Accounting Technician II (Facilities Management)

Collier County Government; Naples (FL); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee benefits

Job summary

Collier County Government seeks an accounting professional to perform technical accounting, fiscal and administrative tasks within an assigned function. Responsibilities include processing financial documents, accounts payable/receivable, data entry, and maintaining ledgers and databases.

The role also involves preparing reports and ensuring coding accuracy for various programs. The position requires a high school diploma or GED, at least one year of related experience, and fingerprinting.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• One (1) year of related experience.
• Fingerprinting required.

Responsibilities

• Plans and implements daily operational tasks for assigned accounting function; supports general accounting and fiscal work for other division functions.
• Receives and processes financial documents; reviews for accuracy and assigns codes as needed.
• Prepares and processes documents for assigned functions; posts payments and prepares receipts.
• Monitors accounting activities against budgets or projections; prepares grant reports and revenue/expenditure reports.
• Maintains accounting information in automated systems; performs data entry and maintains databases.
• Reconciles transactions and bank statements; keeps running balances for assigned accounts.

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Job Summary

Performs technical accounting, fiscal and administrative work for an assigned accounting function. Work may involve receiving, preparing and processing financial documents; performing accounts payable and/or receivables work; reconciling accounting transactions; maintaining and balancing accounting ledgers; creating and maintaining accounting databases and automated files; and preparing records, reports and summaries regarding assigned fiscal operations.

Essential Functions

• Plans and implements daily operational tasks for assigned specialized accounting function such as grants administration or lease management; also performs general accounting and fiscal work for other Division accounting functions.
• Receives and processes financial documents for assigned accounting; reviews documents, ensures accuracy and completes with appropriate information such as account codes, assigning vendor numbers, etc.
• Prepares and processes documents for assigned accounting functions; ensures accuracy, completeness, appropriate coding, etc.; accepts and posts payments for assigned programs/functions and prepares receipts for same.
• Monitor accounting activities and compares with established budgets and/or projections; prepares reports of accounting activities such as grant reporting summaries, reports of budget deviations, revenue and sales reports, revenues and expenditures reports, etc.
• Establishes and maintains accounting information in automated financial information systems; posts information and performs data entry for accounting transactions; maintains automated files and databases; processes data to produce accounting documents.
• Reconciles accounting transactions and documentation, bank statements and the general ledger for assigned accounts and/or accounting functions; maintains running balances on assigned accounts.

Working Conditions

• Physical Ability: Tasks require the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.
• Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
• Environmental Factors: Essential functions are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions.

ADA COMPLIANCE

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Not all job functions are described, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically described in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were written out in this job description.

Additional Functions

Performs other related duties as required.

Essential Employees may be required to work during an undeclared or declared emergency. On an incident-by-incident basis, the County's Administrative Office will determine who will be required to work.

This job description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills or working conditions associated with the position. While it is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements, Management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• One (1) year of related experience.
• Fingerprinting required.

Salary offers above the minimum pay grade may be considered based on qualifications.

Collier County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by applicable law. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations are available to qualified individuals with disabilities. Veterans' Preference is provided to eligible applicants in accordance with Florida law.

Collier County BCC offers a variety of benefits to both regular full and part-time employees.