Accountant

Gloucester County, Virginia; Gloucester (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Gloucester County is seeking a meticulous Accountant to manage fiscal controls within the Finance Department, overseeing accounts payable, capital assets, and insurance programs while performing complex reconciliations and year-end depreciation calculations with independent judgment.

The successful candidate will supervise Accounting Technicians, coordinate with auditors, and prepare reports for the annual audit, applying governmental accounting standards and asset-management procedures.

Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of applying bookkeeping and accounting principles to governmental transactions.
• Broad knowledge of fixed assets program procedures and policies.
• Broad knowledge of County accounting practices and procedures.
• Ability to understand laws/regulations governing financial records.
• Ability to verify documents and balance figures with independent judgment.

Responsibilities

• Oversees accounts payable workflow and guides staff; reviews work and provides feedback; assists with complex problems and training of new staff.
• Manages Liability, Volunteer, Public Officials, and Flood Insurance Programs; renews policies and processes claims; handles asset and insurance schedules.
• Manages the Capital Asset Program; classifies assets, assigns tags, conducts routine inventory, communicates insurance coverage needs.
• Maintains capital assets databases; processes acquisitions/deletions/transfers and reconciles balances; computes depreciation for year-end audits.
• Reconciles payroll workpapers to GL; balances deductions, benefits, and taxes; posts journal entries in the financial system.
• Refer to job posting for more details.

Job description

Are you a proactive accounting professional? Highly-organized and meticulous in your work? If so, we want to meet you! Gloucester County is currently hiring an 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.

If you're seeking an excellent opportunity to advance your career while making a meaningful difference in the community, apply to join the Gloucester County team today!

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/gloucester/jobs/5510646/accountant

Responsibilities

• 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 workpapers 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.
• For a more detailed list of duties, please visit the link above.

Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of the application of established bookkeeping and accounting principles and techniques to governmental accounting transactions.
• Broad knowledge of procedures and policies of the fixed assets program.
• Broad knowledge of accounting and office practices, methods and procedures used by the County.
• Broad knowledge of County organization and operational policies and procedures.
• Ability to understand or apply laws, regulations, and policies to the maintenance of financial records.
• Ability to verify documents and forms for accuracy and completeness; organize and effectively process and maintain financial records and files and prepare reports from them; and analyze and record information and to balance figures.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment, discretion, and confidentiality in the completion of work assignments and in relationships with other employees.
• Ability to prepare reports, correspondence, checks, invoices, tax forms, etc., using proper format.
• Ability to apply principles of rational systems to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only a limited standardization exists.
• For more details regarding qualifications, please visit the link above.