Summary

This senior accountant role in the City of Jacksonville's Employee Services Department involves managing and auditing financial records, preparing reports and budgets, and possibly overseeing junior staff to ensure accurate accounting practices.

It's ideal for someone with strong accounting experience who enjoys applying financial principles in a government setting and values benefits like generous leave and health insurance.

The job offers a balanced work environment in an office, focusing on detailed financial oversight without heavy physical demands.

Key Requirements

Knowledge of governmental accounting and auditing theories, principles, and practices
Knowledge of laws, rules, and policies governing payroll, leave, fiscal, and accounting records
Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field, or equivalent practical experience
Experience maintaining, auditing, and reconciling financial records, ledgers, and journals
Ability to analyze fiscal data, prepare reports, and develop/modify accounting procedures
Proficiency in operating personal computers with word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and accounting software
Skills in supervising or overseeing staff, including scheduling, assigning, and reviewing work

Full Job Description

Are you looking for a position with a work/life balance? Do you want to earn four (4) weeks off during your first year of employment? Do you want low and no cost health insurance options?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you need to complete your application now. Work for the city you love!!!

The Employee Services Department is actively seeking an Accounting Senior.

Did you know as a City of Jacksonville employee, you would also have twelve (12) paid holidays and a personal leave day as well?

In addition to health insurance, dental, vision, life insurance and flexible spending plans are also available.

City of Jacksonville employees are also eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness after ten (10) years of public service and on-time payments.

This is advanced professional level accounting work in the maintenance of accounting and financial records. Work requires an understanding and application of the accounting and financial management theories, principles, and practices usually gained through degree granting schools, or an equivalent level of practical knowledge gained through experience. Contacts with others require skills in understanding people, sensitivity to others point of view, persuasiveness and/or assertiveness and is often required to influence behavior, change an opinion, or turn a situation around. May oversee others by scheduling, assigning, monitoring, and reviewing their work. The work is covered by clearly defined policies and accounting principles and the employee is required to exercise judgment in determining how to accomplish program objectives. The work requires the use of judgment in searching for solutions or new applications within one's known experiences. Work is performed in an office environment. Operates standard office equipment such as personal computer. The physical demands consist mainly of sitting or standing at a workstation for extended periods of time and occasionally lifting and moving light objects. The work is performed under administrative direction where the work is subject to operating plans, objectives, functional policies, and precedents, and the worker is given the freedom to determine how and when expected results are achieved. The work is reviewed in terms of feasibility, compatibility with other work projects, and effectiveness in meeting requirements or expected results.

Requirements

Maintains and audits financial records, accounts, ledgers, and journals.
Develops new and modifies existing accounting procedures.
Analyzes accounting and fiscal data, records, and reports.
Prepares journal entries and posts transactions to proper accounts.
Prepares summaries, trial balances, and related reports and statements.
Conducts field audits and prepares comprehensive reports.
Reconciles and balances financial statements and accounting records and ledgers.
Schedules, assigns, monitors, and reviews the work of others.
May certify and/or supervise preparation and maintenance of payroll records and pay vouchers.
Prepares, analyzes, and monitors operating budgets.
Prepares TDs (transfer directive) and BTs (budget transfer).
Reviews invoices for payment.
Reviews and approves purchase requisitions.
Composes internal and external correspondence.
Operates standard office equipment such as personal computer using word processing, spreadsheet, database, and various accounting related software.
Demonstrates proficiency in the City of Jacksonville’s competencies.
Performs related work as required.

Qualifications

Knowledge of governmental accounting and auditing theories, principles, and practices.
Knowledge of laws, rules and policies governing payroll, leave, fiscal and accounting books, records, and accounts.
Knowledge of personal computers using word processing, spreadsheet, database, and various accounting software.
Knowledge of office procedures and practices.
Knowledge of automated accounting systems.
Skill in making and verifying mathematical calculations.
Skill in maintaining accounting and fiscal records.
Ability to schedule, assign, monitor, and review the work of others.
Ability to apply accounting and auditing knowledge to work assignments.
Ability to evaluate accounting and auditing procedures.
Ability to analyze and audit accounting, fiscal, payroll and leave data and reports.
Ability to read, comprehend, and apply job related rules, policies, and procedures.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to prepare comprehensive reports.
Ability to develop computer-based spreadsheets, graphs, summaries, and reports.
Ability to operate standard office equipment such as personal computer using word processing, spreadsheet, database, and various accounting related software.

Additional Information

Five years of education and/or experience in accounting which includes successful completion of 18 semester hours of accounting course work at the college level from an accredited institution; and one year of professional level accounting experience.
A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution in Accounting is preferred.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

The probationary period for this class is six months.

A FULLY COMPLETED ONLINE APPLICATION IS REQUIRED. Apply at www.jacksonville.gov. Work history is required for all employment/volunteer work in which qualifications are being based.

A resume and copy of your college transcript, with your social blacked out, is required with your application.

Transcripts do not need to be official, but must state your name, the school’s name, classes taken, grades received, type of degree, and date degree was conferred.

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Certain servicemembers and veterans, and the spouses and the family members of such service members and veterans, receive preference and priority, and certain servicemembers may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements, in employment and are encouraged to apply for positions being filled.

If claiming veteran's preference, you must attach a DD-214 (Member Form-4 copy) or military discharge papers, or equivalent certification from the Department of Veterans Affairs listing military status, dates of service and character of discharge.

You must also attach the Veterans Preference Certification Form and if applicable, the additional forms as noted here: http://www.coj.net/departments/employee-services/veterans-preference.

If a candidate believes he or she was not afforded veteran’s preference, he or she may file a written complaint, within sixty (60) calendar days upon receipt of notification of the hiring decision, requesting an investigation to:

Florida Department of Veterans Affairs

Attention: Veterans’ Preference Coordinator

11351 Ulmerton Road, Suite 311-K

Largo, FL 33778-1630

Email: VeteransPreference@fdva.state.fl.us

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