Accounting Manager

Overview

Work Location: 509 East Avenue S., Clearwater, FL

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8 am - 4:30 pm

Performs highly responsible professional accounting and administrative work managing the activities of the Accounting Team within the Budget & Analytics Section of the Construction & Property Management (CPM) Department. Manages, supervises, and participates in the accounting operations of a diversified and complex system that includes accounts payable, contract management, internal and external audit coordination, procedural development, cost analysis, and procurement. Analyzes accounting functions to determine their legality, propriety, and effectiveness.

Performs detailed analytical work supporting departmental accounting needs, maintains a comprehensive database of financial information, and develops user-oriented management reports to support strategic and operational decision-making.

• Plans, assigns, trains, supervises, and evaluates the work of accounting support staff engaged in developing, maintaining, and reviewing required utilities accounting systems;
• Provides counsel and advice to department directors, managers, accounting staff, and employees on accounting matters, reports, and analysis;
• Establishes procedures/policies for staff and operating departments to follow to ensure accurate audit trails and coordinates these activities with County policies;
• Monitors actual financial data including revenues, expenditures, and fund balances for sufficiency and propriety of funding;
• Resolves problems arising from non-compliance of laws, rules, regulations, and generally accepted accounting principles;
• Performs technical fiscal studies, analyzes acquired data, and recommends course of action;
• Prepares, or participates in the preparation of, various monthly and annual reports in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations;
• Performs data processing related duties including using statistical packages or programs encoding data, data entry and retrieval, and routine computer terminal operations and programming/reprogramming;
• Provides analytical and administrative assistance in the development and implementation of efficient financial management systems and procedures that are in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations;
• Researches and recommends expenditures of departmental funds for hardware, software, and training needs, monitors maintenance contracts and consultants, and administers contracts for payment to consultants;
• Provides management reports for budget preparation;
• Assists in departmental annual audit conducted by independent accounting firm, prepares work papers for audit review, and conducts internal audits ensuring compliance with federal, state, and County regulations and generally accepted accounting principles;
• Recommends changes to computer applications as related to maximizing efficiency and effectiveness in maintaining financial records;
• Directs and coordinates training of accounting staff at remote sites;
• Acts as p-card coordinator and reviews and approves all p-card charges;
• Drafts board and delegated items and agenda automation;
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.

Education And Experience

• Seven (7) 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 five (5) years of experience that includes one (1) year of supervisory training or experience;
  
  or a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business or a related field with course work in computer science and accounting plus three (3) years of experience that includes one (1) year of 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…