Accounting Specialist (Accounts Payable

Requirements And Preferences

The Broward County Board of County Commissioners is seeking qualified candidates for Accounting Specialist in our Accounts Payable Division

• Eleven (11) paid holidays each year

• Eleven (11) paid holidays each year
• Vacation (Paid Time Off) = 2 weeks per year
• Tuition Reimbursement (Up to 2K annually)
• Up to 40 hours of Job Basis Leave for eligible positions
• Paid Parental Leave

High-Deductible Health Plan – bi-weekly premiums:
Employee $10.90 / Family $80.79

Includes a County Funded Health Savings Account of up to $2,000 Annually

Consumer Driven Health Plan – bi-weekly premiums:
Employee $82.58 / Family $286.79

457 Deferred Compensation County matches up to $2,000 a year

Performs highly technical work reading, analyzing and auditing contracts.

Works under close to general supervision according to set procedures but determines how or when to complete tasks.

• Requires one (1) year of experience in bookkeeping, payroll or closely related experience

• Possess and maintain a valid Florida Class E Driver's License based on area of assignment.

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
• People Soft Certification (Finance)
• Microsoft Outlook/Excel Certification
• Accounts Payable Certified Associate/Professional
• Accounts Payable Experience
• Auditing Experience

• Researches, analyzes and/or audits payments and retainage requests for compliance with agreement(s)/contract(s); processes payments to vendors according to the contract or agreement; creates, calculates, reviews, and maintains records of payment, retainage transactions, non-encumbered transactions, etc. for accounting, auditing, and budgeting.
• Monitors budget expenditures in order to ensure funds are available in appropriate accounts to purchase required supplies, materials, and equipment; makes budget transfers, creates journal vouchers, processes daily deposits, petty cash and reimbursement requests, etc.
• Reviews all P-Card (purchasing card) Transmittals and E-Payables (electronic payables) invoices; checks for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment; uploads invoices, runs reports, makes necessary corrections to rejected general ledger.
• May process payroll-audit timesheets, timecards and leave requests; notifies appropriate managers and supervisors of missing timesheets, leave requests, signatures, and adjustments; codes and enters all information; calculates amounts to be withheld from employee pay for child support, tax levies and other garnishments; audits, prepares and inputs all manual payroll checks, voided checks, other pay adjustments in accordance with County policy and State and Federal laws;
  
  audits and reviews payroll voucher and registers to determine their accuracy, completeness and conformance with all rules and regulations.
• Reviews all requisitions for completeness and competitiveness before submittal to administration for final approval.
• Prepares purchase requisitions for small purchases; prepares solicitation bid document for informal quotation requests; secures the bid process for informal quotation request; obtains competitive quotations from vendors; analyzes responses to determine lowest and best vendor; prepares bid tabulation and places purchase orders; prepares documentation for proper files on each procurement.
• Performs basic business (verbal and electronic) communication, document preparation, etc.; creates a variety of spreadsheets in order to capture data and facilitate preparation of reports; scans documents into database and reviews for quality control, processes payments for recorded documents, processes the return of recorded documents to owners using appropriate methods, processes incoming and outgoing mail, and responds to customer requests.
• Provides customer service in person and via phone in connection with document recording; researches and resolves a variety of routine internal and external…