ACCOUNTANT IV

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Contact: Pam Swiger,

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in accounting, finance, or business administration; OR
• Four (4) years of professional or nonprofessional accounting experience.

Educational

Note:

Graduates utilizing education attained in the United States to meet the minimum requirements of a position will not be appointed until verification of the applicable degree has been obtained. Foreign trained graduates utilizing a degree attained outside of the United States to meet the minimum requirements of a position must be prepared to provide a copy of a credential evaluation conducted by an Approved Credential Evaluation Agency.

• All fields in the Candidate Profile must be completed (an attached resume is not a substitution for the information required on the candidate profile).
• Work history, duties and responsibilities, hours worked, supervisor, and formal education fields, etc. must be filled out to determine qualifications for this position.
• Responses to Qualifying Questions must be verifiable in the Candidate Profile.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services values and supports employment of individuals with disabilities. Qualified individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Occasional travel required. Employee is expected to work overtime as required.

To maintain fairness and integrity in our hiring process, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to answer qualifying questions or participate in interviews is strictly prohibited. Applicants must provide their own, authentic responses during all stages of the evaluation and recruitment process. Any candidate found using AI to assist in their answers will be disqualified from consideration. Successful applicant must pass a background screening, including fingerprinting, as a condition of employment.

Position performs and applies accounting techniques such as the pre‑audit of invoice payments. Research accounting standards and Florida Statutes to ensure department transactions are recorded in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and the Florida Statutes 215.422, Reference Guide for State Expenditures, for the timely payment of the department’s legal liabilities.

Position serves as approver/accountant for the department’s Purchasing Card Program “WORKS” by auditing, approving, and processing Purchasing Card charges. Responsible for monitoring and analyzing the workflow, comptroller returns, negative balances, batch error reports, and other items for the P‑Card section within the General Audit Section.

Audits and prepares journal vouchers for payment of department invoices. This process includes verifying existence of appropriate documentation, signatures, and account codes before processing through FLAIR.

Prepares and analyzes reports from P‑Card WORKS daily. Review, research, and complete entries for WORKS on the Batch Error Reports. Analyze the cause of negative balances created by PCard payments and notify management.

Position prepares journal transactions and coding sheets to input into FLAIR the appropriate accounting entries to make corrections resulting from reconciliation of expenditures with the Chief Financial Officer’s accounts, input errors and funding changes.

Position assists with recording FLAIR encumbrances daily on contracts, office, and field purchase orders, ensures purchase orders/contracts are closed out timely, and performs monthly reconciliations. Performs other related duties as required or assigned.

• Knowledge and skills with Purchasing Card Program “Works.”

The benefits of working for the State of Florida include:

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits;
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal holiday each year;
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision and other supplemental insurance options;
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please visit…)
• Fixed or flexible spending accounts;
• Tuition waivers;
• And more!

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