ACCOUNTANT 3 - 07212026-79276

About the role

This position is located in the Finance Division - General Accounting - Contracts & Grants Section of the Department of Transportation, Davidson County. The starting salary for this position is $61,200.00 - $76,476.00 annually.

Responsibilities

• Resolves conflicts between assigned work teams to promote a healthy work environment.
• Resolves issues with external customers related to complex financial transactions and customer service complaints for assigned subordinates.
• Resolves interpersonal conflicts between assigned subordinates to enhance teambuilding and generate a positive working environment.
• Performs complex reconciliations of general ledger accounts against transaction queries, researched information, information provided by outside vendors, and individual transactions in electronic databases.
• Prepares complex financial activity reports for use by internal and external customers.
• Processes complex accounting journal entries in electronic database to record financial transactions.
• Processes complex accounts payable transactions in electronic databases to pay internal and external customers accurately.
• Processes complex accounts receivable transactions in electronic databases to record revenue from internal and external customers.
• Updates and maintains accurate account postings in electronic databases.
• Corrects unusual account balance changes in electronic database based on results of research.
• Sets rates to internal customers for services rendered.
• Bills external customers for fees and insurance premiums according to contracts and federal, state, and departmental rules and regulations.
• Bills internal customers for services rendered according to set rates using inter-departmental journal entries.
• Maintains and monitors reported expenditures of sub-recipients grant funds and other program funds for allowable and accurate reporting.
• Maintains and monitors revenue collections to determine congruence with assigned budget.
• Maintains and monitors department budget status to determine availability of funds and discrepancies.
• Maintains and monitors federal and third party, grant and program funds to ensure accurate fund results.
• Maintains and monitors assigned subordinate performance to accurately inform evaluation results.
• Analyzes complex general ledger transactions to ensure and verify the accurate recording and/or application of funds.
• Analyzes complex issues identified by assigned subordinates to determine appropriate actions necessary.
• Analyzes account documentation submitted by external customers to determine accurate and appropriate expenditures.
• Judges the qualities of things, services, or people by performing performance evaluations for assigned subordinates, identifying appropriate candidates for vacant assigned positions, and making recommendations to supervisor regarding assigned subordinate retention, reallocation, and/or termination.
• Evaluates information to determine compliance with standards by auditing complex invoices and billings for compliance with departmental policies and procedures, contract terms, federal and state laws and regulations, auditing tax related accounting documents to determine compliance with federal tax laws and regulations, reviewing department budget to actual expenditure report in electronic database and from contract to determine availability of funds and/or discrepancies, reviewing performance evaluations submitted by subordinate supervisors to ensure compliance with Human Resources guidelines, reviewing refund request documentation prior to and after submission for payment to ensure recipient eligibility and proper allocation and disbursement of funds, performing random audits of assigned subordinate work for quality control purposes, reviewing and approving sales tax documentation submitted by assigned subordinates to ensure accuracy and completeness, auditing aging report to determine proper actions in regards to delinquent accounts, gathering information for management to inform budgetary decisions and other analyses, conducting complex research in electronic applications, paper files, and interpersonally to gather data for processing transactions and preparing reports, researching unusual account balance changes to identify the source of the issue, gathering account information from internal and external customers to update and maintain accurate account postings, supporting transactions, and performing reconciliations, running queries in electronic databases to provide information for accounting and management analyses.
• Guiding, directing, and motivating subordinates by leading assigned subordinates in performance of daily tasks to ensure performance guidelines are being met, evaluating assigned subordinates motivational needs to encourage performance, evaluating assigned subordinates performance to determine additional development and training needs, evaluating assigned subordinates workload to determine resource allocation and proper workflow, providing design guidance to assigned subordinates for the development of electronic spreadsheets and word processing documents.
• Developing objectives and strategies by developing performance evaluation goals and desired work outcomes for assigned subordinates to evaluate and develop job performance, developing strategies for achieving departmental goals during end of year closing based on deadlines and best practices.
• Documenting/recording information by recording complex financial transactions in electronic databases, spreadsheets, and forms, documenting assigned subordinates performance on an ongoing basis to aid in performance evaluation.
• Thinking creatively by designing complex electronic spreadsheets for internal departmental use to facilitate accounting work, designing complex word processing documents for purposes of mail merge to mail customer letters, brainstorming workflow and process improvements with co-workers to enhance workplace efficiency and comply with audit suggestions, organizing, planning, and prioritizing work.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in accounting and experience equivalent to three years of full-time professional accounting or auditing work. OR Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree including thirty-six quarter hours in accounting and experience equivalent to three years of full-time professional accounting or auditing work. Substitution of Graduate Education for Experience: Graduate coursework credit received from an accredited college or university in accounting may substitute for the required experience on a month for month basis to a maximum of one year (e.g., 36 graduate quarter hours in the above listed field may substitute for one year of the required experience).
• Note: A transcript is required for a proper evaluation for this class.

Skills

• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience with Electronic Database Systems
• Strong Communication and Interpersonal Skills
• Ability to Manage Multiple Projects Simultaneously
• Excellent Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Abilities

Benefits

Various benefits packages are available, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Pay

$61,200.00 - $76,476.00 annually

Schedule

Full-time, Monday through Friday, standard workweek.