ACCOUNTANT IV - 43001301

Requisition No: 846815 

Agency: Financial Services

Working Title: ACCOUNTANT IV - 43001301

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 43001301 

Salary:  $37,264.08 - $82,876.08 

Posting Closing Date: 03/04/2025 

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*****OPEN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY*****
DIVISION: OFFICE OF FINANCE & BUDGET
BUREAU: FINANCIAL SERVICES 
CITY: TALLAHASSEE
COUNTY: LEON
SPECIAL NOTES:

High School diploma or its equivalent is required.

Additional requirements:

• Experience working in Statewide Travel Management System (STMS).

Preferences: 

• An associate degree from an accredited college or university with an emphasis in business. Experience may substitute on a year for year basis for the preferred degree.
• Microsoft Office experience: Word, Excel, and Outlook.  
• MyFloridaMarketPlace and Purchasing Card “Works” experience.
• Experience entering disbursement entries in FLAIR.

The working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday.

The anticipated hiring salary will be based upon experience.

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

This position requires a security background check, including fingerprint as a condition of employment.

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.
 
Minimum Qualifications for this position include the following REQUIRED ENTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of accounting principles, practices, and procedures. 
• Knowledge of the methods of data collection.  
• Ability to determine work priorities and ensure proper completion of work assignments. 
• Ability to communicate effectively. 
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others. 
• Ability to solve problems and make decisions.  
• Ability to prepare and maintain a variety of accounting records. 
• Ability to analyze and interpret accounting data. 
• Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures relating to an accounting program. 
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to plan and organize work assignments.
• Ability to prepare and maintain a variety of accounting records.
• Knowledge and skills in Florida Accounting Information Resource (FLAIR) & Management Reporting (MRE) Warehouse.
• Knowledge and skills in My Florida Market Place (MFMP) as it relates to accounting roles.
• Knowledge and ability to use mathematics, numbers and their operations and relationships with the business purpose.
• Knowledge and skills in information gathering knowing how to find information and identify essential information.
• Knowledge and ability to research Florida Statues and Florida Administrative Code.
• Knowledge and skills to work within MS Excel & MS Word

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:
Advanced level work, independently performing audits of pending payments prepared by other accountants under limited supervision.  The work requires applying a logical understanding of business practices and procedures in order to analyze and resolve problems of a specialized or technical nature.  Must use skilled decision-making techniques in evaluating, data to formulate solutions, or recommendations of a specialized or technical nature. Maintains thorough knowledge and understanding of Florida Statutes, Contract Management, and accounting methods and practices required for the audit responsibilities handled by this position.  Utilizes FLAIR@DFS, MFMP, and/or FLAIR to audit for compliance with applicable Florida Statutes, policies, procedures, and rules of the Department of Financial Services and that the payments are appropriately authorized, meet the guidelines in the agreement, the encumbrance is accurate, and the vendor ID and vendor address are verified before approving payments as the MFMP Invoice Manager or if auditing pending FLAIR contract payments ensures required documentation is attached to the voucher summary report and that the payment packet is returned to the preparing accountant on the same day.

Provides consultation and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, process related topics. Provides assistance to the Bureau of Auditing, and internal divisions relating to accounting records and financial information as needed.  

Maintains a standard of 97% or higher of invoices vouchered for payment within 20 days of the transaction date.  

Responsible for processing disbursements of Certified Forward funds and monitoring certified forward balances to include but not limited to contacting Division staff on status of invoices, receipt of goods and services for items certified forward to ensure that funds don’t lapse.

Other related duties.

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended, or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.

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.