Senior Professional Accountant

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Requisition No:867244

Working Title:

SENIOR PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANT -

CLASS

TITLE:

SENIOR PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANT

DIVISION: OFFICE OF FINANCE & BUDGET

BUREAU: FINANCIAL SERVICES

CITY: TALLAHASSEE

COUNTY: LEON

This is an internal agency employment opportunity for current employees, including OPS, of the Department of Financial Services, the Office of Financial Regulation, and the Office of Insurance Regulation.

• A post-secondary degree in accounting or business is preferred.

• High School diploma or its equivalent
• One (1) year of accounting experience with the State of Florida or three (3) years of accounting experience is required.
• FLAIR experience processing revenue transactions.
• Journal Transfer experience processing revenue transactions.
• ACH/Wire processing experience.
• CODA Data Entry Keying Experience.
• Retrieving, Reviewing and Analyzing RDS Reports.
• Retrieving, Reviewing and Analyzing PALM Reports.

This position requires a security background check, including fingerprint as a condition of employment.

Employees of the Department of Financial Services are paid on a monthly pay cycle.

Responses to qualifying questions must be clearly supported by the state application and any omission, falsification, or misrepresentation in the answering of the qualifying questions will be cause for immediate elimination from the selection process.

• Knowledge of accounting principles, practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of methods of data collection
• Knowledge of spreadsheet applications.
• Knowledge of numbers, their operations and application use.
• Knowledge and application of information gathering and know difference in essential information collected.
• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems to complete duties of position.
• Knowledge of principles and processes involved in business and organizational planning, coordinating and execution.
• Skill in typing or in the use of keyboard-controlled data input devices.
• Ability to understand written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Ability to determine work priorities, self-assigns work by priorities, adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions, and ensures proper completion of work assignments.
• Ability to communicate effectively; both verbally and in writing to convey information.
• Ability to set up and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to critically think and use logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weakness of different approaches.
• Ability to formulate policies and procedures.
• Ability to prepare financial reports.
• Ability to timely and accurately prepare and maintain a variety of accounting records.
• Ability to timely and accurately analyze and interpret accounting data.
• Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures relating to an accounting process.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to solve problems and make decisions using sound judgement of the pros and cons of the decision.
• Proficient in Outlook, Word, Excel.
• Ability to review data for accuracy and completeness.
• Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations.
• Ability to meet and maintain minimum production requirements for speed and accuracy.

• Revenue Journal Transfers, which are to be reviewed daily in RDS, printed, assigned the correct account information and validated daily. This position is to ensure the appropriate documentation has been received from the sending agency/office. This position must maintain open communication with Agency Senders and Division/Office contacts to ensure JT’s received with incorrect accounting data is accurately and timely corrected for processing.
• Wire and ACH transactions, which are to be reviewed daily in Florida PALM, printed, assigned the correct account information and validated daily. A daily financial spreadsheet is to be maintained and updated of all ach/wire transactions received and posted to ensure payments are being accurately and timely processed.
• 12-month warrant cancellation journal transfers, received for Unclaimed Property, are to be reviewed monthly, reconciled against printed RDS report, posted and validated monthly.
• Revolving Fund deposits are to be reviewed, posted, and reconciled in FLAIR/Florida PALM. This includes posting Revolving Fund checks on a TR32A and deposit with Agency assigned Banking Institution.
• RDS Error Reports are to be printed, reviewed, analyzed, reconciled to determine if additional steps are required to ensure deposits are in balance, when applicable.
• Voucher adjustments are to be carefully reviewed, analyzed and submitted to the Disbursements Section for further processing. Upon approval by Accounting & Auditing the…