OPS Professional Accountant Specialist

Date: Dec 12, 2024

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Requisition No: 843142

Agency: Financial Services

Working Title: OPS Professional Accountant Specialist

Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 436280000

Salary: $20.75 per hour

Posting Closing Date: 12/19/2024

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OPEN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

DIVISION: ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING

BUREAU: VENDOR RELATIONS

CITY: TALLAHASSEE

COUNTY: LEON

SPECIAL NOTES:

High School diploma or its equivalent is required.

Preferences :

• Experience working with accounting records and data.

• Experience with data cleansing, conversion, and/or migration.

• Experience with User Acceptance Testing related to developing scenarios with pass/fail criteria, developing scripts, executing testing, and documenting results.

• Experience with data reconciliation and validation.

• Experience developing financial management policy.

• Experience with State of Florida Payroll processes.

• Experience working with the State of Florida in an accounting or financial reporting capacity.

  This position requires a security background check, including fingerprint as a condition of employment.

  The salary for this postion is $20.75 per hour.

  Employees of the Department of Financial Services are paid on a monthly pay cycle.

  Responses to qualifying questions must be clearly supported by the state application and any omission, falsification, or misrepresentation in the answering of the qualifying questions will be cause for immediate elimination from the selection process.

  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING REQUIRED ENTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of accounting principles, practices, and procedures.

• Knowledge of the methods of data collection.

• Ability to prepare and maintain documents and spreadsheets utilizing office productivity software.

• Ability to prepare and maintain a variety of accounting records.

• Ability to implement accounting systems.

• Ability to prepare and maintain a variety of accounting records.

• Ability to analyze and interpret accounting data.

• Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures relating to an accounting program.

• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.

• Ability to communicate effectively.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

• Ability to work independently.

• Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques.

  BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES :

• Respond to and researching inquiries (i.e. Late payments, agency contact information, general questions) from internal and external customers (i.e. State agencies, vendors, contractors, and clients).

• Calculating and posting Quarterly Judgment Interest Rates pursuant to section 55.03, Florida Statutes and Chapter 69I-25, Florida Administrative Code.

• Analyzing Monthly and Quarterly Prompt Payment reports pursuant to section 215.422, Florida Statutes and Chapter 69I-24, Florida Administrative Codes that includes Aged Interest Penalty Report, Deleted Interest Penalty Report and analyzing Quarterly Prompt Payment Report.

• Activities relating to warrant distribution. This includes but is not limited to verifying daily warrant production control logs, assist with weekly warrant inventory, maintaining agency courier information, assist with blank warrant deliveries and assist with blank warrant transfers from Transmittal to Production Control.

• Reviewing and approving Duplicate and Forgery Affidavits; and distributing duplicate warrants to agency couriers.

• Documenting current processes and systems. This includes but is not limited to developing, documenting, and maintaining desk procedures, training aids, email templates, customer communications and manuals, and tax related research as required by the Vendor Management Section. Also responsible for assisting in process improvement projects and system development/enhancements related to the Vendor Management Section.

• Assist with activities related to collection and validation of Substitute Form W-9s and activities relating to processing 1099s for vendor payments statewide, as required by the Internal Revenue Service.

• Assist with Agency and Vendor inquiries (phone calls, voicemails, and emails) and providing accurate information regarding, but is not limited to: W9s, SWVF, Duplicate Warrants, Forgeries.

• Performing other duties as assigned within the Bureau of Vendor Relations.

  If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended, or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

Location:

TALLAHASSEE, FL, US, 32399

Nearest Major Market:Tallahassee