Accountant II

POSITION SUMMARY The essential function of the position within the organization is to perform advanced and complex accounting functions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The position is responsible for and/or reconciling bank accounts, monitoring cash balances, recording bank interest, maintaining financial records, accounting for assets of responsibility, completing required financial forms and reports, and performing related administrative, accounting, and clerical functions. The position works under general supervision independently developing work methods and sequences.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned. * Monitors cash balance and transfers fund to/from accounts of responsibility to cover cash disbursements; reconciles monthly account statements, records daily cash transactions, and prepares wire transfers as necessary.

• Records and maintains assets, calculates and applies annual depreciation. Audits expenditures over a set amount to ensure they are classified as assets and reclassifies assets under the set amount back to expenses

. * Attends budget meetings with department heads and assists the Finance Director with budget entry; enters budget transfers and amendments upon receipt.

• Checks Positive Pay daily, researching any errors; cancels and voids checks, issues stop payments on checks as requested, and research stale dated checks. Work with Accounts Payable and Payroll to reissue necessary checks and reconcile the Unclaimed Property account monthly. Report unclaimed property to the State annually.

• Reconciles workers compensation bank statement, charges workers compensation costs to departments and with the TPA and Risk Management to resolve any banking issues. * Reconciles Agency accounts on both a monthly and annual basis.

• Release checks and ACH payments to the bank as necessary. * Handle/complete special projects as required.

DATA RESPONSIBILITY: “Data Responsibility” refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained by observation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mental creation. Data are intangible and include numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations. Coordinates or determines time, place, or sequence of operations or activities based on analysis of data and possibly executes determinations or reports on events. PEOPLE RESPONSIBILITY: “People Responsibility” refers to individuals who have contact with or are influenced by the position. Provides assistance to people to achieve task completion; may instruct or assign duties to coworkers.

ASSETS RESPONSIBILITY: “Assets Responsibility” refers to the responsibility for achieving economies or preventing loss within the organization. Requires responsibility for achieving major economies or preventing major losses through management of or accounting for very large sums of money. MATHEMATICAL REQUIREMENTS: “Mathematics” deals with quantities, magnitudes, and forms and their relationships and attributes by the use of numbers and symbols. Uses practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions, measurements, or logarithms; may use algebraic solutions of equations and equalities, deductive geometry, and/or descriptive statistics.

COMMUNICATIONS REQUIREMENTS: “Communications” involves the ability to read, write, and speak. Reads journals and manuals; composes specialized financial reports using proper format and grammar; speaks to groups of coworkers and people outside the organization.

COMPLEXITY OF WORK: “Complexity of Work” addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, creativity, and concentration required by the position and the presence of any unusual pressures. Performs supervisory work involving policy and guidelines, solving both people and work related problems; requires continuous, close attention for accurate results and frequent exposure to unusual pressure.

IMPACT OF DECISIONS: “Impact of Decisions” refers to consequences such as damage to property, loss of data or property, exposure of the organization to legal liability, or injury or death to individuals. Makes decisions with serious impact - affects most units in organization, and may affect citizens; probability of damage is likely.

EQUIPMENT USAGE: “Equipment Usage” refers to inanimate objects such as substances, materials, machines, tools, equipment, work aids, or products. A thing is tangible and has shape, form, and other physical characteristics. Page 3 of 4 Handles machines, tools, equipment, or work aids involving moderate latitude for judgment regarding attainment of standard or in selecting appropriate items, such as computers, peripherals, or software programs such as word processing, spreadsheets or custom accounting applications.

SAFETY OF OTHERS: “Safety of Others” refers to the responsibility for other people’s safety, either inherent in the job or to assure the safety of the general public. Requires no responsibility for the safety and health of others.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: “Education Requirements” refers to job specific training and education required for entry into the position. Requires a bachelor’s degree in accounting or a closely related field.

LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, AND REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED: “Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations” refers to professional, state, or federal licenses, certifications, or registrations required to enter the position. Requires none.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: “Experience Requirements” refers to the amount of work experience that is required for entry into the position that would result in reasonable expectation that the person can perform the tasks required by the position. Requires six years of related experience, including working knowledge of governmental accounting.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE

“Cherokee County is an equal opportunity employer. Cherokee County will provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, uniformed service status, pregnancy, childbirth, or other legally protected category or classification.” REQUIREMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS CLASS SPECIFICATION MAY BE SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION IN ORDER TO REASONABLY ACCOMMODATE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE OTHERWISE QUALIFIED TO PERFORM THE ESSENTIAL DUTIES OF THE JOB.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $52,000.00 - $62,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• On-site gym
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

Salary : $52,000 - $62,000