This employee performs professional level work in financial reporting and related financial activities; meets and exceeds generally accepted accounting principles and procedures; and supervises the work of less experienced professional and technical personnel. Performs related duties as required.

(Illustrative only. Any one position may not require all of the listed KSAs nor do the listed examples include all the KSAs which may be required.)

Knowledge of:
Generally accepted accounting principles and practices (GAAP) and practices and auditing standards.
Principles and practices of workpaper preparation and financial reporting.
Preparation and interpretation of intermediate level footnotes for financial reporting in accordance with GAAP.
Intermediate level mathematics and statistics as applied to financial reporting.
Intermediate level knowledge of Excel.
Principles of supervision and training.

Skill to:
Operate a computer and other standard office equipment in performance of assigned duties.
Operate assigned vehicle in the course of duty performance of job duties (as required).

Ability to:
Apply generally accepted accounting principles to financial reporting for local governments.
Identify and correct errors in accounting records; examine and verify complex financial documents and reports.
Extract, analyze, interpret and manipulate accounting/financial information and systems.
Exercise independent judgment to solve financial reporting problems.
Prepare business correspondence; organize, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and present data.
Manage time effectively; work autonomously to complete assignments within allotted time frames.
Communicate complex financial data clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

(ATTACH YOUR RESUME AND TRANSCRIPTS OR YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE REJECTED)

Each applicant must have a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Accounting or Finance OR a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in a related discipline with a concentration in Accounting (must have successfully completed 30 semester credit hours in accounting at an accredited university in Principles of Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, cost accounting, auditing, fund accounting and other accounting courses). Additionally, each applicant must have three years of experience in governmental accounting or auditing including some direct experience (6 months or more) with GAAP financial reporting.

Military education and experience may be substituted for college level course work at the lower and upper division baccalaureate and graduate levels and apprenticeship training at the vocational certificate level on a case by case basis based on the American Council on Education (ACE) Military Guide recommendations.

Environmental Conditions: Office environment; exposure to computer screens; occasional outside work required in some instances.

Physical Conditions: Duties require maintaining physical condition necessary for sitting or standing; general manual dexterity required.

Probationary Period: Twelve months

Supervision Exercised: Exercises technical and functional supervision over professional, technical, and clerical personnel.