What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Accountant position at State of Florida?
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Job Title Senior Accountant
Salary See Position Description
Job Type Salaried Full-Time
Location Tallahassee, Florida
Office OLS - Finance & Accounting
General Summary
This is a responsible professional position performing a variety of accounting duties and responsibilities with a particular focus on reviewing monthly and quarterly Intradistrict reports submitted by Legislators pertaining to district office expenses, and other duties as needed.
Examples of Work Performed
- Performs review of Legislators’ monthly Intradistrict reports.
- Answers inquiries and provides technical assistance to Legislators and their staff on Intradistrict funds.
- Performs audits and processes travel reimbursement and travel vouchers for Legislators and their staff.
- Reviews and processes contract payments and other expenditures for a number of legislative entities
- Plans workloads, workflows, deadlines, work objectives, and time utilization with employees.
- Answers inquiries and provides technical assistance to Legislators and employees on accounting matters.
- Performs audits and processes payments for contracts, purchase orders, invoices, travel vouchers, and other documents.
- Ensures the smooth and timely processing of vouchers, invoices, and purchase orders submitted for payment.
- Performs other related duties as required.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge of accounting principles, practices, and procedures.
- Ability to determine work priorities, assign work, and ensure proper completion of work assignments.
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally in writing.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
- Ability to prepare and maintain a variety of accounting records.
- Ability to analyze and interpret accounting data.
- Ability to understand and apply rules, regulations, policies, and procedures relating to an accounting program.
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to solve problems and make decisions.
- Ability to use tact and exercise good judgement when interacting with Legislators and staff, other agencies, and the public.
Minimum Qualifications
A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in accounting and three years of professional accounting or auditing experience; or a master’s degree from an accredited college or university in accounting or possession of a Certified Public Accountant (C.P.A.) Certificate can substitute for one year of the required experience.
Professional or nonprofessional accounting or auditing experience can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required bachelor’s degree; or any combination of this experience and up to 60 semester or 90 quarter hours of college education including two courses in accounting can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required bachelor’s degree.
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of State of Florida travel laws/rules
Knowledge of FLAIR.
Salary
Commensurate with experience.
Accommodation for Disability
If an accommodation is needed for a disability, please notify Human Resources at (850) 488-6803.
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