Accountant III

We need to output HTML fragment with headings

for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Also remove application instructions (supplemental questions). Must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Must include Pay and Schedule only if posting actually states them. The posting includes: "The departmental hiring range will be $59,745.51 - $66,240.91 annually***" and later "The expected hiring salary range for this position is $59,745.51 - $66,240.91." So we have Pay info. Also schedule: "Work Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm." So schedule present. Benefits: There's a paragraph about benefits: "Regular full-time and permanent part-time employees may receive paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, employer paid pension plan, basic life insurance, voluntary participation in medical and dental, Section 457 deferred compensation, long-term disability, optional life insurance for self, spouse and children, medical and dependent care reimbursement plans, access to membership in credit union and employer provided parking." Also details about special project/grant employees etc. So we have benefits content. Qualifications/Education/Experience: There's "Education/Experience Work requires broad knowledge..." etc. Also "The Preferred Candidate Will Possess Five years of experience in accounting. Bachelor's degree in accounting, or finance. Master's degree preferred." Also earlier: "Three years experience in accounting or finance." So we have qualifications. Responsibilities: The essential functions list many duties. So we have responsibilities. About the role: The description about Nauticus and the role: "The incumbent will maintain the financial health of Nauticus by analyzing, preparing, and managing critical financial records and statements." plus earlier description of Nauticus. So we can have About the role. Skills: Not explicitly listed but could infer from responsibilities? However we should not create a Skills section unless posting actually states them. The posting does not have a separate "Skills" heading. It mentions "Technical & Information Management" etc but not a skills list. Safer to omit Skills section if no explicit skills list. The instruction: "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". So we should not create Skills unless there is explicit skills content. There's no bullet list of skills. So omit Skills. Now we need to format: Use

for section headings. Use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use

  for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information. Must not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can condense into prose or lists as appropriate, but must not lose detail. However we must not invent. We can rephrase but must keep meaning. The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." That suggests we should not omit details; we should keep them. But we can still put them in

  or

  . We need to ensure we don't lose any detail like specific revenue streams, etc. We need to decide how to structure: About the role: a paragraph summarizing Nauticus and role. Could include details from description: Norfolk, Nauticus, etc. Must keep all details? That's a lot. But we can include them in prose. Responsibilities: list of essential functions. Could break into categories but we can just list each bullet as
  • . Must include all bullet points from "Essential Functions" list. Let's extract them: Essential Functions Essential functions include but are not limited to: Financial Reporting, Analysis & Audit Readiness Statement Preparation: Analyze, prepare, and maintain accurate financial statements and records.General Ledger Maintenance: Manage the general ledger, and complete comprehensive daily, weekly, monthly and year-end closing reporting.Audit Preparation: Perform internal audits and prepare detailed schedules, working papers, and balance sheets for auditors.Budget Monitoring: Generate monthly departmental budget-versus-actual variance reports and provide technical accounting assistance to the Management Analyst and department managers. Municipal & Foundation Financial Integration System Management: Input financial data, manage purchasing functions, and process electronic transactions through the City of Norfolk’s Authorized Financial Management System (AFMS).Dual-Entity Support: Collaborate across City of Norfolk municipal operations and the Nauticus Foundation (501(c)(3)). Revenue Operations & Cash Management Revenue Streams: Manage long-term revenue billing and collections and monitor short-term revenue accounts.POS Reconciliation: Audit and reconcile multi-channel revenue streams including admissions, membership sales, tours, and group ticketing.Cash Verification: Oversee daily cash summaries, count and verify safe balances, and secure cash transport bags for formal banking deposits. Core Accounting Oversight & Asset Management Operational Monitoring: Monitor accounts for payable functions, and check disbursements.Fixed Assets & Capital: Track and manage fixed assets, update capital project ledger entries, and monitor capital project budgets.Schedules & Workpapers: Complete special projects by managing monthly financial reports and preparing required accounting schedules. Grant & Procurement Compliance Grant Accounting: Track expenditures against active federal, state, and private educational grants to ensure compliance with funding terms.Funding Requests: Prepare and submit documentation for monthly fund drawdowns and tracking summaries.Procurement Review: Review purchase requisitions and contract documents to ensure adherence to standard government procurement regulations. Technology & Information Management System Optimization: Manage new financial technologies, accounting software upgrades, and information systems.Policy Updates: Review accounting workflows, update internal control policies, and formalize standard operating procedures.Training & Communication: Provide systems training to staff members and maintain internal and external financial web portals. We need to keep each as separate bullet? They are separated by periods but we can treat each sentence as a bullet. However we need to preserve all detail; we can keep them as separate
  • items. Requirements: maybe combine Education/Experience and Preferred Candidate. Could be a
    list. Qualifications: maybe same as Requirements? The instruction says use headings like Qualifications, Skills, etc. We have both Requirements and Qualifications. Might be overlapping. We could put education/experience under Requirements, and preferred qualifications under Qualifications. But we need to avoid duplication. Let's think: The posting has "Education/Experience Work requires broad knowledge..." and then "The Preferred Candidate Will Possess Five years of experience in accounting.Bachelor's degree in accounting, or finance. Master's degree preferred." Also earlier: "Three years experience in accounting or finance." So we can have Requirements: Minimum: Bachelor's degree or equivalent, three years experience in accounting or finance. Qualifications: Preferred: Five years experience, Bachelor's in accounting or finance, Master's preferred. We also have "Additional Information & Requirements" includes work hours, benefits, retirement, tuition assistance, etc. That's separate. We need to include Benefits section with details. Pay section: include the salary range. Schedule section: work hours. We must not include boilerplate like "Note The benefits described above are broad generalizations..." etc. That's still substantive? It's a note about benefits; we could include it as part of Benefits section. It's not boilerplate; it's a note. We can keep. We must remove supplemental questions and application instructions. So stop before "01 The following Supplemental Questions...". Also remove "Required Question" at end. Now produce HTML. Let's craft:

