Accountant, Accounting Manager, Financial Reporting

Job Information

• Opening Date/Time: 01/20/2026 12:00AM Central Time
• Closing Date/Time: 02/09/2026 11:59PM Central Time
• Salary (Monthly): $4,562.00 - $6,825.00
• Salary (Annually): $54,744.00 - $81,900.00
• Job Type: Full-Time
• City, State
  
  Location:
  
  Knoxville, TN
• Department:
  Health

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, LOCAL HEALTH DIVISION, KNOX COUNTY

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor s degree in accounting and experience equivalent to one year of full-time professional accounting or auditing work.

OR

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor s degree including thirty-six quarter hours in accounting and experience equivalent to one year of full-time professional accounting or auditing work.

Substitution of Graduate Education for Experience: Graduate coursework credit received from an accredited college or university in accounting may substitute for the required experience on a month for month basis to a maximum of one year (e.g., 36 graduate quarter hours in the above listed field may substitute for one year of the required experience).

OR

Designation as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Under general supervision, is responsible for professional accounting work of average difficulty and performs related work as required. This is the working level in the accounting sub-series. Work may include training, leading, or supervising sub-professional or less experienced professional accountants. This class differs from that of Accountant 1 in that incumbents of the latter perform entry level accounting duties under immediate supervision.

This class differs from that of Accountant 3 in that an incumbent of the latter functions at the advanced working level and performs more difficult and complex accounting duties.

Knowledge:

Skills:

Abilities:

State of Tennessee positions that may involve driving responsibilities require candidates to meet the following minimum driver qualifications:

• A valid driver s license
• For the past five years, the candidate s driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations.

Please include your Driver s License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application.

Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors.