Accounting Technician II - GMCD

Collier County, FL; Naples (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Collier County is seeking a dedicated accounting professional to perform technical accounting, fiscal and administrative tasks within an assigned function. The role involves handling financial documents, posting payments, and maintaining ledgers while ensuring accuracy and proper coding in the system.

The position requires a high school diploma or GED, with one year of related experience preferred. Fingerprinting is required, and the role may involve working during emergencies as needed by the

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• One year of related experience preferred.
• Fingerprinting required.

Responsibilities

• Performs technical accounting, fiscal and administrative work for an assigned accounting function.
• Receives and processes financial documents; reviews for accuracy and assigns codes.
• Prepares and posts payments; maintains accounting records and ledgers.
• Monitors accounting activities against budgets and prepares reports.
• Maintains automated financial information in systems and performs data entry for transactions.
• Reconciles transactions and bank statements with the general ledger.

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Collier County strives to be an employer of choice, and many of our employees build long-term careers with us. The salary listed in the job description reflects the full pay range for this position, from entry level through advanced career stages.

NEW EMPLOYEES ARE HIRED AT, OR NEAR THE ENTRY POINT SHOWN, DEPENDING ON QUALIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE.

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.

• 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.

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS

• Performs other related duties as required.
• High school diploma or GED required.
• One (1) year of related experience preferred
• Fingerprinting required.

• Salary offers above the minimum of the pay grade may be considered based on qualifications.
• Essential Employees may be required to work during an undeclared emergency and/or declared emergency. On an incident-by-incident basis, the County’s Administrative Office will make the determination as to who will be required to work.
• This job posting is not intended to be all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills or working conditions associated with the position.