Financial Accountant
1351 - Financial Accountant (Departmental Analysis Division)
This position is located in the Finance & Risk Management Department.
OPEN UNTIL FILLED
Salary Grade: 53
The Pima County Department of Finance & Risk Management is seeking a dynamic, motivated professional to join their Departmental Analysis Division. The successful candidate will assist in the entry and review of high-volume financial transactions in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, assist with quarterly and year-end inventory, research and recommend solutions to budgetary matters, compile quarterly revenue analysis, review transactions for compliance with the chart of accounts, and work on other detailed ad hoc projects. The successful candidate will work closely with team members and department contacts. If you enjoy working collaboratively with a team of dedicated professionals and have a passion for learning, growing, and serving others, in a fast-paced business environment, then this may be the perfect opportunity for you to join our team.
Duties/Responsibilities
(Work assignments may vary depending on the department's needs and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.)
General Duties:
- Establishes and maintains journals and ledgers of financial transactions;
- Reviews accounts payable charges for validity and conformance to adopted budgets;
- Ensures departmental compliance with Board of Supervisor policies and Administrative Procedures;
- Authorizes payments of valid charges;
- Establishes and monitors purchasing accounting procedures;
- Bills, collects, accounts for and manages a variety of debts due;
- Posts, balances and maintains accounting records unique to departmental operations, or for multiple departments;
- Reviews accounting reports for accuracy in revenues and expenditures and makes necessary corrections;
- Reviews transactions for coding and cost accounting purposes;
- Assists in the preparation of supporting documentation for annual audits of financial reports;
- Audits and reconciles various accounting records and documentation prepared by others;
- Recommends, implements and maintains accounting internal controls;
- Researches problems and answers questions regarding accounting procedures or documentation;
- Reconciles and monitors various accounting records, reports and funds;
- Maintains equipment utilization and inventory accounting systems;
- May supervise, train and evaluate support personnel.
In addition to the General Duties cited above, positions within Finance & Risk Management may include the following:
- Reviews accounting transactions for validity, proper coding, and conformance to Generally Accepted
- Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB);
- Ensures data entered into the automated financial accounting system is processed, balanced, recorded, and reported in an accurate and timely manner at a Countywide level;
- Prepares and enters Countywide interdepartmental charges;
- Assists in the preparation of quarterly receivable collection reports that are presented to the Board of Supervisors;
- Assists with the testing of financial system upgrades and reports;
- Assists with reconciliation of the Countywide bi-weekly payroll.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:
Knowledge of:
- financial record keeping practices;
- general governmental accounting principles, pronouncements, practices, rules, regulations and methods to include GAAP, GASB, etc.;
- County policies and procedures;
- various software programs.
Skill in:
- analyzing and interpreting financial and accounting records and preparing financial statements and reports;
- applying Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and County procedures to Countywide accounting transactions;
- preparing, verifying and reconciling accounting documentation;
- communicating effectively, both orally and in writing;
- training employees and scheduling work.
Minimum Qualifications
EITHER:
(1) A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in accounting, finance, economics, public or business administration or a closely related field as defined by the appointing authority at the time of recruitment.
OR:
(2) An Associate’s degree with a focus in accounting, finance, economics, public or business administration or a closely related field as defined by the appointing authority at the time of recruitment and two years of professional accounting experience.
(Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.)
Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see resume" on your application.
Preferred Qualifications: (Be specific in describing your experience in your application. Ensure the descriptions provided illustrate your competencies, specifically addressing the required and preferred qualifications.):
- Experience and proficiency using Microsoft Excel, Access, and/or Word.
- Experience creating and entering correcting journal entries using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
- Experience in preparing and reviewing reports to be used in ensuring the accuracy of revenues and expenditures.