Accounting Manager - Waste Services Department

**Open until Filled**

This class manages the personnel and activities of a centralized accounting/financial support function.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

Supervises staff by prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff are trained; ensuring that employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and, making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations

Manages the activities of a centralized accounting/financial support function, by planning, coordinating, administering, and evaluating programs, projects, processes, procedures, systems, and standards, ensuring compliance with Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, codes, and/or standards, monitoring and interpreting changes in laws and regulations related to public agency financing and financial reporting, and evaluating their impact on applicable activities

Manages and coordinates the production of applicable financial reports, statements, reconciliations, and/or payroll activities in assigned area of responsibility

Confers with internal departments regarding financial matters; facilitates the resolution of problems and the development of coordinated policies

Performs advanced accounting activities, which includes: producing data for consultants, project financing, and fee studies; assisting departments with financial calculations and projections; preparing reports; reviewing financial data to ensure accuracy; and, performing other related activities

Oversees and coordinates annual and periodic external and internal audits; manages analytical studies; develops and reviews reports of findings, alternatives, and recommendations; manages the maintenance of related records and files

Monitors and maintains applicable software in assigned area of responsibility

Performs other duties as assigned

TYPICAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

Training and Experience:
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or related field and at least three years of accounting experience; or, a combination of education and experience equivalent to these requirements.

Licenses and Certifications:

None

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics (KSAOs):

supervisory principles
automated accounting systems
principles and practices of governmental, financial, and fund accounting and auditing
budgeting practices and processes
recordkeeping systems
financial strategic planning and analysis
applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, regulations, codes, and/or statutes
financial reporting methods
financial control practices and procedures
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
supervising and evaluating employees
using computers and applicable software applications
interpreting and applying applicable Federal, State, and/or local laws, rules, and regulations
researching discrepancies
preparing complex financial statements, reports, and analyses
designing and implementing accounting and recordkeeping systems
recording, analyzing, verifying, reconciling, and reporting accounting transactions
overseeing and coordinating financial audits
communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction
prioritize and assign work
handle multiple tasks simultaneously
apply accounting procedures and principles
analyze and interpret financial and accounting information

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:

County-wide Employee Responsibilities:

All Escambia County BCC employees must serve the public and fellow employees with honesty and integrity in full accord with the letter and spirit of Escambia County BCC's Employee Code of Ethics, gift, and conflict of interest policies.

All Escambia County BCC employees must establish and maintain effective working relationships with the general public, co-workers, elected and appointed officials and members of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, political affiliation, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or gender identity and expression.

Emergency Management Responsibilities:
During emergency conditions, the incumbent of this position will automatically be considered an emergency service worker. This employee is subject to being called to work in the event of a disaster, such as a hurricane or other emergency situation, and is expected to perform emergency service duties, as assigned.

Physical Requirements:
Positions in this class typically require grasping, talking, hearing, seeing, finger and hand dexterity, and repetitive motions.
Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Benefits/Compensation Package:

• Medical / Dental / Vision plans

• Prescription coverage

• Employee health clinic

• Employee fitness centers

• Employer-sponsored retirement plan or an investment plan

• Deferred Compensation Plan

• Flexible Spending Account(s)

• Employee Assistance Program

• Annual/Sick Leave or Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Group Life Insurance