Accountant Supervisor, Ramsey County, Accounting and Finance Division

Rasmey County Second District is seeking to fill an Accounting Supervisor (Accountant II) position with the Accounting and Finance Division. In this detail-oriented role, you will be responsible for supervising accounting staff, maintaining fiscal controls, auditing and working closely with the accounting manager on various projects. 

Responsibilities:

• Manage budget process including position control; monitor funds and expenditure accounts, conduct analysis, prepare, and submit justifications, recommendations, and reports. 
• Provide direct supervision to accounting and clerical staff including participating in recruitment and selection of new employees, coordinating work, providing training, assigning job duties, reviewing work, performance evaluations, and resolving personnel problems. 
• Develop, revise, and recommend policies and procedures for accounting, budgeting, contracts, and grants. Review policies to identify potential financial/auditable areas and develop audit practices and workflows based on policies. 
• Perform professional accounting work involving preparation, analysis, maintenance, reporting, auditing, and coordination of various treatment court funds, grant budgets, mandated services, and specialty court funds. 
• Provide recommendations of use of funds and cost saving measures; prepare financial reports; respond to requests, findings, and recommendations from external auditors. 
• Supervise, audit, analyze, reconcile, and verify the accuracy of a variety of accounting records; confirms that records and accounting procedures meet guidelines and requirements. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Possession of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in accounting and thorough experience in professional level accounting or finance preferably in the public sector.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Considerable knowledge of accounting principles, practices and procedures including governmental accounting 
• Ability to apply professional accounting principles and methods to a variety of accounting procedures and problems. 
• Ability to prepare, analyze, and maintain accurate and complete accounting, financial, budget, and other records, and budgetary and other financial reports. 
• Ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, including with non-accounting persons. 
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers and representatives of other agencies. 
• Ability to plan, assign, review, and supervise the work of assigned employees. 
• Ability to interpret, explain, and apply complex laws, rules, policies, and procedures. 
• Ability to establish, modify, and recommend accounting policies and procedures. 

Why Work for Us?

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Employee Benefits

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