Job Description
JOB SUMMARY
Performs professional fiscal and financial duties that contribute to the management of the County’s accounting operations. Supervises the Revenue & Cash Management Team consisting of 3 Lead Accounting Technicians. The work involves a full range of accounting tasks, guided by scope of responsibilities, accounting principles, tools and standards, and established policies, guidelines and procedures.
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Customer Commitment – Proactively seeks to understand the needs of our 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
JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES
- Knowledge of governmental accounting and auditing principles, practices, procedures, methods, and theory.
- Knowledge of applicable, policies, rules etc. related to financial services operations.
- Knowledge of supervisory principles, practices and procedures.
- Knowledge of personal computers using word processing, spreadsheet (Excel), database, and accounting software (Oracle or similar accounting software).
- Ability to collect, organize and evaluate data and to develop logical conclusions.
- Ability to schedule, assign, monitor, and review the work of subordinates.
- Ability to analyze and audit accounting, fiscal, payroll data and reports.
- Ability to develop computer-based spreadsheets, graphs, summaries, and reports.
- Ability to work in paperless environment using document imaging system (OnBase or similar system).
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES
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.
- Monitors workload in accounting system worklists to ensure that worklist staffing is appropriate.
- Oversees and ensures timely posting of transactions/documents within functional area of responsibility.
- Oversees auditing function of processes within functional area of responsibility.
- Ensure transactions are properly audited and entered into the accounting system in a timely manner.
- Validates financial activities when necessary.
- Accesses bank web portals to perform inquiries and validate related to financial activities.
- Prepares, reviews and/or approves journal entries and adjustments.
- Evaluates effectiveness of existing accounting and budgetary systems and controls and recommends changes as needed.
- Formulates, or participates in the formulation of accounting policies, systems, controls and procedures, and monitors their implementation.
- Coordinates activities with other departments to ensure adequate flow of pertinent information.
- Serves as liaison and point of contact for Information Technology technical staff, other government agencies, and business units, as needed.
- Provides functional expertise in training, handling and resolving process and system concerns/issues related to functional area of responsibility.
- Performs research to resolve accounting discrepancies or answer customer inquiries.
- Prepares complex analyses and reports on accounting problems or projects.
- Provides advice and assistance to departments on a variety of accounting problems.
- Assists and trains staff members on accounting processes.
- Works with Information Technology on system problem resolution and enhancements.
- Schedules/runs nightly processing jobs and interfaces.
- Evaluates the performance of subordinate staff providing guidance, training and assistance as needed to ensure effective and timely completion of assignments.
- Serves as back up for higher level employees when needed.
Performs other duties as needed, including those performed by subordinate fiscal, financial, and/or clerical staff.
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
A combination of education, training and experience that would reasonably be expected to meet the job-specific competencies noted above.
Preference may be given based on level of experience in accounting, bookkeeping or financial record keeping and level of education (such as an associate or bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, information systems, or a business-related field). In addition, preference may also be given for any supervisory experience.
To complete your application, you must attach a copy of your academic transcripts, diploma or certifications showing attainment of the minimum qualifications unless you are substituting equivalent experience for educational requirements.
STARTING SALARY:$24.19 hourly/ $50,325 annually
CERTIFICATION, LICENSE AND SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
As part of the consideration for this position, eligible candidates may be required to take an Accounting assessment test.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The work is sedentary and requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects; may also require crouching, manual dexterity, hearing, kneeling, lifting, pulling, pushing, reaching, repetitive motion, speaking, standing, stooping, talking, visual acuity, and walking.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work is performed in performed in a dynamic environment that requires incumbent to be sensitive to change and responsive to changing goals, priorities, and needs.
JOB CLASS
Classified – An employee who is appointed to a full-time classified position (including reduced hour position) and not identified as an unclassified employee. Classified employees obtain appeal rights upon successful completion of their initial probation.
Unclassified – At-will Employees who serve at the pleasure of the Clerk and do not have appeal rights should they be demoted, suspended, or terminated.
CAREER PATH
- Lead Accountant
- Senior Accountant
- Accounting Manager
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions described herein. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.