LOCALLY FUNDED AGREEMENTS ACCOUNTANT - 55000365
Requisition No: 840783
Agency: Department of Transportation
Working Title: LOCALLY FUNDED AGREEMENTS ACCOUNTANT - 55000365
Pay Plan: Career Service
Position Number: 55000365
Salary: $44,332.60 - 57,371.60
Posting Closing Date: 11/21/2024
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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION
900 / GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
OPEN COMPETITIVE
CAREER SERVICE
CONTACT PERSON: Morgan Harris
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: (850) 414-4887
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: morgan.harris@dot.state.fl.us
ANTICIPATED BI-WEEKLY HIRING SALARY: $1,967.18
Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:
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Join FDOT and be part of the team that works as one to improve safety, enhance mobility and inspire innovation in the Florida transportation system!
For additional benefit information available to State of Florida employees, go to https://www.mybenefits.myflorida.com/
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You may be required to provide your Social Security Number to conduct required verifications. Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion in the Career Service, or appointment in the Selected Exempt Service (SES) or Senior Management Service (SMS) unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS.
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VALUES AND SUPPORTS EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
In accordance with Section 110.112, Florida Statutes, and the Florida Department of Transportation’s Individuals with Disabilities Affirmative Action Plan, the agency is committed to ensuring affirmative action and equal employment opportunity for qualified individuals with disabilities. Upon request and as appropriate, reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities may be provided. Please contact the Florida Department of Transportation’s Human Resources Office located at 605 Suwannee Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, or call (850) 414-5300 for assistance.
POSITION DESCRIPTION: Establish and manage assigned Locally Funded Agreement (LFA) accounts to ensure adherence to financial provisions of the agreement. Duties include, but are not limited to: timely calculating project costs and performing monthly draws from escrow, ensuring proper revenue allocation and processing cost transfers, maintaining adequate security balance in escrow to ensure funds on deposit are sufficient to cover costs, closing projects and processing refunds timely, coordinating with project managers to ensure project programming is appropriate, assisting with training district personnel on LF processes and procedures, and reviewing and updating the processing list.
Assist in reconciling receivable and other financial transactions between the department's Accounts Receivable Invoicing (ARI) system, the department's work program Financial Management system, the state's accounting system FLAIR, and escrow statements from the State Treasury.
Assist in reviewing LFAs and other financial agreements, establishing and maintaining payment schedules, and timely invoicing and collection of payments.
Assist in processing journal transfers, FLAIR accounting entries, and year-end financial reporting
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply accounting and auditing theory, standards, practices, and procedures. Skilled in balancing and reconciling accounts. Skilled in the efficient and effective use of computer applications including Microsoft Office products. Ability to organize, maintain, review, analyze, evaluate, and report financial data. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, verbally and in writing. Ability to plan, organize and conduct work activities independently and with minimal supervision. Ability to exercise proper judgment. Ability to work well with others. Ability to perform duties under pressure and time constraints and meet deadlines
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Four years of work-related experience in an accounting or auditing field, or a college degree in a business-related field can be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.
As a CANDIDATE, you may be required to provide documentation (i.e. HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR EQUIVALENCY, college transcripts, ETC.) to verify meeting these Minimum Qualifications.
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VALUES THE SERVICE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE GIVEN TO OUR COUNTRY AND SUPPORTS THE HIRING OF RETURNING SERVICE MEMBERS AND MILITARY SPOUSES. If you are a preference-eligible applicant who receives notice of a hiring decision and believe that you were not afforded employment preference in accordance with applicable Florida law and regulation, you may file a written complaint within 60 calendar days from the date you receive the notice, requesting an investigation to the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Division of Benefits and Assistance, 9500 Bay Pines Boulevard, Room 214, St. Petersburg, Florida 33708.
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.
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