    About the role

    Norfolk, Virginia is America's most genuine and urban waterfront city, home to the world's largest naval station and the business, arts, and cultural hub of Coastal Virginia. Nauticus, a maritime discovery center located on the downtown Norfolk waterfront, provides experiential learning through interactive exhibits and STEM to STERN programming, utilizing the museum, Battleship Wisconsin, sailing center, and Schooner Virginia to explore the maritime environment, industry, and military. The City of Norfolk's Maritime Center, Nauticus, is seeking an Accountant III to maintain the financial health of Nauticus by analyzing, preparing, and managing critical financial records and statements. The role operates within a unique municipal and non-profit public-private partnership, overseeing long-term revenue streams, managing fixed assets, monitoring daily operational workflows (accounts payable, cash management), and ensuring accurate general ledger maintenance and daily, weekly, monthly, and year-end reporting.

    Responsibilities

    • Financial Reporting, Analysis & Audit Readiness Statement Preparation: Analyze, prepare, and maintain accurate financial statements and records.
    • General Ledger Maintenance: Manage the general ledger, and complete comprehensive daily, weekly, monthly and year-end closing reporting.
    • Audit Preparation: Perform internal audits and prepare detailed schedules, working papers, and balance sheets for auditors.
    • Budget Monitoring: Generate monthly departmental budget-versus-actual variance reports and provide technical accounting assistance to the Management Analyst and department managers.
    • Municipal & Foundation Financial Integration System Management: Input financial data, manage purchasing functions, and process electronic transactions through the City of Norfolk’s Authorized Financial Management System (AFMS).
    • Dual-Entity Support: Collaborate across City of Norfolk municipal operations and the Nauticus Foundation (501(c)(3)).
    • Revenue Operations & Cash Management Revenue Streams: Manage long-term revenue billing and collections and monitor short-term revenue accounts.
    • POS Reconciliation: Audit and reconcile multi-channel revenue streams including admissions, membership sales, tours, and group ticketing.
    • Cash Verification: Oversee daily cash summaries, count and verify safe balances, and secure cash transport bags for formal banking deposits.
    • Core Accounting Oversight & Asset Management Operational Monitoring: Monitor accounts for payable functions, and check disbursements.
    • Fixed Assets & Capital: Track and manage fixed assets, update capital project ledger entries, and monitor capital project budgets.
    • Schedules & Workpapers: Complete special projects by managing monthly financial reports and preparing required accounting schedules.
    • Grant & Procurement Compliance Grant Accounting: Track expenditures against active federal, state, and private educational grants to ensure compliance with funding terms.
    • Funding Requests: Prepare and submit documentation for monthly fund drawdowns and tracking summaries.
    • Procurement Review: Review purchase requisitions and contract documents to ensure adherence to standard government procurement regulations.
    • Technology & Information Management System Optimization: Manage new financial technologies, accounting software upgrades, and information systems.
    • Policy Updates: Review accounting workflows, update internal control policies, and formalize standard operating procedures.
    • Training & Communication: Provide systems training to staff members and maintain internal and external financial web portals.

    Requirements

    • Broad knowledge in a general professional or technical field, normally acquired through four years of college resulting in a Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
    • Three years of experience in accounting or finance.

    Qualifications

    • Preferred: Five years of experience in accounting.
    • Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
    • Master's degree preferred.

    Benefits

    Regular full-time and permanent part-time employees may receive paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, employer paid pension plan, basic life insurance, voluntary participation in medical and dental, Section 457 deferred compensation, long-term disability, optional life insurance for self, spouse and children, medical and dependent care reimbursement plans, access to membership in credit union and employer provided parking. Special project/grant employees are generally eligible for the same benefits