ACCOUNTANT II - 48001380

Requisition No: 863761 

Agency: Department of Education

Working Title: ACCOUNTANT II - 48001380

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 48001380 

Salary:  Salary Range: $34,760.00 - $38,000.00 

Posting Closing Date: 10/30/2025 

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Florida Department of Education

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

Financial Payments Section

Bureau of the Comptroller

Tallahassee Turlington Building

Accountant II (Career Service)

Salary Range:  $34,760.00 - $38,000.00

 

CANDIDATES ARE TYPICALLY HIRED AT THE MINIMUM SALARY

 

APPLICATION INFORMATION & HIRING REQUIREMENTS

Application Information:

• Your Candidate Profile (application) must be complete in its entirety.
• Work History (in easy to review chronological order) Consists of:
• Any position held by a State of Florida Agency
• Any position held by a Florida University
• All periods of employment from high school graduation
• All periods of current or prior unemployment
• Gaps 3 months or more must be accounted for*
• Any Education
• Any Volunteer Experience
• Your resume and application must match
• *Gaps 3 months or more must be addressed – you will need to account for and explain any gaps in employment including unemployment. You can either list these in your application under Period of Employment or attach a word document listing your gaps.
• It is unacceptable to use the statement “See Resume” in place of entering work history. Your candidate profile will be converted to your official application.
• Include supervisor names and phone numbers for reference checks or the contact information for your Human Resources office to verify current or former employment.
• Experience, education, training, knowledge, skills and/or abilities as well as responses to pre-qualifying questions must be verifiable to meet the minimum qualifications.  

 

Hiring Information and Requirements:

• The Bureau of Personnel Management reviews every application for prior State of Florida and Florida University work history in the People First system.

• If claiming Veteran’s Preference, the candidate MUST attach supporting documentation such as the DD214 and your VA Letter that reflects level of disability if applicable. Applicable to career service positions only.
• If claiming Right to First Interview, the candidate MUST attach a copy of your official layoff letter when applying. This only applies to employees laid off from Career Service positions. Applicable to career service positions only.

 

If you are missing any of the items above, your packet may be held up at the final review step.

 

NOTE: Responses to qualifying questions must be clearly supported by the state application and any omission, falsification, or misrepresentation in the answering of the qualifying questions will be cause for immediate elimination from the selection process.

 

Employees of the Department of Education are paid on a monthly pay cycle.

 

OFFICE CONTACT:

 

Tara Kent Jackson, OMC Manager

850-245-9118

 

JOB DESCRIPTION:

 

This position is a professional accounting position that is in the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation’s (DVR) Financial Payments Section that is administratively assigned to the Bureau of the Comptroller. This position performs a variety of accounting duties as well as other office duties. All duties of this position must be performed in compliance with the mandatory requirements of Section 215.422, Florida Statutes, Chapter 3A-20, Florida Administrative Code.

 

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: 

 

• Incumbent audits invoices and purchase orders and prepare payment packages.
• Incumbent ensures charges on invoices are in agreement with the terms specified on the purchase orders when applicable.
• Incumbent verifies vendor name, address and amounts to be paid.
• Incumbent verifies the accuracy of mathematical extensions.
• Incumbent reviews invoices to ensure that