Principal Accountant-15567

JOB SUMMARY
Performs financial analyses or handles functional areas such as treasury, accounting and financial reporting for enterprise funds, debt service, debt covenant compliance and accounting, capital projects as they relate to debt and organizational cash flow, tax and revenue analysis, management support for debt issuance, problem-solving, or various financial projects affecting the County. May manage or coordinate accounting processes of functional areas. May be responsible for planning, organizing, leading, monitoring and ensuring achievement of key result areas for assigned functional areas.

STARTING SALARY: $30.55 hourly/ $63,544 annually

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Customer Commitment - Proactively seeks to understand the needs of our customers and provide the highest standards of service
• Dedication to Professionalism and Integrity - Demonstrates and promotes fair, honest, professional and ethical behaviors that establishes trust throughout the organization and with the public we serve
• Organizational Excellence - Takes ownership for excellence through one's personal effectiveness and dedication to the continuous improvement of our operations
• Success through Teamwork - Collaborates and builds partnerships through trust and the open exchange of diverse ideas and perspectives to achieve organizational goals

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

• Knowledge of governmental accounting and auditing principles, practices, procedures, methods, and theory.
• Knowledge of the specific accounting and reporting requirements and the complete accounting cycle of the organization to which assigned.
• Knowledge of management methods, techniques, and practices.
• Knowledge of budgetary procedures and controls.
• Knowledge of computerized accounting systems.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with others within and outside own organization.
• Ability to schedule, assign, monitor, review and evaluate the work of assigned subordinates.
• Ability to analyze and audit accounting, fiscal, payroll and leave data, reports and statements.
• Ability to interpret accounting and auditing principles and procedures.
• Ability to develop advanced computer-based spreadsheets, graphs, summaries, and reports.
• Ability to perform financial analysis and solve problems as requested to support management and policy decisions.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES
Note: The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Depending on assigned area of responsibility, incumbents in the position may perform one or more of the activities described below.

• Analyzes and audits accounting and fiscal data, records and reports. Work with fiscal management as needed to obtain information for analysis or problem-solving.
• Determines and requests staff, material, and equipment needs for the operations and programs managed to contribute to the formulation and justification of budgetary requests.
• Develops and recommends new and revised statutes, rules, policies, and procedures to improve the effectiveness of the functions and programs managed and to respond to changes in operational program needs, objectives, and priorities.
• Develops accounting reports for management, executive teams, and external parties such as state and federal entities as well as municipal bond-related recipients.
• Directs and coordinates, or prepares, varied accounting and financial statements, summaries, and reports.
• Directs the development, modification, testing and installation of accounting systems.
• Directs the maintenance of subsidiary and general ledgers and related account maintenance.
• Establishes operational priorities, coordinate these operations with other functions within the entity, and ensures that program objectives and standards are established and attained and are consistent with overall organizational goals. Leads specialized accounting projects and studies.
• Implements new Governmental Accounting Standards in areas of responsibilities.
• Handles accounting activities including general ledger preparation, financial reporting, year-end audit preparation.
• Manages assigned accounting and financial functions, programs, and systems.
• Manages and monitors day-to-day activity of assigned functional areas or projects.
• Performs financial analysis, reconciliations and reporting of debt service, long-term liabilities, landfill, deferred outflows, deferred i