Accountant

About the role

The Position Summary describes the critical features of this job, which includes performing advanced professional accounting related to recording, analyzing, and maintaining the financial records of Tennessee Housing Development Agency by adhering to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

Responsibilities

• Handles the accounting function of assignment grouping of accounts and/or subaccounts, including entry of appropriate journal entries, reconciliations, preparation and maintenance of appropriate financial schedules, reports, analysis, and other associated tasks.
• Assists Accounting division management with the supervision of the Accounts Payable process, including review of payment processing procedures and offering recommendations for improvement, review (and subsequent approval or denial) of Accounts Payable vouchers, and resolving Accounts Payable issues as they arise in a timely and efficient process.
• Affords assistance with budgeting activities for assigned areas, such as for specific grants.
• Records entries for deposits into the State of Tennessee’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, “Edison”, or other electronic data bases as required in compliance with established procedures and practices.
• May review, enter, and/or approve federal drawdowns through the applicable federal government data systems.
• Prepares or assists in preparation of federal reporting and financial reporting.
• Reviews the Accounts Receivable ledger, and researches and resolves aged items; reconciles the Accounts Receivable ledger to THDA’s General Ledger.
• Prepares statistical journal vouchers as assigned, for example for federal administrative fee revenue, and enters such into appropriate electronic system.
• Enters journal entries into THDA’s accounting system and/or Edison based on appropriate support and documentation.
• Ensures that monetary receipts are appropriately entered into the assigned accounting systems in a timely manner.
• Reviews financial transactions, including preparing periodic journal entries to record the results of such transactions; performs subsequent reconciliations to ensure that such journal entries are appropriate.
• Assists the Accounting team by performing the duties of other similar positions in the event of staff absence.
• Assists the Controller with technology research and development projects associated with the accounting and proprietary line-of-business applications systems used by the Accounting division; may serve as a subject matter expert for one or more professional software systems.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or a related field, or a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in good standing. Two years of experience in professional accounting work. Experience in governmental accounting, mortgage revenue bonds, and/or mortgage servicing, preferred.
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Competencies: Considerable knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, including Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB)/Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) standards, advanced accounting theory and practice, auditing, budgeting, and data processing. Strong understanding of accounting concepts and quantitative skills. High level of detail and accuracy. Ability to research, interpret, and appropriately resolve complex accounting issues. Strong interpersonal skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to transfer data between accounting/financial/data systems and other programs, such as Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc. Builds and maintains positive relationships with internal and external constituents. Strong organizational skills. Strong time management skills; uses time effectively; consistently meets deadlines. Documents regularly, thoroughly, accurately, and completely. Ability to work effectively and efficiently within a team environment. Exercises good and consistently fair judgment, courtesy, and tact in dealing with the staff and public in giving and obtaining information. Computer literate; knowledge of and skills in professional accounting software; proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and the internet; able to effectively adapt to and use other computer systems as needed for daily activities.

Benefits

THDA offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options; disability insurance; retirement plans; flexible benefit pre-tax accounts for medical, dependent care, transportation, and parking; annual leave and sick leave that begin accruing after the first month of employment; and 11 paid holidays per year.

Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action Employer

Application must be complete and resume attached for consideration.