Executive Accountant

Durham County Government is home to over 2,000 dedicated professionals working together to deliver essential services that strengthen and support our vibrant, diverse community. As the heart of a fast-growing region, we offer meaningful careers across a wide range of fields—giving you the opportunity to make a real impact where you live, work, grow, and play. Learn more nc.gov.

Durham County Government is home to over 2,000 dedicated professionals working together to deliver essential services that strengthen and support our vibrant, diverse community. As the heart of a fast-growing region, we offer meaningful careers across a wide range of fields—giving you the opportunity to make a real impact where you live, work, grow, and play. Learn more nc.gov.

Finance

September 14, 2026

Until Filled

$74,196 - $102,000

Full-Time, 37.5 hrs/week, Exempt

This job is responsible for managing the County’s financial operations as it relates to a variety of advanced accounting tasks, which include: developing procedures and techniques to accurately prepare, maintain, analyze and control complex financial records and statements; monitoring and improving internal controls for certain financial business processes;
Finance liaison with certain departments regarding subsidiary systems and the County’s general ledger and other assigned accounting and financial reporting tasks in the Finance Department. This position works independently, under limited supervision, reporting to the Deputy Chief Financial Officer/Assistant Chief Financial Officer for Financial Reporting.

The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this position. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the position as necessary.

• Assists in the preparation of complex financial statements and supporting audit work papers, statistical information, and notes for the County’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR).
• Assists the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) with financial reporting and financial data analysis.
• Responsible for the accounting and financial reporting, reconciliations, etc. between the County’s EMS third party billing and collection system and the County’s general ledger.
• Analyzes financial statements, general ledger reports, summaries and schedules. Analyzes the adequacy of financial controls and makes recommendations to upper management for new accounting procedures to improve productivity, efficiency, and internal controls, etc. Reports issues of concern to upper Finance management.
• Responsible for the financial activity, reconciliations, reporting, etc. of local option sales taxes, sales and use taxes, occupancy taxes, white goods taxes, and scrap tire taxes.
• Responsible for Register of Deeds collections, required reporting to the State, reconciliations to the general ledger, etc.
• Responsible for monthly municipality tax distributions, reconciliations, and reporting.
• Manages the debt, investments and banking and the accounting, financial reporting and data analyses for the County’s debt, investments, and banking.
• Assists in the planning, organizing, and managing of all aspects of the County’s debt, investments, and banking.
• Assists in managing financial analyses, financial reporting, and the annual financial audit of the County’s debt, investments, and banking.
• Collaborate with the Budget department and financial advisors to maintain the County’s debt model.
• Coordinates with project managers to compile…