What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fiscal Specialist-GL/Grants/Fixed Assets position at Polk County Clerk of Courts?
Join a team of dedicated professionals in the Polk County Clerk of Courts office. The Clerk’s office has been recognized as a Best Places to Work—an award given by CareerSource Polk that is based on employee surveys and an evaluation by judges. The Clerk of Courts provides a very rich benefit plan which includes membership in the Florida Retirement System, health insurance, an employee wellness center, and an employee gym. There’s also a paid time off plan in which one can accrue twenty-two days of leave time in the first year of employment.:
Essential Attributes::
Essential Attributes :
Essential Tasks:
Minimum Skills/ Qualifications :
Physical Requirements :
M/F/V/D:
Hiring rate: $16.00
Monday - Friday; 8am - 5pm:
Click here for Veteran Preference
Essential Attributes::
Essential Attributes :
- 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.
Essential Tasks:
- Perform annual physical inventory of fixed assets throughout Polk County. This includes travelling to various sites in Polk County. This position requires frequent standing, walking, climbing, balancing, and lifting up to 25 pounds. The work involves crawling under desks and climbing into attics to scan and record assets.
- Perform all duties relating to the addition, deletion, or changes to the inventory of all County fixed assets.
- Establish and maintain property records for all capital tangible fixed asset expenditures including land right of way, building improvements, utility systems, equipment furniture, and infrastructure.
- Maintain vehicle and equipment title and registration file.
- Advise and instruct property custodians, professional moves, students, temporary employees and trustee.
- Determine status of surplus property and coordinate the disposal as appropriate including working with online auctions.
- Work effectively with Senior Accountant to prepare monthly and annual fixed asset activity reconciliations.
- Communicate fixed asset policies and procedures effectively to board departments, representatives from other offices, agencies, and management.
- Recommend process improvements, participate in the writing and updating of standard operating procedures, attend meetings as required by the Accounting Manager.
- Must be able to multi-task and remain flexible as conditions change and continue effective performance in the face of additional challenges.
- Provide management support for fixed asset related activity.
- Being able to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Perform other related work as required.
Minimum Skills/ Qualifications :
- Associate Degree (A.A.) or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school preferred or a minimum of 2 years direct experience.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating/maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, read and speak English effectively to customers and employees, and write routine correspondence and reports.
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
- Ability to work with other supervisors, staff, other agencies and the general public in a supportive, productive, cordial, cooperative and positive manner.
- Ability to develop and maintain a teamwork relationship with staff under his/her direction.
- Personal computer knowledge with proficient use of Word & Excel and the ability to learn industry-based software, typing 40 WPM.
- Ability to organize, prioritize and manage work to meet multiple necessary deadlines and workload.
- Ability to remain flexible as conditions change and continue effective performance in the face of additional challenges.
Physical Requirements :
- 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.
M/F/V/D:
Hiring rate: $16.00
Monday - Friday; 8am - 5pm:
Click here for Veteran Preference
Salary : $16
