SENIOR PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANT - 43004753

Requisition No: 870074 

Agency: Financial Services

Working Title: SENIOR PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANT - 43004753

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 43004753 

Salary:  $42,561.57 - $88,982.08 

Posting Closing Date: 02/14/2026 

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 *****INTERNAL AGENCY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY*****

DIVISION: OFFICE OF FINANCE & BUDGET

BUREAU: FINANCIAL SERVICES

CITY: TALLAHASSEE

COUNTY: LEON

SPECIAL NOTES:

This is an internal agency employment opportunity for current employees, including OPS, of the Department of Financial Services, the Office of Financial Regulation, and the Office of Insurance Regulation.

High school diploma or its equivalent is required.

Additional requirements:

• Current employee within the Department of Financial Services.
• One (1) year of accounting experience with the State of Florida.
• FLAIR experience processing revenue transactions.
• Experience processing bad debt payments (Debit Memos).
• CODA data entry keying experience.
• Retrieving, reviewing and analyzing PALM reports.

Preference:

• Postsecondary degree in Accounting or Business from an accredited college or university.

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.

REQUIRED ENTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of accounting principles, practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of methods of data collection
• Knowledge of spreadsheet applications.
• Knowledge of numbers, their operations and application use. 
• Knowledge and application of information gathering and know difference in essential information collected. 
• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems to complete duties of position.
• Knowledge of principles and processes involved in business and organizational planning, coordinating and execution. 
• Skill in typing or in the use of keyboard-controlled data input devices.
• Ability to understand written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. 
• Ability to determine work priorities, self-assigns work by priorities, adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions, and ensures proper completion of work assignments.  
• Ability to communicate effectively; both verbally and in writing to convey information.  
• Ability to set up and maintain effective working relationships with others.  
• Ability to critically think and use logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weakness of different approaches. 
• Ability to formulate policies and procedures.  
• Ability to prepare financial reports.  
• Ability to timely and accurately prepare and maintain a variety of accounting records.  
• Ability to timely and accurately analyze and interpret accounting data.  
• Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures relating to an accounting process.
• Ability to work independently.  
• Ability to solve problems and make decisions using sound judgement of the pros and cons of the decision.
• Proficient in Outlook, Word, Excel.
• Ability to review data for accuracy and completeness.
• Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations.
• Ability to meet and maintain minimum production requirements for speed and accuracy

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

• Advanced level work, independently analyzing, reconciling, and posting Debit Memos, Chargebacks, ACH Settlements for returned eChecks and Credit Card payments in Cashier’s Office Deposit Automation system (CODA), FLAIR and Florida PALM.
• Access to Florida PALM to identify and acknowledge Debit Memo entries.
• Research delinquent account inquiries from internal and external parties.
• Communicate with internal & external customers regarding dishonored payments in a timely manner.
• Accurately and timely maintains Bad Debt Accounts in the Bad Check Website of CODA.
• Prepares and mails dishonored payment letters to customers and business areas.
• Work with assigned revenue staff members to provide necessary details to send to collections for transactions not satisfied within the deadlines outlined in Florida Statute 17.20.
• Assist with the daily workload and workflow in Receipts (Keying & Opening Mail, processing checks, coding, validating receipts in CODA, FLAIR or PALM).
• Analyze and Audit data provided from business areas prior to Updating Vendor Statewide with the necessary information for refunds.
• Approve/Reject/Cancel all refund requests received from business area Refund Clerks in the Cashier’s Office Deposit Automation (CODA) internal subsystem.
• Analyze, Reconcile, and Verify all refund warrants received, and vouchers coincide prior to updating CODA and mailing warrant to customer.
• Conduct a review and reconciliation of outstanding warrants upon receipt of the monthly report from the Revenue and Reporting Unit. Notify the appropriate business areas of any outstanding warrants so they can initiate outreach to their customers
• Assisting with the logging and monitoring of checks held for research, via excel spreadsheet
• Serve as back-up in absence of Lead Worker in the Cashier’s Office.
• Monitor and update as needed the associated desk procedures to ensure relevant processes are current.
• Verify accuracy of data and the necessity of submitting records for Archiving.
• Performs other related duties as required by supervisor.

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.