Accountant, Accounting Manager, Financial Reporting

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Greene County Auditor's Office
69 Greene St
Xenia, OH 45385

Responsible for directing the functions of the Accounting Division within the Auditor’s Office; coordinating activities with related county departments, districts, and outside agencies; controlling, monitoring, analyzing and administering the financial accountability of Greene County in the recording and reporting of financial data. Responsible for compilation of the County’s annual financial report and coordinating the annual state audit within the accounting department including overall oversight and review of the state’s audit for all county departments.

This position works closely with all departments to ensure all departments are in compliance and act as a resource for questions and policies.

• Ensures accounting activities comply with applicable local, state and federal regulations. Reviews and analyzes the county’s fiscal policies and procedures, makes recommendations for improvements and efficiencies, leads implementation of new processes.
• Serves as a consultant to other county departments on fiscal, accounting, reporting, and compliance issues. Leads or assists with the development and implementation of countywide policies, procedures and practices related to these areas. Ensures County goals are met for accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, internal audit and grants management functions.
• Responsible for providing complex accounting, fiscal and related compliance services and support county-wide, at a senior professional level. Assists departments with accounting, management reporting, and other fiscal needs, provides services and support to enhance and improve operational efficiencies.
• Establishes, reviews, and administers procedures, systems and policies for accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, grants, interfund transfers and transactions, journal entries, and data entry and control on a county-wide basis.
• Monitors and evaluates the performance of the Auditor’s accounting staff, systems and procedures.
• Responsible for overseeing the efficiency and integrity of the county’s financial system processes, external financial reporting, and internal management reporting.
• Coordinates compliance with budgetary practices and processes. Ensures integrity of financial information from a budget perspective.
• Reviews, interprets and distributes information from various governing authorities.
• Prepares the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and is the primary contact and coordinator for the county’s annual financial audit with the State Auditor’s Office.
• Responsible for administering Greene County debt funds including budgeting, funding and payments
• Reviews, interprets, and distributes information to and from various federal, state and local governing authorities

This is a supervisory position for all accounting department staff and temporary employees assigned to the Auditor’s Office accounting division. The Chief Accountant is directly responsible for establishing work rules and performance standards; resolving grievances and other sensitive personnel matters; providing for the training and motivation of subordinates to make full use of individual capabilities and to meet changing system demands.

As time allows this position may be tasked with performing related duties at the discretion of the County Auditor. Related duties as required are duties that may not be specifically listed in the position description but are within the general occupational series and responsibility level typically associated with the employee’s classification of work.

Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying.

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Public Administration;
  Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.
• Five years of increasingly responsible experience in governmental accounting & Single Audit principles
• Four years of upper management responsibility preferred
• In depth understanding and upper-level experience with GAAP (Generally Accepted…