Accounting Manager

This is the third of six levels in the accounting series. Incumbents perform professional accounting tasks requiring comprehensive knowledge of GAAP and governmental accounting standards. Responsibilities may include preparing and/or reviewing formal financial and statistical statements and reports; interpreting and researching GAAP and GASB accounting standards; implementing changes to accounting methods to ensure consistency with organizational policies and procedures; preparing for and coordinating audits; forecasting, preparing, updating, and monitoring department budgets; forecasting revenues and expenditures; and performing the duties of the lower levels. Incumbents supervise lower-level accounting and/or accounting support staff.

Essential Functions:

• Supervises staff to include prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff are trained; ensuring that employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.

• Reconciles major general revenue accounts to produce financial and supporting schedules for the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. Additionally, ensures that direct reports' accounts are reconciled accurately and timely for the external audit.

• Manages the activities of the accounting function, which includes coordinating, administering, updating, and evaluating processes, procedures, systems, and standards; and ensures compliance with Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, codes, and/or standards.

• Reviews internal financial reports, worksheets, general ledger entries, and other documents created by subordinates; identifies, researches, and directs the resolution of issues; ensures deadlines are met; and responds to questions from senior management.

• Prepares budgets for assigned departments; reviews and approves budgets prepared by staff.

• Prepares a variety of management fiscal and organizational reports; including documentation for the Annual Comprehensive Financial reports; compiles, organizes and analyzes financial and statistical data.

• Collaborates with IT personnel to troubleshoot and resolve problems associated with software, systems and processes related to finance and revenue activities.

• Participates in various meetings, committees, or other related groups to receive/convey information.

• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.

• Five (5) years of accounting experience.

• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the job's essential duties.

License and Certifications

• Certified Municipal Financial Officer (CMFO), Certified Government Financial Officer (CGFO) preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Managerial principles.

• Fiscal management principles, practices, and procedures.

• Budgeting principles.

• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

• Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) principles.

• Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, and regulations.

• Report preparation techniques.

Skill in:

• Monitoring and evaluating employees.

• Prioritizing and assigning work.

• Managing financial operations.

• Evaluating and implementing accounting procedures and systems.

• Implementing procedural improvements.

• Reading, comprehending, and analyzing financial statements.

• Preparing annual reports.

• Organizing, evaluating, and presenting complex financial data.

• Applying Federal, State, and local laws, rules, and regulations.

• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with subordinates, coworkers, supervisors, the public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to give and receive work direction.

Physical Requirements:

The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination sound.

• Mental Acuity: Making rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

• Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.

• Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.

• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.

• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

• Visual ability 1: sufficient to perform an activity like preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.

• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or move from one work site to another.