Accountant II- Clerk's Accounting Bartow

Accountant II
- Clerk's Accounting- 42-2026 (Bartow)

Join a team of dedicated professionals in the Polk County Clerk of Courts office. The Clerk’s office has been recognized as a Best Places to Work-an award given by Career Source Polk that is based on employee surveys and an evaluation by judges. The Clerk of Courts provides a very rich benefit plan which includes membership in the Florida Retirement System, health insurance, an employee wellness center, and an employee gym.

There’s also a paid time off plan in which one can accrue twenty-two days of leave time in the first year of employment.

Job Number: 42-2026

Hiring Rate: $46,171.34- $78,017.16

Shift: 8:00 a.m.

- 5:00 p.m.;
Monday-Friday

FLSA Status: Exempt

Department: Clerk’s Accounting
- Bartow

Contract type: This is a full time position

Management level: This is a non-management position

M/F/V/D

• The Mission of the Clerk of Courts has a high degree of public accountability, regular attendance and punctuality is an essential function of this position.
• Support and comply with the Mission Statement and Code of Conduct of the Clerk of Courts.
• Maintain a high standard relating to professional conduct and behavior.
• Work cooperatively with other employees of the work unit and embrace a teamwork approach to completing tasks.

• Understand Fine and Forfeitures and their appropriate distributions per Florida Statutes, as well as internal computer systems that handle those functions.
• Perform regular reconciliations of accounts, identifying and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Prepare journal vouchers to record accounting entries and adjustments.
• Set up new suppliers in Oracle; update and maintain current suppliers.
• Manage the Clerk’s Purchasing Card to include payment, entering receipts into Oracle, and reconciling.
• Provide exceptional customer service to internal and external customers by responding to all inquiries, phone, email, etc., in a timely fashion.
• Professionally address and resolve customer inquiries by using good problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Enter and audit into Oracle personnel and payroll transactions necessary to process the bi-weekly payroll.
• Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely; prepare and execute payroll processing.
• Reconcile and prepare Florida Retirement System file and payment.
• Reconcile and prepare the Federal Taxes for remitting to the appropriate depository.
• Prepare vouchers to remit the payroll deductions for the correct payees.
• Review and prepare the vouchers and journal entries for payment of manual checks for refund or reissued payroll checks.
• Ability to competently perform payroll processing using the Oracle payroll system.
• Prepare the garnishment deduction for court-ordered garnishments.
• Prepare and review payroll liability General Ledger reconcilements.
• Reconcile and/or analyze any GL accounts on a timely basis as assigned.
• Participate in writing standard operating procedures.
• Maintain confidentiality of information learned or acquired as part of the position.
• Being able to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Perform other related work as required.

• Bachelor's Degree preferred from an accredited four-year college or university in accounting or a minimum of 4 years of direct experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as statutes, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals and technical materials.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and changing priorities while meeting critical deadlines.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to create and follow detailed procedures through multi-step processes.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to apply general accounting principles and methods.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized and abstract situations.
• Strong working knowledge of PCs and advanced skills related to…