ACCOUNTANT III (GENERAL ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR)

City of Rocky Mount; Rocky Mount (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Rocky Mount is seeking an experienced accounting professional to oversee the General Accounting function under the direction of the Accounting Manager. This role manages the general ledger, financial reporting, and month-end/year-end closings, ensuring GAAP/GASB compliance and strong internal controls.

Supervises accounting staff and provides guidance to City departments on complex accounting matters.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Ten (10) years’ experience in a related field of work.
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the City's general ledger and ensure accuracy, completeness, and integrity of financial records.
• Direct month-end and year-end closing activities, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and adjusting entries.
• Review and approve complex reconciliations and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Perform technical accounting research per GASB, GAAP, and applicable standards.
• Develop and implement accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Oversee financial reporting for funds, departments, and governmental activities.
• Provide guidance to Finance staff and other City departments on accounting and internal controls.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

GASB knowledge

Financial analysis

Interpersonal skills

Leadership/management

Internal controls

Advanced Excel

Communication (oral and written)

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Ten years’ related experience

Tools

MUNIS

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

** THIS IS A RE-POST, ALL PREVIOUS AND CURRENT APPLICANTS ARE STILL BEING CONSIDERED AND DO NOT NEED TO RE-APPLY**

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.

JOB SUMMARY

Under the general direction of the Accounting Manager, performs advanced professional governmental accounting and supervisory work directing the City's General Accounting function. Responsible for oversight of the general ledger, financial reporting, month-end and year-end closing processes, complex accounting transactions, and the development and implementation of accounting policies and procedures. Ensures compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) pronouncements, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations. Supervises assigned accounting staff and provides technical guidance to departments on accounting, financial reporting, and internal control matters. Utilizes the City's MUNIS financial management system to maintain accurate financial records, support financial reporting, and promote sound fiscal management.

• Supervises, plans, assigns, reviews, and evaluates the work of assigned accounting staff; provides training, coaching, and performance management.
• Oversee the City's general ledger and ensures the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of financial records.
• Directs month-end and year-end closing activities, including review of journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and adjusting entries.
• Reviews and approves complex account reconciliations, ensuring discrepancies are identified, researched, and resolved in a timely manner.
• Performs technical accounting research and recommends appropriate accounting treatment in accordance with GASB, GAAP, and other applicable accounting standards.
• Develops, implements, and maintains accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls to strengthen financial reporting and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Oversee financial reporting for assigned funds, departments, and governmental activities.
• Reviews and approves journal entries, account analyses, financial statements, and other accounting reports.
• Monitors compliance with internal controls and identifies opportunities to improve accounting processes, workflow efficiencies, and financial reporting.
• Performs complex financial analysis to support management decision-making, budget development, and long-term financial planning.
• Provides technical accounting guidance and training to Finance staff and other City departments as necessary
• Coordinates special accounting projects, financial studies, and process improvement initiatives as assigned.
• Assists the Accounting Manager with implementing new accounting standards, financial reporting requirements, and division-wide initiatives.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Ten (10) years’ experience in a related field of work.
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Special Qualifications

• None

• Knowledge of financial accounting and specialized accounting requirements for government entities.
• Knowledge of Governmental Accounting Standards Board guidelines.
• Knowledge of the Governmental Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Reporting model.
• Knowledge of internal financial controls.
• Knowledge of accounting principles.
• Knowledge of utility accounting principles
• Knowledge of computerized financial software.
• Knowledge and ability to use Microsoft Word and Excel at an advanced level.
• Skill in analyzing complex financial problems and identifying solutions.
• Skill in preparing clear and accurate reports.
• Skill in establishing cooperative and productive working relationships.
• Skill in setting priorities for competing projects with established deadlines.
• Skill in performing complex mathematical calculations.
• Skill in operating computers and other standard office equipment.
• Skill in interpersonal relations.
• Skill in oral and written communication.

SUPERVISORY AND MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervises assigned accounting staff.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• 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:
• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Handling: Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand
• 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 in sound.
• Hearing 2: Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Mental Acuity: Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• 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.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• 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.
• Talking 2: Shouting to be heard above ambient noise level.
• Visual Acuity: Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
• Visual Acuity 2: Including color, depth perception, and field vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The work is typically performed in an office and outdoors. The employee is exposed to noise, dust, dirt, grease, and occasional cold or inclement weather. The work may require the use of protective devices, such as masks, goggles, or gloves.