ACCOUNTANT III - 76000367

State of Florida•Tallahassee, FL

About The Position

This Accountant III position is within the Accounts Receivable section, in the Revenue Unit of the Bureau of Accounting with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Responsibilities include collecting, processing and reconciling funds deposited for citation and permit payments. This position is also responsible for responding to numerous customer phone inquiries regarding commercial motor carrier citations and permits.

Requirements

Knowledge of accepted accounting practices and procedures.
Knowledge of laws pertaining to weight penalties, safety penalties and fuel violations.
Skilled in Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, Outlook.
Skill in data entry.
Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers verbally and in writing.
Ability to work independently.
Ability to operate general office equipment to include multiline phone and calculator.
Knowledge of basic mathematics.
Ability to verify, enter, update and extract electronically stored information.
Ability to effectively handle multiple priorities and assignments.
Ability to maintain confidential information.

Nice To Haves

Experience in customer service.
Experience performing data entry and/or maintaining databases such as Excel.
Experience composing professional written correspondence.
Experience and/or education in accounting or bookkeeping.
Experience processing deposits, refunds and payments.
Experience working with OrbiPay Credit Card System (CSR), Cashier Receipts System (CRS), Smart Cop or any other database excluding Excel.

Responsibilities

Collecting, processing and reconciling funds deposited for citation and permit payments.
Responding to numerous customer phone inquiries regarding commercial motor carrier citations and permits.