Accountant - Financial Services

Description

Essential Functions

• Works daily in the general ledger financial software. Balances and monitors the general ledger on a monthly basis. Reviews internally generated reports for accuracy. Reviews general ledger for compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).

• Accesses information from general ledger, fixed assets, payroll, human resources, accounts payable and accounts receivable.

• Responsible for voiding checks in financial software, ensuring proper documentation and authorization.

• Responsible for grant program financial reporting and deadlines. May perform complex, specialized grant accounting functions, prepares expense spreadsheets, comparing grant expenditures to the annual grant budget and complies with periodic financial reporting and reimbursement submittal requirements.

• Performs monthly bank reconciliations in a timely manner.

• Prepares monthly sales and use tax returns for the County. Enters into Michigan Treasury Online. Prepares vouchers for payment of sales and use tax for remittance to State.

• Communicate and follow-up with department questions and issues.

• Prepares accounting work, including year-end adjustments, audit work papers, financial statements, and preparation of the footnotes for the annual audit.

• Analyzed budget variances and provides budget adjustments to the Budget Department.

• Serves as a liaison to external auditors and grantor agencies. Provides information, documentation and reports as requested.

• Serves as a backup Payroll Administrator and can process payroll, when needed.

• Maintains spreadsheet for current tax collections and delinquent tax collections. Reconciles tax collection records to the general ledger. Prepares and enters journal entries to properly allocate summer and winter tax collections to the general ledger.

• Maintains fixed asset system, accounting for disposal of fixed assets, conducting physical inventories of fixed assets and recording monthly depreciation. Reconciles fixed asset records with general ledger.

• Responsible for Act-51 reporting for the Road Department.

• Responsible for statistical data reported in annual audited financial statements.

• Maintains receivable for retiree healthcare collections. Reconciles health insurance. Premium invoices to employee database.

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Must adhere to departmental standards in regard to HIPAA and other privacy issues.
• During a public health emergency, the employee may be required to perform duties similar to, but not limited, to those in his/her job description.
• Computer literacy, including thorough working knowledge of spreadsheet, presentations, database, and accounting management applications software.
• Strong organizational skills.

Employment Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration or Finance combined with two (2) years professional experience in governmental accounting.

Requirements and Working Conditions

• This position works in an indoor environment. There is no planned exposure to prominent lights, noises, odors, temperatures or weather conditions.
• This position is required to travel for meetings and appointments.

• This position requires the ability to sit, stand, walk, traverse, climb, balance, twist, bend, stoop/crouch, squat, kneel, crawl, lift, carry, push, pull, reach, grasp, handle, pinch, type, endure repetitive movements of the wrists, hands or fingers.
• This position’s physical requirements require little to no stamina in crawling.
• This position’s physical requirements require periodic stamina in climbing, balancing, twisting, bending, stooping/crouching, squatting, kneeling, and pinching.
• This position’s physical requirements require regular stamina in standing, walking, traversing, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling reaching, grasping and handling.
• This position’s physical requirements require continuous stamina in sitting, typing and enduring repetitive movements of the wrists hands or fingers.
• This position performs medium work requiring the ability to exert between 20-50 pounds of force in the physical requirements above.
• This position primarily requires close visual acuity to perform tasks within arm’s reach such as: viewing a computer screen, using measurement devices, inspecting and assembling parts, etc.
• This position requires the ability to communicate and respond to inquiries both in person and over the phone.
• This position requires the ability to operate a PC/laptop and to enter & retrieve information from a computer.
• This position requires the ability to handle varying and often high levels of stress.