Accountant, Financial Reporting, Financial Compliance

Gloucester County is hiring a detail-oriented Accountant to manage fiscal controls and governmental accounting in the Finance Department, overseeing accounts payable, capital assets, and insurance programs while conducting complex reconciliations and annual depreciation calculations with independent judgment and initiative.

• Oversees accounts payable workflow, recognizes and relays procedural concerns or potential opportunities for improvement to Accounting Manager; reviews Accounting Technicians’ work and follows up with feedback; assists with unusual or complex problems and questions and determines appropriate solution; facilitates training of new Accounting Technicians.
• Oversees the County’s Liability, Volunteer, Public Officials, and Flood Insurance Programs; prepares annual policy renewal; manages and processes all claims; makes building, vehicle and inland marine schedule changes; secures Certificates of Insurance; develops charge back rates, and prepares and distributes allocations to appropriate departments. Independently prepares insurance schedules for annual audit.
• Manages the Capital Asset Program; researches expenditures for possible capital assets; determines category and classification of capital assets based on governmental accounting standards; assigns and distributes asset tags for placement; conducts routine inventory; and notifies insurance company of coverage necessary for capital assets.
• Manages capital assets databases; processes capital asset acquisitions, deletions, transfers, ensuring capital assets are fully reconciled from beginning fiscal balances to fiscal year end balances. Calculates capital asset depreciation for fiscal year-end audit; and generates periodic and year-end reports for the auditors.
• Reconciles the County and School payroll work papers to the general ledger; balances payroll deductions, benefits, payroll taxes and totals by fund and posts the necessary journal entries in the automated financial system.
• Performs all additions, deletions and changes to the County auto policy including seized and abandoned vehicles and sale of vehicles at County Auctions; ensures appropriate procedures are followed; verifies vehicle paperwork for completeness and accuracy; completes appropriate DMV forms; schedules and conducts in-person DMV business on behalf of the County; obtains required signatures; and when necessary secures title, tags, and registration from DMV;
  
  distributes tags and registration to appropriate department; and retains original title and associated documents in safe. Reconciles revenue ledgers across all funds with Treasurer's Office, State, and Federal distribution reports.
• Manages inter-fund and external general billing processes; researches and resolves billing questions with multiple County departments and external contacts.
• Imports all County and School PCard transactions to financial system; uses detailed Excel functions to reconcile PCard imports in general ledger.
• Facilitates bi-annual Cost Allocation Plan preparation with external auditors; prepares reconciliations, reports, and gathers necessary information for the County and Social Services; works directly with independent auditors for completion of Cost Allocation Plan.
• Reconciles daily and monthly Utilities revenue, deposits, and accounts receivable interface with general ledger; researches discrepancies and works with multiple departments to resolve.
• Assists the Accounting Manager with audit preparation; prepares reconciliations, reviews, and organizes ledger information; identifies discrepancies and assists in resolution; compiles information for completion of Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.
• Prepares monthly adjusting entries for debt…