Accounting Services Coordinator

Pinellas County Government • Carrizozo, NM

8h • Onsite

About The Position

Performs professional accounting work in the development, implementation, and maintenance of financial accounting management systems to include processes and/or databases and more difficult accounting duties in financial and operational accounting management within assigned areas.
What Would You Do?
Implements, monitors, and maintains policies and procedures, trend analysis, process review, financial statement analysis, procurement oversight, and regulatory requirements;
Implements, monitors, and maintains a financial account and management information system, which may include computer, relational data bases for internal controls, data integrity, and the safeguarding of assets;
Tracks and monitors activities between operating divisions to identify information processing needs, troubleshoots application problems, and produces statistical reports and graphs for management review;
Participates in budget execution and preparation;
Conducts internal accounting and system audits and prepares reports and submits recommendations for management review;
Compiles data to produce end user, documentation, and application procedures manuals and trains staff;
Develops accounting policies, procedures, and automation standards;
Researches and recommends expenditures of departmental funds, monitors contracts and consultants, and administers contracts for payments to vendors;
Provides guidance to senior managers on expenditures while monitoring cost centers for the overall budget and conducts ongoing analyses of expenditures;
Arranges and attends meetings;
Processes payroll and prepares and submits payments to the IRS;
Creates accounts receivable invoices and processes cash receipts;
May supervise accounting staff, conduct performance reviews, and recommend discipline when appropriate;
Performs other related job duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Six (6) years of experience in progressively responsible professional accounting work covering a complex computerized accounting system that includes one (1) year of supervisory training or experience; or an Associate’s degree in accounting, finance or a related field with course work in computer science and accounting plus four (4) years professional experience that includes one (1) year of supervisory training or experience; or a Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field plus two (2) years of professional experience that includes one (1) year of supervisory training or experience; or a Master’s degree in accounting or a related field plus one (1) year of professional experience that includes supervisory training or experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience.
• Florida Driver’s License or Florida Commercial Driver’s License and endorsement, if any.
• Assignment to work a variety of work schedules including compulsory work periods in special, emergency, and/or disaster situations.
• Other knowledge, skills, abilities, and credentials required for a specific position.
• Knowledge of accounting principles and skill in implementing such knowledge
• Knowledge of internal accounting controls
• Knowledge of and skill in use of data processing and word processing computer software, including data collection, input, analysis, and dispersal
• Knowledge of public administration principles and practices
• Skill in applying basic computer applications
• Ability to plan, assign, supervise, and evaluate the work of assigned personnel and establish and maintain effective working relationships with superiors, employees, and others
• Ability to develop, update, and collate data for procedure and operation manuals
• Ability to communicate technical information in a manner understandable to superiors, subordinates, and the interested public
• Ability to produce reports from multiple software applications

Responsibilities

• Implements, monitors, and maintains policies and procedures, trend analysis, process review, financial statement analysis, procurement oversight, and regulatory requirements
• Implements, monitors, and maintains a financial account and management information system, which may include computer, relational data bases for internal controls, data integrity, and the safeguarding of assets
• Tracks and monitors activities between operating divisions to identify information processing needs, troubleshoots application problems, and produces statistical reports and graphs for management review
• Participates in budget execution and preparation
• Conducts internal accounting and system audits and prepares reports and submits recommendations for management review
• Compiles data to produce end user, documentation, and application procedures manuals and trains staff
• Develops accounting policies, procedures, and automation standards
• Researches and recommends expenditures of departmental funds, monitors contracts and consultants, and administers contracts for payments to vendors
• Provides guidance to senior managers on expenditures while monitoring cost centers for the overall budget and conducts ongoing analyses of expenditures
• Arranges and attends meetings
• Processes payroll and prepares and submits payments to the IRS
• Creates accounts receivable invoices and processes cash receipts
• May supervise accounting staff, conduct performance reviews, and recommend discipline when appropriate
• Performs other related job duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree