ACCOUNTANT III - 76014761

Requisition No: 842052 

Agency: Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle

Working Title: ACCOUNTANT III - 76014761

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 76014761 

Salary:  $37,900.08 Annually 

Posting Closing Date: 12/06/2024 

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Division of Administrative Services

Bureau of Accounting

Career Service (CS) Opportunity

*Open Competitive Advertisement*

To be considered for this position, applicant responses to qualifying questions must be clearly stated within the employment history.  Software systems, actual work experience, and years of employment must be clearly defined, or the application may not be considered for the position. 

Contact Person:Patrena Mitchell, (850)617-3395

The Organization
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) provides highway safety and security through excellence in service, education, and enforcement. With a workforce of approximately 4,500 employees throughout the state, the Department is leading the way to A Safer Florida through the efficient and professional execution of its core mission: the issuance of driver licenses, vehicle tags and titles, and operation of the Florida Highway Patrol. 

Our Benefits include
•    Paid Parental Leave
•    Annual and Sick Leave Package
•    Nine Paid Holidays
•    State Health and Life Insurance
•    Educational Benefits
•    Contributory Retirement Plan 

To learn more about FLHSMV and why it’s a great place to work, visit our website at: flhsmv.gov/careers.   

Duties and Responsibilities

This Accountant III position is within the Accounts Receivable section, in the Revenue Unit of the Bureau of Accounting with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.  Responsibilities include collecting, processing and reconciling funds deposited for citation and permit payments.  This position is also responsible for responding to numerous customer phone inquiries regarding commercial motor carrier citations and permits.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of accepted accounting practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of laws pertaining to weight penalties, safety penalties and fuel violations.
• Skilled in Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, Outlook.
• Skill in data entry.
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to operate general office equipment to include multiline phone and calculator.
• Knowledge of basic mathematics.
• Ability to verify, enter, update and extract electronically stored information.
• Ability to effectively handle multiple priorities and assignments.
• Ability to maintain confidential information.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in customer service.
• Experience performing data entry and/or maintaining databases such as Excel.
• Experience composing professional written correspondence.
• Experience and/or education in accounting or bookkeeping.
• Experience processing deposits, refunds and payments.
• Experience working with OrbiPay Credit Card System (CSR), Cashier Receipts System (CRS), Smart Cop or any other database excluding Excel.

General Information

• The elements of the selection process may include a skill assessment and/or oral interview.
• Applicants being considered for employment will be required to submit to a fingerprint-based background investigation, which will include a check of the criminal history records of the FBI.  Fingerprints and associated information/biometrics will be retained in the FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) system and fingerprints may continue to be compared against fingerprints submitted to or retained by NGI.
• FLHSMV employees are paid once a month on the last workday of each month.  All state employees are required to participate in the direct deposit program pursuant to s. 110.113 Florida Statutes. 

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.