Accountant Ii Jobs

SALARY RANGE: $56,534.40-$92,144.00

Position Summary:

Advanced and highly skilled responsible professional performing various finance, accounting, and budget functions and processes; reviews, updates and prepares a variety of financial, budget and accounting transactions; maintains fixed asset data and performs related duties as assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintains capital project spreadsheets, analyzing projects to determine amounts to be capitalized and expensed, and ultimately determining completion of projects to determine their removal from Construction in Progress.
• Analyzes financial data, monthly financial and actuarial reports.
• Reviews and analyzes investment and bank accounts and prepares reconciliations of various funds and accounts.
• Prepares and maintains records associated with various cash management and grant management activities.
• Other duties may be assigned as dictated by operational necessity.
• Prepares schedules and reports for the external auditors.
• Prepares and reviews general correspondence.
• Assists in the preparation of and completes a variety of accounting, financial, budgetary or statistical reports or projects, including special projects.
• Assists in maintaining and monitoring accounting and budgetary records in accordance with the Uniform Accounting System of the Florida Department of Financial Services Bureau of Local Government.
• Monitors and maintains spreadsheets related to funding sources budgeted and transferred.
• Records pension entries to general ledger and reconciles to financial statements.
• Maintains fixed asset system and reconciles to general ledger; distributes inventory list.
• Maintains annexations for the State of Florida Community Service Tax.

• Knowledge of governmental accounting principles and procedures.
• Ability to learn and understand the Uniform Accounting System of the Florida Department of Financial Services Bureau of Local Government.
• Ability to organize and evaluate financial data and develop logical conclusions.
• Ability to analyze financial data and discern underlying problems.
• Ability to organize specialized financial and statistical reports in order to generate and present periodic written reports.
• Knowledge of budgeting and financial reporting systems.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, officials, and the general public.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to prepare understandable spreadsheets and financial statement reports.
• Knowledge of computer systems pertaining to accounting and financial management.

• Three years of professional accounting and financial reporting experience.
• A combination of education, training, and experience may be considered.
• One year experience in local government finance.
• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, financial management or a related field.

• Master’s degree, CPA or CFGO certificate preferred.
• Must be bondable.

• N/A

Code: Constant = 2/3 or more of the time Frequent = from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time Occasional = up to 1/3 of the time

N/A = Not applicable

Environmental Conditions:

Code: Constant = 2/3 or more of the time Frequent = from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time Occasional = up to 1/3 of the time

N/A = Not applicable

Emergency Responsibilities:

In the event of an emergency or disaster, an employee may be required to respond promptly to duties and responsibilities as assigned by the employee’s department, Emergency Management or City Administration. Such assignments may be before, during or after the emergency/disaster.

Disclaimers:

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Other duties may be assigned to the employee to meet the operational needs of the City consistent with his/her qualifications, skills, and abilities.

This job description is not intended to, and does not, constitute an offer of employment or a contract for employment or the terms and condition of employment. The City of Plant City has the right to revise this job description at any time.