Accountant II

Tampa Hispanic Heritage, Inc; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

Tampa Hispanic Heritage, Inc. is seeking a skilled accountant for its City centralized accounting division. The role involves handling financial records, payroll, budget amendments, and ledger maintenance in a demanding professional environment.

Qualified candidates hold a bachelor’s degree in accounting and have at least three years of professional accounting experience. A CPA/CGFO/CPPT or equivalent is preferred, with a valid Florida driver's license possibly required.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in accounting or a closely related field.
• Three (3) years professional accounting experience required.
• Equivalents combining education, training and experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Codes, checks, and processes purchase requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, and other forms; checks ledger for funds available; recommends movement of funds to cover shortages based upon review of usage.
• Prepares budget amendments and general ledger file maintenance; submits requisitions and retrieves account balances.
• Reviews payroll records, balances payrolls, and verifies accuracy of pay calculations.
• Coordinates and participates in physical counts of fixed assets and inventories; balances entries in general ledger.
• Performs related work as required.

Skills

Office records keeping

Business mathematics

Office procedures

Accounting principles

Rule familiarity

Report preparation

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Tools

Calculator

Computer

Job description

Salary $38.64 - $57.94/hour; $6,697.60 - $10,042.93/month; $80,371.20 - $120,515.20/year

This is complex professional accounting work in the City’s centralized accounting division.

Job Introduction

This iscomplexprofessionalaccounting work in the City’s centralized accounting division.

Nature Of Work

Employeesperform various assignments of more than average difficulty in financialrecords keeping and processing. Tasks include review of transactions foraccuracy, completeness, and conformance with established procedural criteria,and completion and processing of documents. This class is distinguishedfrom the lower level by the widely varying nature of assignments, scope ofactivities, discretion exercised, experience and expertise in completingassignments and/or the complexity of problem solving necessary to process andbalance transactions. A higher level employee is usually available toprovide assistance in particularly demanding technical assignments and tocomplete the most difficult financial record-keeping and accounting tasks.Although established criteria and procedures generally exist, employees mustexercise significant initiative andindependent judgment in evaluating transactions, determining appropriatecourses of action, and ensuring that attendant records are maintained andprocessed accurately and on a timely basis. Employees might also performgeneral clerical tasks. Work is performed under general supervision andreviewed through observation, conferences, examination of completed documents,and internal and independent audits.

Examples of Duties

Codes,checks, and processes purchase requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, andother forms; checks ledger for funds available; recommends movement of funds tocover shortages based upon review of usage; prepares budget amendments andgeneral ledger file maintenance to make needed adjustments; utilizes computerto submit requisitions and retrieve account balances and inventory levels;contacts vendors and others to determine order, receipt, and payment status forgoods and services; reviews payment provisions of capital improvement contractsand prepares documents to initiate payments in accordance with contractrequirements and established procedures; compiles and presents financial dataand prepares expenditure projections for budget preparation; maintains recordsfor special accounts; computes and renders bills; receives and deposits money;records receipts and disbursements and balances accounts with centralaccounting records. Reviews time cards for proper coding of program andactivity areas and contacts appropriate personnel to ensure that data isbalanced; reviews payroll attendance records and personnel actions and balancespayrolls; verifies accuracy of various pay calculations; maintains departmentaljob cost records; verifies job cost/payroll reconciliations completed bydepartments; contacts departmental personnel to explain errors found inbalancing payrolls and verifying job cost reconciliations and to ensure thaterrors are corrected. Reviews budget amendments submitted for completeness, properdocumentation and propriety; batches and balances budget amendments forsubmission to data processing; reviews data submission records and contactsbudget personnel to ensure correction of computer rejections. Coordinates andparticipates in physical counts of fixed assets and departmental inventories;completes routine journal entries, file maintenance and other forms to adjustrecords based upon count findings and departmental requests for addition,transfer, and deletion of assets and stock. Reconciles and balances suchtransactions as accounts receivable and interdepartmental billings to generalledger activity reports; prepares journal entries, file maintenance and otherforms to adjust entries in order to balance accounts; prepares daily revenuereports by recording and balancing entries from various data submissionrecords; coordinates records retention. Performs related work as required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Considerableknowledge of: office records keeping practices and methods; business mathematics; standard office practices, procedures, and equipmentusage.

Workingknowledge of: financial records keeping and accounting principles.

Abilityto: acquire knowledge of rules, regulations, procedures, and functions of theassigned area; maintain accurate and complete operating records; reviewtransaction documents for accuracy, completeness and conformance to establishedprocedures; maintain files; prepare reports; perform mathematical operationswith speed and accuracy; establish and maintain effective working relationshipswith other employees and the general public.

Skillin: the use of standard office calculator and computer.

Physical Requirements

Mostly sedentary, indoors, requires extended useof computer, typing and viewing monitor.

Minimum Qualifications

Graduation from anaccredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in accounting or aclosely related field andthree (3) yearsprofessional accountingexperience. OR

Graduation from anaccredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in accounting or aclosely related field andthree (3) yearsprofessional accountingexperience. OR An equivalent combination of education (not less than possession of a high school diploma/GED), related training and experience that would reasonably be expected to provide the job-related competencies noted above.

Licenses or Certifications

Possessionof one or more of the following certifications is preferred:Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Government FinanceOfficer (CGFO), Certified Public Pension Trustee (CPPT) or an equivalentcertification relevant to the area(s) of responsibility.Possessionof a valid Florida driver's license may be required.

Examination

Evaluationofeducation and experience. Drug testing is included in allpre-employment processing.

Comments

Employeesmay be required to work rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, holidaysand overtime as needed. During periods when the Mayor issues an emergencydeclaration for the City of Tampa, all employees may be required to work inpreparation, response or recovery activities related to the stated emergency.