TEMPORARY​/Accountant - Finance Dept

The City of Port St. Lucie is an equal opportunity employer.

This is a contractual temporary position not to exceed 12 months. This position is full time, 40 hours a week. After the applicable waiting period, the individual will be eligible for health benefits.

The starting hourly rate for this role is $29.86 - $34.33 depending on qualifications.

This position is considered an Essential Position for the purpose of Emergency Management. Emergency duties will be assigned as needed. This position requires 24 hours a day, 7 days per week availability during City of Port St Lucie emergencies, as determined by City Administrators, Emergency Manager or City Officials.

The focus of this position is entry level, professional accounting work covering certain phases of financial, accounting, and administrative management, control, and analysis while exercising discretion and independent judgment. Work is performed under the close direction of a higher-level accountant or manager. Facilitates the development of public trust and confidence in the City.

The following duties are illustrative for this position. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Keeps the mission, vision, and values of the City of Port St. Lucie at the forefront of decision making and action; builds strategic and collaborative relationships and interacts with others in a way that builds confidence and trust; provides excellent customer service by taking action to accomplish objectives, maintains high levels of work and productivity by generating innovative solutions to work situations.
• Prepares, analyzes, and reconciles a variety of financial reports/statements.
• Prepares financial reports for local, state, and federal agencies.
• Research check status and stop payments in the bank.
• Responsible for following internal controls to ensure the accuracy of financial systems, including but not to payroll, payables, receivables, cash handling, pensions, and financial reporting.
• Responsible for reviewing, approving, and processing request for check and purchase order receiving payments.
• Process invoice imports and outgoing wire entries.
• Process general billings for all areas as required.
• Assist with bank reconciliations.
• Backup for review and approvals of purchasing card transactions in the City’s ERP MUNIS.
• Evaluates, recommends, and establishes policies and procedures to continuously improve operations, decrease turn‑around times and streamline processes to provide quality customer service.
• Pulls required documentation and/or reports for auditors as needed.
• May serve as back‑up in other locations of the department to cover staff shortages.
• Assist in special projects as assigned.
• Other duties as may be assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Graduation from an accredited college or university with an Associate’s in Accounting, Finance, or in a related field is required. Two (2) years of accounting, finance, banking, auditing, or related experience required, preferably in government.

A comparable amount of training, education, or experience may be substituted for the minimum qualifications.

• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills using formulas, creating financial models, and working with downloads from Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, vendors, and the public.
• Ability to analyze a variety of administrative problems and to make sound recommendations.
• High level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations.
• Attention to detail in composing, data entry and proofing materials, establishing priorities and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to conduct research, analyze,…