DISBURSEMENT CONTRACT SPECIALIST - 67015063

Requisition No: 855551 

Agency: Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Working Title: DISBURSEMENT CONTRACT SPECIALIST - 67015063

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 67015063 

Salary:  $49,584.60 - $59,000.24 Annually 

Posting Closing Date: 06/27/2025 

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AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

 POSITION: GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT III - Career Service

WORKING TITLE: DISBURSEMENT CONTRACT SPECIALIST

POSITION NUMBER: 67015063

OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY

*This is an ANTICIPATED VACANCY*

This position is not a Telework position and is required to report to the APD office in the area it serves.

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for eligible employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits, including:

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits.
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com).
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Tuition waivers.
• And more! For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave.

The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self-motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics. 

This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency’s mission.

*Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application, and “see resume” will not be considered an acceptable response.

SALARY RANGE

$49,584.60 - $59,000.24 Annually                       $1,907.10 - $2,269.24 Bi-weekly

Position Summary

This is professional accounting work involving independent application of a variety of accounting skills to a major phase of an agency’s accounting program and interpretation of contractual regulations as it applies to individual contracts. This position requires a working knowledge of the Florida Accounting information resource FLAIR and the rules and regulations governing invoice processing. Complies with mandatory requirements of Section 215.422, F.S. and Chapter 3A-20, Florida Administrative Code, in relation to specific duties.

The Work You Will Do 

Responsible for auditing and processing all Contract invoices. Encumbering in FLAIR, establishing accounting ledgers and tracking amendments. Record and reconcile payments to the correct ledgers. Reconciles contracts from Flair with ABC and FACTS to ensure compliance. Prepares and enters correcting entries.

Audit and process ABC invoices in compliance with F.S. 215.422, and FAC3A-20 and serves as the agency’s liaison to resolve problems.

Responsible for auditing and processing special invoices (State health, AHCA, disability, suncom, leases, Fleet, Wex, FCO, Workers comp.)

Responsible for printing FAS and voucher schedules, matching to corresponding backup. Verifies and assembles vouchers to be submitted to the Department of Financial Services for audit purposes daily and monitoring the status of pending vouchers, communicating with DFS on the audit process.

Responsible for monitoring and distribution of the ABC status report and daily batch error reports.

Responsible for verifying and mailing all clients, vendor, and travel reimbursement warrants. Responsible for logging returned warrants, stop payments, duplicate warrants, copies of paid warrants, requesting the warrant cancellations in flair, and making necessary transactions.

Serves as back up for the accountant role in Works, STMS, and Invoice manager role in AOD.

Performs other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

• A minimum of 1 year auditing/accounting experience.

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office 365 suite.

• Minimum High School diploma or its equivalent.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Basic and advanced computer skills.

• Various computer-based programs such as Microsoft Office products.

Ability to:

• Formulate policies and procedures.

• Understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures relating to operational and management analysis activities.

• Collect, evaluate and analyze data to develop alternative recommendations, solve problems, document work flow and other activities relating to the improvement of operational and management practices.

• Organize data into logical format for presentation in reports, documents and other written materials.

• Plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.

• Communicate effectively.

• Utilize problem-solving techniques.

• Learn and apply governmental accounting principles.

Additional Information

Profile Completion

To qualify for this position, applicants must complete all fields in the Candidate Profile, including their work history with the month and year. 

Resumes and other documentation can be attached to provide additional information but will not replace the required completed Candidate Profile.

Retiree Notice

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 suspended or voided, and you will be required to repay all benefits received depending upon your retirement date.

Direct Deposit Program

As a condition of employment, a person appointed to a position in the State Personnel System is required to participate in the Direct Deposit Program.  Rather than receiving a paper paycheck, your funds will be deposited directly into your account at your financial institution. This will be accomplished by Electronic Funds Transfer. Banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions are eligible to accept such deposits. Retirement funds are also required to be in the Direct Deposit Program.

Background Screening Requirement

It is the policy of the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities that applicants for employment undergo Level 2 employment screening in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, Florida Statutes, as a condition of employment or being permitted to serve as a volunteer.

No applicant for a designated position will be employed or permitted to volunteer until the Level 2 screening results are received, reviewed, and approved by the Agency.
Level 2 background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for Statewide criminal and juvenile records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Federal criminal records checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation and may include local criminal records checks through local law enforcement agencies.

Pursuant to S. 110.1127(1), Florida Statutes, this position requires a background investigation, including fingerprinting.

APD only hires U.S. citizens and those lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. APD participates in the U.S. government’s employment eligibility verification program (E-Verify), which electronically confirms an employee’s eligibility to work in the U.S. after completing the employment eligibility verification form (I-9).

All applicants should complete the online application process. If you need assistance applying for this position, please call the People First service center at 1-877-562-7287. 

Responses to the qualifying questions are required to be considered for this position. Answers to the qualifying questions must be verifiable based on your submitted application.

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.