ACCOUNTANT I (ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE/TREASURY)

Full Job Description

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business or Public Administration, supplemented by two years of experience in performing treasury duties to include accounts receivable, cash management, and completing transactional and informational reports; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.

Specific License or Certification Required: None.

Specific Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities: Must have an understanding of cash flow forecasting, investment tracking, and debt service management within a public sector framework. A focus on customer service and details. Ability to perform banking duties, accounts receivable duties, reconcile cash positions, and ensure compliance with treasury policies and bond covenants, and apply all county or departmental policies, practices, and procedures necessary to function effectively in the position.

Examination:
The examination will consist of an evaluation of education and experience accomplished by analysis of the application. Application must document that the applicant possesses the minimum knowledge, skills, education and experience as listed to be qualified. If selected, an official, accredited college transcript is required, at time of employment, for all degrees/course work used to qualify for this position

ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED IN FULL BEFORE THEY ARE SUBMITTED. PLEASE REVIEW ALL APPLICATIONS FOR ACCURACY AND MAKE ALL CORRECTIONS BEFORE SUBMITTAL BECAUSE ERRORS CAN RESULT IN NOT MEETING THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS. WE DO NOT ACCEPT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AFTER APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT.

Requirements

Purpose of Classification:

The purpose of this classification is to perform accounting duties requiring independent judgment across multiple financial divisions, including pension, employee benefits, treasury, accounts payable, and general accounting.

Responsibilities include reconciling accounts, monitoring account budget status, completing transactional and informational reports, and performing administrative duties related to division-specific operations.

This classification is distinguished from Accountant II in that this classification performs operational accounting duties and has responsibility for reconciling and monitoring accounts across assigned divisions, whereas the latter additionally prepares financial reports covering substantial County resources and supports strategic fiscal analysis.

Essential Functions:
The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.

Performs professional accounting duties independently across assigned financial divisions, including pension, employee benefits, treasury, accounts payable, and general accounting.

Posts adjustment entries and reconciles accounts such as retirement contributions, benefit deductions, cash receipts, vendor payments, and general ledger balances; monitors budget status of accounts; reviews submitted accounting documents; and posts adjustments or forwards errors/misstatements to applicable parties for resolution.

Reconciles bank statements, pension trust accounts, and treasury activity reports; balances daily cash positions and investment transactions; researches dishonored checks and outstanding items; prints applicable banking statements/reports; prepares and sends correspondence; and follows up with internal and external parties to resolve discrepancies.

Interprets court documents, benefit directives, and financial orders to make appropriate adjustments and entries, including garnishments, pension settlements, and compliance-related transactions.

Assists with contract and grant administration procedures: prepares and maintains spreadsheets of budgeted revenues and expenditures contrasted with actuals; identifies and advises appropriate personnel on unusual or significant variances across assigned divisions.

Researches financial information for internal departments, external auditors, and regulatory agencies; compiles supporting documentation for audit schedules, pension reporting, treasury compliance, and benefit reconciliations.

Processes a variety of documentation associated with department and division operations, within designated timeframes and per established procedures: receives and reviews payroll data, benefit enrollments, invoices, departmental reports, customer billings, and division-specific items; modifies and deletes data entry transactions as necessary; and completes, processes, forwards, or retains documentation as appropriate.

Prepares or completes various forms, reports, correspondence, and other documentation, including reconciliation reports, reimbursement requests, receipts, grant reports, pension summaries, and financial analysis; compiles data for further processing or for use in preparation of department reports; and maintains computerized and/or hardcopy records in accordance with retention schedules.

Provides lead direction to accounting or financial support staff in assigned division; may assist with onboarding, training, and procedural guidance related to pension, benefits, treasury, AP, or general ledger workflows.

Maintains a current, comprehensive knowledge and awareness of applicable laws, regulations, principles, and practices relating to government accounting, financial reporting, payroll compliance, benefits administration, and/or grant management; maintains professional affiliations; and attends webinars, meetings, workshops, hearings, and training sessions as required; may provide related training and guidance to staff.

Additional Functions:

Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications

Performance Aptitudes:

Data Utilization: Requires the ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data using established criteria. Includes exercising discretion in determining actual or probable consequences and in referencing such evaluation to identify and select alternatives.

Human Interaction: Requires the ability to work with and apply principles of persuasion and/or influence over others to coordinate programs or activities of a project, and resolve typical problems associated with the responsibilities of the job.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include ability to perform mathematical operations with fractions; may include ability to compute discount, interest, and ratios; may include ability to calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.

Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to resolve problems.

Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.

Additional Information

It is the policy of Fulton County that there will be equal opportunity for every citizen, employee and applicant, based upon merit without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, genetics, disability or sexual orientation.