Finance Specialist

About

The Finance/Accounts Payable Specialist plays a crucial role in the County Finance Department, ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of financial operations. This position involves performing specialized technical accounting tasks, including purchasing, general ledger maintenance, and billing. The specialist is responsible for applying established fiscal procedures and principles to maintain compliance and support the financial health of the County. Additionally, the role includes identifying opportunities for process improvements to enhance overall efficiency and effectiveness in financial management.

Essential Functions

• Handles inquiries and public contacts for information in assigned functional area.
• Processes forms, records, and related papers in payroll, purchasing, general ledger, or billing functions.
• Maintains records, reports, and files in assigned accounting or related fiscal area.
• Contacts departments, employees, vendors, or reimbursement agencies about problem areas.
• Checks accuracy of data and information prior to inputting into system.
• Reconciles bank accounts, balances funds and monies, and performs other technical accounting tasks.
• Inputs data and information regarding assigned accounting function into the automated systems.
• Works with the auditor on questions and documents concerning the payroll, general ledger, or purchasing.
• Maintains vehicle spreadsheet of all current vehicles, and enters into Fixed Assets, new purchases and deletions.
• Updates yearly insurance schedule for vehicles.
• Maintains confidentiality of records, reports, and information.
• Serves as a liaison to departments, employees, and other agencies on assigned fiscal function.
• Cross train in other positions of the Finance department to serve as backup to other staff.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of accounting and related practices and principles and their relationship to the total accounting system requirements.
• Knowledge of laws, rules, regulations, policies and practices to follow in the duties assigned.
• Ability to understand and apply policies and regulations to the maintenance of financial and accounting records and reports.
• Ability to use calculating, adding machines and automated equipment for the maintenance of accounting, fiscal, and related records.
• Ability to make arithmetic computations accurately and with reasonable speed.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with department heads, vendors, employees and the general public.
• Ability to communicate effectively in oral and written forms.
• Ability to use judgement and discretion in handling accounting and other fiscal matters.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university and one (1) year of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Munis / Tyler Tech experience preferred.

Required Licenses or Certifications:

• May require a Notary Public designation depending on departmental requirements. Driver's License valid in the State of North Carolina.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This work requires the frequent exertion of up to 10 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 25 pounds of force; work regularly requires sitting, speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel, reaching with hands and arms and repetitive motions and occasionally requires standing, walking, pushing or pulling and lifting; work requires close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception, night vision and peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using measuring devices, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work has no exposure to environmental conditions; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $39,838.50 - $61,756.50 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Work Location: In person

Salary : $39,839 - $61,757