Introduction
Hillsborough County Government
is looking for new members to join our team who are aligned with our
core values of commitment to excellence; stellar customer service; and
embracing diversity, transparency, and accountability. Our employees
enjoy careers that are professionally and personally rewarding and that
provide fair and reliable compensation.
Hillsborough County Government
consists of many independent agencies and thousands of employees. We
provide a wide range of municipal services to the citizens of
Hillsborough County, including law enforcement, fire protection, street
construction and maintenance, courts, libraries, parks and recreation,
planning and zoning, property appraisal, tax collection, water,
sewer, and solid waste collection services. In addition, we also employ
professionals, paraprofessionals, and clerical staff in a wide range of
service support functions, including management, finance, information
technology, human resources, facilities, communications, etc.
Read below to learn more about this exciting opportunity to join our team.
IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or other related field.
- Four or more years of
professional experience managing account receivables, account payables,
and budget controls for a large municipal agency.
- Two or more years experience supervising employees, including performance management and discipline.
- Advanced knowledge of governmental accounting and auditing principles, practices, procedures, methods, and theory.
- Advanced knowledge of computerized applications such as Oracle. Working knowledge of RecTrac recreation software.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
A Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; and
Four years of experience as a professional accountant.
JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES
- Knowledge of governmental accounting and auditing principles, practices, procedures, methods, and theory.
- Knowledge of computerized accounting systems to include automated accounting systems and their applications.
- Knowledge of the specific
accounting and reporting requirements and the complete accounting cycle
of the organization to which assigned.
- Knowledge of budgetary procedures and controls.
- Knowledge of supervisory principles, practices and procedures.
- Ability to schedule, assign, monitor, review and evaluate the work of assigned subordinates.
- Ability to analyze and audit accounting, fiscal, payroll and leave data, reports and statements.
- Ability to prepare accounting and audit records, statements, and reports.
- Ability to read, comprehend, interpret and apply job related laws, rules, policies and procedures.
- Ability to develop computer based spreadsheets, graphs, summaries, and reports.
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES
Note: The following duties are
illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of specific statements of
duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar,
related, or a logical assignment to the position. Depending on assigned
area of responsibility, incumbents in the position may perform one or
more of the activities described below.
- Plans, organizes, directs, controls, and/or supervises assigned accounting and financial functions, programs, and systems.
- Plans and supervises all
accounting functions and activities including disbursements, budget
development and analysis, revenue accounting, and preparation of
statistical and/or fiscal reports; may manage related functions such as
payroll, purchasing and inventory control.
- Formulates, or participates in
the formulation of accounting policies, systems, controls and
procedures, and monitors their implementation; evaluates effectiveness
of, and recommends changes of existing accounting and budgetary systems
and controls.
- Provides consultation as a
technical lead or manages subordinates on specific accounting functions;
evaluates the performance of subordinate staff providing guidance,
training and assistance as needed to ensure effective and timely
completion of assignments.
- Coordinates activities with other departments to ensure adequate flow of pertinent information.
- Reviews and approves nonrecurring accounting entries and adjustments.
- Prepares complex analysis and reports on accounting problems or projects.
- Provides advice and assistance to departments on a variety of accounting problems.
- Performs related work as required.
This classification
description is not intended to be, nor should it be construed as an all
inclusive list of the duties associated with a particular position.
Management may require incumbents to perform job duties other than those
contained in this document at any time.
Conclusion
VETERANS' PREFERENCE:
Preference will ONLY be entitled upon initial appointment for eligible
veterans and eligible spouses of veterans. Documentation to support
entitlement to preference MUST be provided at the time of application.
DRUG-FREE WORK PLACE:
The employers of Hillsborough County have implemented a drug-free
workplace and all offers of employment are conditioned on job applicants
successfully passing a drug test.
RESPONSE/RECOVERY ACTIVITIES:
Employees may be required to participate in response/recovery
activities in response to a major emergency or natural disasters
affecting County operations. In such situations, every effort will be
made to maintain operations, but employees may be assigned to carry out
response activities suited to their skills and capabilities.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Hillsborough County provides equal
employment opportunity to all persons, regardless of age, race,
religion, color, national origin, sex, political affiliations, marital
status, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, age, sexual
orientation, membership or non-membership in an employee organization,
or on the basis of personal favoritism or other non-merit factors.
Hillsborough
County welcomes and encourages applications from minorities, veterans,
and persons with physical and mental disabilities, and will reasonably
accommodate the needs of those persons in the application and testing
process. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation requests will
be on a case-by-case basis.
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