SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Citrus County Sheriff's Office (FL); Florida; Vor Ort; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Senior Accountant at Citrus County Sheriff's Office plays a key role in maintaining financial accuracy and integrity, performing reconciliations, audits, and analyses across multiple funds. The position requires advanced accounting knowledge, strong analytical skills, and collaboration with other departments to inform strategic decisions.

Duties include monthly balance sheet reconciliations, reconciliations of self-insurance and bank accounts, journal entries and year-end adjustments, and

Qualifikationen

• Excellent knowledge of accounting principles and budgeting.
• Experience with fund accounting and internal controls.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Aufgaben

• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations against internal controls and audit standards.
• Reconcile self-insurance fund, coordinate with providers, and report as required.
• Reconcile bank accounts to ensure data integrity.
• Analyze special revenue and restricted fund activity for proper classification and compliance.
• Prepare and process journal entries, including accruals and year-end adjustments.
• Maintain documentation and serve as auditor liaison during annual on-site audit.
• Lead annual audit preparation and coordinate on-site requests with subject matter experts.
• Participate in process improvement to enhance efficiency and controls.
• Provide coverage for team during peak workload or staff absences.
• Assist leadership with new systems and processes implementations.
• Complete special projects supporting agency-wide needs.
• All CCSO employees are essential and may deploy during activations.

Kenntnisse

Advanced accounting

Financial analysis

Reconciliations

Audit coordination

Cross-department collaboration

Excel proficiency

Internal controls

Communication

Time management

Problem solving

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Higher-level education / certifications

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Jobbeschreibung

The Senior Accountant serves as a key contributor to maintaining the financial accuracy and integrity of the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office. This role requires advanced knowledge of accounting principles, advanced analytical skills, and effective cross-department collaboration to support strategic organizational decisions. Primary responsibilities include performing a variety of reconciliations, auditing and recording financial transactions, and conducting financial analyses across multiple funds.

• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to internal controls and audit standards.
• Reconcile the agency’s self-insurance fund, verify adequate funding levels, coordinate with insurance providers, and maintain required reporting while supporting the Accounting Lead in financial oversight.
• Reconcile the agency’s bank accounts to ensure ongoing financial accuracy and data integrity.
• Analyze special revenue and restricted fund activity to confirm proper classification, usage, and regulatory compliance.
• Prepare and process journal entries, including accruals, adjustments, reallocations, and all year-end entries such as payroll and health-related adjustments.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation and recordkeeping to ensure transparency, compliance, and audit readiness. Serve as a primary point of contact for auditors during the annual on-site audit.
• Lead annual audit preparation by reviewing documentation prior to submission and coordinating on-site auditor requests with appropriate subject matter experts.
• Participate in process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and internal control effectiveness.
• Provide coverage and support to team members as needed to ensure continuity of operations.
• Support divisional leadership with the implementation of new systems and processes and provide additional assistance during peak workload periods or staff absences.
• Complete special projects assigned to support divisional and agencywide operational needs.
• All CCSO employees are considered essential emergency workers and are subject to working in any capacity/hours deemed necessary by the Agency during activations, including but not limited to, in-County and out-of-County deployments.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Expert knowledge of principles and practices of accounting, financial management and budgeting
• Strong ability to organize workloadwhen faced with competing priorities to complete work in a timely manner
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy of work product
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication.
• Proficient problem solving, organizational, and time management skills.
• Provide high level of service to, and effective relationship-building with multiple internal and external constituencies.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office suite of products with the ability to learn new systems and digital platforms.
• Ability to think, act quickly, calmly, and appropriately in emergencies.

• Bachelor’s degree is preferred or combination of higher-level education, professional certifications or relevant training with at least ten years of experience in financial accounting, or a closely related field.
• Advanced understanding of accounting principles, with a preference for experience in fund accounting.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel is required.

• Work within an office environment among peers.
• Prolonged sitting in performance of daily activities.
• Ability to lift to 20 pounds occasionally.
• Grasping, repetitive hand movement, and eye coordination using a computer keyboard.
• Acute hearing, near and far vision required.
• May require driving occasionally.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have the legal right to work in the United States.
• Valid Florida Driver’s License.
• If a current CCSO employee, then no disciplinary actions within the last12 months and completion of current position time commitment requirement.

GENERAL PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS:

• Demonstrates polite, helpful, and courteous behavior, respecting cultural differences, when interacting with the public and colleagues.
• Responds to supervision, guidance, and direction in a positive, receptive manner.
• Must be appropriately dressed and groomed.
• Reports to work promptly and properly prepared, notifying supervisor of intended absences.
• Acts in a professional manner, following established protocols and procedures.

An oral board with job-related questions and/or scenarios will be administered on a date specifically set with all potential candidates notified at least three days in advance of the specified date. The oral board passing score will be 80% or higher. The Sheriff reserves the right to make selections from internal or external sources.

Contact:

Human Resources at [phone] or [e-mail] for more information.

Citrus County Sheriff’s Office is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. All hires, transfers, and promotions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, religion, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.

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