Accountant
City of Jacksonville
- Jacksonville, FL
- $52,103 per year
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Maintains financial records, accounts, ledgers, and journals.
- Develops new and modifies existing accounting procedures.
- Analyzes and audits accounting and fiscal data, records, and reports.
- Prepares journal entries and posts transactions to proper accounts.
- Prepares summaries, trial balances, and related reports and statements.
- May supervise preparation and maintenance of payroll
- records and pay vouchers.
- Receives funds, prepares deposits, and reconciles bank statements.
- Schedules, assigns, monitors, and reviews the work of others.
- Operates standard office equipment such as personal computer using word processing, spreadsheet, database, and various accounting related software, copiers, and calculators.
- Conducts field audits and prepares comprehensive reports.
- Reconciles and balances financial statements and accounting records and ledgers.
- Assists with preparation and monitoring of operating budgets.
- Composes correspondence.
- Demonstrates proficiency in the City of Jacksonville's competencies.
- Performs related work as required.
- Knowledge of governmental accounting theories, principles, and practices.
- Knowledge of laws, rules and policies governing payroll, fiscal and accounting books, records, and accounts.
- Knowledge of personal computers using word processing, spreadsheet, database, and various accounting software.
- Knowledge of office procedures and practices.
- Knowledge of automated accounting systems.
- Skill in making and verifying mathematical calculations.
- Skill in maintaining accounting and fiscal records.
- Ability to apply accounting knowledge to work assignments.
- Ability to evaluate accounting procedures.
- Ability to post, balance and reconcile financial accounts and records.
- Ability to prepare trial balances of complex accounting records.
- Ability to analyze and audit accounting, fiscal and payroll data.
- Ability to read, comprehend, and apply job related rules, policies, and procedures.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Ability to prepare comprehensive reports.
- Ability to schedule, assign, monitor, and review the work of others.
- Ability to develop computer-based spreadsheets, graphs, summaries, and reports.
- Ability to operate standard office equipment such as personal computer using word processing, spreadsheet, database, and various accounting related software, copiers, and calculators.
- Four years of education and/or experience in accounting which includes
- Successful completion of 15 semester hours of accounting course work at the college level from an accredited institution.
- The probationary period for this class is six months.
- A copy of your college transcript, with your social blacked out, is required with your application. Transcripts do not need to be official, but must state your name, the school's name, classes taken, grades received, type of degree, and date degree was conferred.
Attention: Veterans' Preference Coordinator
11351 Ulmerton Road, Suite 311-K
Largo, FL 33778-1630
Email:The City of Jacksonville provides a wide array of benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Our comprehensive benefit programs include medical, dental and vision plans; life insurance coverage for you and your dependents; flexible spending plans for medical reimbursement, dependent care, parking, and transit expenses; an employee assistance program for you and your dependents; a 457(b) tax-deferred compensation plan to supplement your retirement, and a ROTH IRA plan. We also provide an extensive wellness program that includes a health intervention program if qualified, lunch and learns, health fairs, and discounted gym memberships. Please visit the Employee Benefits website for details on all the plans we offer.