Accounting Manager

Provides direct supervision for subordinate supervisory staff in accordance with established County policies and procedures and with all applicable statutes and regulations governing the employment relationship.

Hires, terminates, provides training and work assignments for, administers policy and procedure for, reviews and evaluates the work performance of, and administers disciplinary actions for subordinate staff.

Identifies goals and objectives for subordinate staff and provides staff access to training and development opportunities to facilitate professional and personal growth.

Collaborates with internal and external auditors to monitor fiscal integrity and accountability of the department.

Establishes, implements, modifies and revises financial and accounting policies, standards, procedures, and practices.

Maintains, revises, and communicates revisions to financial and accounting manuals and provides training for all financial staff in new and modified accounting and financial procedures.

Prepares monthly, quarterly and yearend operating and financial reports and statements, facilitating the making of informed decisions by elected officials and County management.

Prepares special accounting reports and researches accounting issues as assigned.

Directs preparation of required and requested accounting and budget reports, fiscal analyses and other financial reports.

Monitors changes in state and federal statutes, regulations and rules impacting accounting standards and practices and financial reporting requirements and implements changes in County accounting processes to comply with those changes.

Interprets and implements accounting oversight pronouncements issued by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board and Government Finance Officers Association.

Participates in the design, development, installation, modification and maintenance of accounting modules: interfaces between general ledger, accounts payable and payroll modules of financial information systems; and interfaces between those modules and other systems which record tax receipts and other monies received.

Reviews general ledger, accounts payable and payroll reports to monitor the status of the budget throughout the fiscal year.

Provides training for the accounting modules of the FIS system to users throughout the County.

Directs the audit processes and interacts with the internal and external auditors to facilitate audits.

Performs other related duties as assigned.