FINANCE & ACCOUNTING DIRECTOR I - SES - 64081172
About The Position
The Finance & Accounting Director I leads the Finance & Accounting Section of the Okaloosa County Health Department, planning, organizing, directing, budgeting, and coordinating its activities. The role primarily involves supervising staff, including communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees; planning and directing work; setting performance expectations; conducting regular performance discussions and reviews; maintaining schedules and coverage; completing timesheets; and exercising or recommending personnel actions. The position oversees fiscal activities and the preparation of financial statements, budget materials, allotment reallocations, estimated revenues, accounts payable, year-end processing, contracts, deposits, purchasing, county inventory, and direct grant reporting. It oversees purchasing activities, including MFMP, purchase orders, state contracts, and supply and commodity requisitions. The director also conducts financial analysis and research on program and department expenditures, prepares budget and financial analyses using accounting-system reports or inquiries, and monitors other fiscal reports for trends and improvement opportunities. The position plans and prepares the Core Contract, Contract Amendments and Variance Reports, and the Medicaid Cost Report. Other duties may be assigned in support of the agency’s mission and vision. The position is based at the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Incumbents may be required to perform emergency duty before, during, or beyond normal work hours or days.
Requirements
- Advanced, independent work experience in a finance and/or accounting role.
- Experience working with accounting systems, data management systems, and databases or tracking mechanisms.
- Work experience utilizing Microsoft Office applications.
- Experience using Excel for accounting, tracking, or other relevant functions.
- Skill in effective written, oral, and electronic communication appropriate to the audience.
- Ability to identify and analyze problems and develop plans or procedures to correct them.
- Skill in compiling, organizing, and analyzing data for monitoring and evaluation.
- Skill in interpreting regulations, statutes, and policies and applying them.
- Skill in interpreting, evaluating, and working with fiscal data.
- Ability to compile, code, categorize, calculate, tabulate, audit, verify, or process information or data.
- Valid U.S. driver’s license.
- Ability to learn and communicate effectively in English, orally and in writing.
Responsibilities
- Supervise Finance & Accounting staff and ensure control and implementation of fiscal activities.
- Communicate with, motivate, train, and evaluate employees; plan and direct their work; set performance expectations; discuss and review performance; maintain vacation and work schedules and coverage; and complete timesheets.
- Exercise or effectively recommend personnel actions, including hiring, transfer, suspension, layoff, recall, promotion, discharge, assignment, reward, or discipline.
- Plan, organize, direct, budget, and coordinate the Finance & Accounting Section’s activities.
- Oversee preparation of financial statements, OFAS budget preparation, allotment reallocations, estimated revenues, accounts payable, year-end processing, contracts, deposits, purchasing, county inventory, and direct grant reporting.
- Oversee purchasing activities, including MFMP, purchase orders, state contracts, and supply and commodity requisitions.
- Prepare financial analyses and research on program and departmental expenditures to assess current and future financial needs and spending trends.
- Prepare reports and accounting-system inquiries for budget and financial analysis; prepare other Finance & Accounting reports, monitor trends, and identify areas for improvement.
- Plan and prepare the Core Contract, Contract Amendments, and Variance Reports.
- Plan and prepare the Medicaid Cost Report.
- Perform other duties as assigned in support of the agency’s mission and vision.
Benefits
- Annual and sick leave
- Nine paid holidays and one personal holiday each year
- State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance
- Retirement plan options with employer contributions
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Tuition waivers
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
