PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANT SPECIALIST - 43004556

Requisition No: 872627 

Agency: Financial Services

Working Title: PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANT SPECIALIST - 43004556

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 43004556 

Salary:  $49,839.59 - $101,775.00 

Posting Closing Date: 04/07/2026 

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*****OPEN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY*****

CLASS TITLE: PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANT SPECIALIST

DIVISION: ACCOUNTING & AUDITING

BUREAU: STATE PAYROLLS

CITY: TALLAHASSEE

COUNTY: LEON

SPECIAL NOTES:

A High School Diploma or its equivalent is required.

Preferences:

• Two (2) years of professional payroll, accounting and auditing experience or a post-secondary degree which may be used as an alternative for years of experience.
• Two (2) or more years of experience performing accounting/auditing related duties.
• Payroll and accounting experience.
• Experience with Florida Accounting Information Resource (FLAIR).
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite specifically Excel.
• Experience with Conducting Compliance audits.
• Experience auditing timesheet information.
• Professional experience with payroll audits.
• Professional experience compiling and analyzing fiscal data.

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

• Knowledge of methods of data collection and analysis.
• Ability to collect, evaluate, and analyze data to develop alternative recommendations, solve problems, document workflow, and other activities.
• Ability to organize data into a logical format for presentation in reports, documents and other written materials.
• Ability to conduct fact-finding research.
• Ability to utilize problem solving techniques.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

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

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

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.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

• Responsible for providing assistance with and participating in statewide quality assurance reviews to determine compliance within payroll system requirements.
• Communicate and provide assistance to state agency personnel offices and organizational units to improve management capabilities and operational procedures.
• Responsible for assisting team members with audit concept reviews.
• Responsible for producing professional reports in final formatting.
• Audit, analyze and document internal controls.

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.

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.