Senior Accountant - GL/Grants/Fixed Assets (Bartow, FL)

• The Mission of the Clerk of Courts has a high degree of public accountability, regular attendance and punctuality is an essential function of this position.
• Support and comply with the Mission Statement and Code of Conduct of the Clerk of Courts.
• Maintain a high standard relating to professional conduct and behavior.
• Work cooperatively with other employees of the work unit and embrace a teamwork approach to completing tasks.

• Evaluate and analyze policies, contracts, State statutes, ordinances and other documents to assure fiscal and/or regulatory compliance.
• Audit, analyze, and reconcile accounting records and general ledger accounts for accuracy and completeness; resolve differences and take corrective action.
• Collaborates with the team members to meet all applicable deadlines and maintain accuracy.
• Prepares audit schedules and assists internal and external auditors as needed.
• Develops and maintains spreadsheets and files; provides data required for completion of periodic reports and documents.
• Examine reports and documents prepared by other departments to determine fiscal and contractual compliance.
• Prepare/review and analyze financial reports, annual audit schedules and footnotes.
• Recommends  process  improvements,  participates  in  the  writing  and  updating  of  standard  operating  procedures,  and  attends meetings as required.
• Performs other related accounting and financial duties as required.
• Prepare correspondence and perform other administrative functions as required.
• Respond and resolve customer inquiries and complaints.
• Being able to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Attend meetings as required.
• All other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from an accredited college or university and have a minimum of 3 years of governmental and/or financial accounting experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as statutes, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals and technical materials.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and changing priorities while meeting critical deadlines.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to create and follow detailed procedures through multi-step processes.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to apply general accounting principles and methods.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized and abstract situations.
• Strong working knowledge of PCs and related software such as spreadsheets, databases and word processing.
• Ability to make good decisions.

• Applicant must have the physical, developmental and mental ability to perform job tasks, work efforts, responsibilities and duties of the job illustrated above. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust to focus.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

This is a non-management position
This is a full time position