In the event of an emergency or disaster, an employee may be required to respond
promptly to duties and responsibilities as assigned by the employee’s
department, the County’s Office of Emergency Management, or County
Administration. Such assignments may be for before, during or after the
emergency/disaster.
Additional Job Requirements
A department, depending on the nature of its mission and operations, may require
that employees in all or certain positions in this job classification:
1. Maintain the ability to pass the background checks required for the
position. These background checks may include but are not limited to:
* Criminal History Background Check using Florida Department of Law Enforcement
(FDLE) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS)
- Level 1 and Level 2 Background screening (Ch. 435 Florida Statutes)
- Child Abuse, Abandonment and Neglect Record Check using the State Automated
Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS)
* Sex Offender and Sexual Predator record check using the list maintained by
the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)
1. Possess the necessary job-related license(s) or certification(s) that may
include possession of a Florida Driver License (Class E).
Job Tags
Temporary work, Work at office, Local area, Flexible hours