SENIOR ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ANALYST - 55000685

Requisition No: 855031 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: SENIOR ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ANALYST - 55000685

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 55000685 

Salary:  $46,739.73 - $60,486.71 

Posting Closing Date: 06/19/2025 

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

900 / General Accounting Office

OPEN COMPETITIVE

CAREER SERVICE

CONTACT PERSON:  Sierra Waynick

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER:  (850) 414-4368

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS:  sierra.waynick@dot.state.fl.us

HIRING SALARY RANGE:   $1,797.68 - $2,326.41/biweekly range

$46,739.73 - $60,486.71/annual range

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.

Our Mission

The mission of the Florida Department of Transportation is to provide a safe statewide transportation system that promotes the efficient movement of people and goods, supports the state’s economic competitiveness, prioritizes Florida’s environment and natural resources, and preserves the quality of life and connectedness of the state’s communities.

Our Vision

As a OneFDOT team, we serve the people of Florida by providing a transportation network that is well planned, supports economic growth, and has the goal of being congestion and fatality free.

The Work You Will Do:

Senior Accounting Systems Analyst, General Accounting Office, Office of Comptroller, Assistant Secretary for Finance and Administration  

This position will analyze federal projects for final close-out, communicate issues to applicable personnel, and ensure that projects are timely closed.

The Difference You Will Make:

Through cooperation, coordination and collaboration among the OneFDOT team, you will be contributing to a strong and empowering culture of TRREC: Trust, Relationships, Respect, Empowerment, and Communication. 

How You Will Grow:

FDOT encourages our team members to grow through engagement, empowerment, training, and professional development.  Through our agency’s learning management system, you have access to hundreds of computer-based training and instructor-led courses. 

Where You Will Work:

General Accounting Office, Office of Comptroller located at 605 Suwannee St., Tallahassee, Florida

Anticipated Salary:

$2,027.09 biweekly

Your Specific Responsibilities:

Conduct financial analyses for Department federal projects and monitor the supporting processes to close the projects with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and supporting computer systems. Review all funding sources and verify the system interfaces for final billing adjustments are accurate in order to close the Federal Projects in the Federal Program Management (FPM) Subsystem and FHWA’s Fiscal Management Information System (FMIS). Reconcile the participating and nonparticipating costs for expenditures, retainage and revenue between the Project Cost Management Subsystem (PCM) and FPM by federal funding source. This effort includes, but is not limited to, coordinating federal authorization approvals with Department personnel, providing guidance to address system questions, and outstanding issues and assisting users with the overall operations of the Department’s financial systems and supporting accounting codes and code structures.

Consult with the Office of Comptroller (OOC) management on the Department’s cost accounting system service requests to identify needed resources and potential approaches to problem solutions. Recommend priorities for system development and coordinate the requests through completion, including testing of additions and changes prior to the implementation in a production environment.

Prepare system plans, formal recommendations and accounting system functional specifications for the Department’s cost accounting function. Analyze Department cost accounting requirements and coordinate with programmers, analysts and other information technology personnel on procedures related to new or existing data files and structures. Provide OOC management detailed analysis of impact to the Department’s cost accounting function and related computer systems from additions and changes to all systems integrated with the Department’s Financial Management System.

Track FIRE report projects on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis. Ensure that the FIRE Projects are prioritized for assignment and audit, with their progress accurately documented in the correct Quarterly Reporting cycle by their respective Tier. Requests, coordinates, and reviews the FIRE Report project comments within the PCM team, inputs comments and the responds to additional follow up questions from FHWA for each quarterly reporting cycle.

Routinely analyze the functionality of the Final Voucher System for efficiency and accuracy. Provide analysis for process improvements and coordinate issues and subsystem enhancements with the various sections within the Office of Comptroller.

Undertake special studies and analyses for the Department’s cost accounting and federal project closing functions. Assist in developing policies, procedures, practices and methods for utilizing the Office of Comptroller accounting subsystems.

The Successful Candidate will have the following required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Generally accepted accounting principles, practices and procedures
• Accounting systems analysis or design
• Internal control concepts
• Analysis techniques
• Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other PC based software
• Process analysis concepts and flow charting techniques.

Ability to:

• Examine and audit financial records
• Identify and define user task needs and/or conduct short and long range project planning studies
• Prepare functional program specifications for technical accounting applications
• Analyze/interpret computer related accounting data and resolve system production problems
• Plan, organize and coordinate work assignments
• Review, analyze and evaluate financial and operational data
• Communicate technical accounting information effectively to technical data processing personnel
• Work independently
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships

Minimum Qualifications:

• Four years of work-related experience in a business-related field or a college degree in a business-related field can be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You will 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 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 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 at (850) 414-5300 for assistance.  

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.