ACCOUNTING MANAGER

Full Job Description

BASIC FUNCTION Responsible for the oversight of financial activities and reporting for the Treasurer's office, several outside districts and County departments, applying and implementing accounting and finance principles and best practices.

Performs a daily balancing of the County's general ledger in order to ensure all journal entries for all districts and departments reflect accurate and complete activity.

Coordinates with the Investment Officer to monitor and balance the daily cash position and analyze the ability for investment and potential investment revenue as well as debt service administration.

Requirements

1. Directly supervises and provides direction accounting, cash management and tax specialist employees within the unit to excel, monitors their performance and takes corrective action if necessary.
2. Recommends to the Chief Deputy personnel related actions including selection, promotion, demotion, reassignment and termination.
3. Develops and monitors unit work plan; reports work plan performance to the Treasurer.
4. Develops advanced technical analysis worksheets and tools to provide decision makers with appropriately structured financial information.
5. Prepares, presents and communicates data analysis results to targeted audiences. Provides technical, business and policy analysis for department and taxing district leadership.
6. Responsible for oversight of financial activities for a variety of junior taxing districts.
7. Participates in customer service team which is responsible for servicing the public in the efficient collection of taxes, the investment of public funds and management of county debt.
8. Provides oversight of subsidiary accounting systems manages debt system for all county and special district debt.
9. Makes recommendations for changes to subsidiary systems; participates in the development and modification of various types of accounting and financial systems and/or automated models.

1. Performs related duties as required.
   

Qualifications

Additional Information

• applicable laws, contracts and norms which set standards for employee behavior and govern the rules of work and employee compensation
• accounting and finance practices and their application in a municipal environment
• modern techniques of managing, motivating, and supervising employees
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Washington State Budgeting, Accounting and Reporting System (BARS)
• debt instruments and debt recording including refunded debt
• principles, theories and practices of governmental accounting
• personal computer spreadsheet, word processing, and data base programs
• work flow planning, development and monitoring of goals work plans

• develop objectives, work plans to meet divisional goals
• conduct in-depth analyses
• identify procedural and system problems and develop solutions
• read, interpret and apply relevant federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations
• establish and maintain effective work relationships with department heads, elected officials, peers, and the general public
• maintain necessary records and prepare required reports
• motivate subordinates to excel, monitor performance and take corrective action if necessary
• foster an environment that encourages excellence on the part of peers, subordinates, and others
• apply accounting and finance principles to day-to-day situations and determine the most appropriate course of action given the circumstances
• promote organizational objectives and serve on the Treasurer's Management team;
• communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• work under pressure, meet deadlines and cope with interruptions
• work with minimum supervision
• use computer terminals, calculators, and personal computers
• rapidly learn Washington and Snohomish County laws governing local government financial practices and procedures
• rapidly learn Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) accounting principles and procedures