Accountant 2

Why It's a Great Opportunity: Are you ready to apply your expertise in governmental fund accounting to a dynamic and impactful role? Pierce County Planning and Public Works (PPW) is looking for an Accountant 2 to join the team and play a key role in the financial management of fixed assets, inventory, cost allocation, reporting, and financial transactions. This is your chance to be part of division leadership, lead your team, and help shape the future of PPW's financial operations!

As an experienced accountant with a solid background in a large, complex organization and multiple funding streams, you will have a significant opportunity to make a lasting impact on how we do business. You'll apply the fundamentals of accounting daily, ensuring the financial accuracy of all records. Your keen decision-making skills and judgment will be essential as you handle complex financial transactions, supervise a talented team, and contribute to a collaborative and high-functioning department.

About the Department

PPW stewards a healthy and vibrant community by collaboratively planning and investing in our people, infrastructure, systems, and policies. PPW’s team has more than 800 members that collaborate, innovate, and inspire in performing essential services to the community. The department is responsible for the County road and levee systems, sewer systems, airports, ferries, building permits, environmental review, sustainability, community planning, and code enforcement.

How to be Successful in the Role

To thrive in this role, you will need to take in the big picture while diving into the details. The ability to see beyond the numbers and grasp how financial processes connect across the department will ensure your success. Team success will come from building lasting and effective partnerships across divisions to work out complicated processes, propose improvements to existing procedures and practices, and manage multiple activities and deadlines. You should be genuinely curious about the programs we support and the impact they have on Pierce County.

Much of your work will be completed using Microsoft Office products and the Workday Financials accounting system. Your comfort and proficiency with these tools will be critical in performing tasks efficiently and effectively.

Professional Development

You will have access to professional development through robust online learning and other training opportunities throughout your career to ensure your success. This position offers multiple career growth and promotional opportunities in Pierce County to build on a great career while directly impacting the communities in Pierce County.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a variety of accounts, prepare financial reports and statements in accordance with federal, state, and local requirements.
• Maintain a variety of ledgers pertaining to all County funds; maintain records of fund activities; analyze and reconcile fund charges and direct necessary fund transfers.
• Supervise and coordinate the activities of a designated work unit; determine work procedures; prepare work schedules and determine methods for expediting workflow; assign, review, and approve the work of subordinate staff.
• Prepare, review, and verify a variety of accounting, statistical, and narrative reports and documents.
• Audit Revenue & Expenditure Data reports.
• Review and analyze electronic and manual accounting systems and make recommendations for the development and modification of existing systems to improve procedures and ensure conformity to policy and accounting principles.
• Make day-to-day decisions relative to the accounting treatment of complex financial transactions and assist in the development and modification of accounting systems to improve procedures; propose changes in various aspects of the accounting system.
• Provide technical assistance to interested parties on a variety of accounting problems.

Requirements

• Two or more years of professional accounting or auditing experience.
• Graduation from a four-year college or university with a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting.

Additional education and/or experience that clearly demonstrates the ability to perform the essential functions of the position may be substituted for the recruiting requirements.

A resume and cover letter are required for this position. As a condition of employment, the applicant will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration.