Financial Coordinator - Payables

Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller, Palm Beach County • West Palm Beach, FL

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About The Position

The Accounts Payable department is seeking a well-organized, detail-oriented professional who likes the challenge of variety, and possesses excellent time management skills to join our team as a Financial Coordinator! The Financial Coordinator coordinates and participates in moderately complex and highly accountable clerical work, this position is also responsible for coordinating and delegating unit tasks to assigned personnel. There are also fun special projects that you will be assigned to work on!

Requirements

• Associate’s degree, supplemented by five (5) years of recent and relevant experience required; in lieu of an associate’s degree, (2) two years of direct related work experience and three (3) years of supplemental work experience required.

Responsibilities

• Confers with various internal and external entities in processing and resolving minor payable/project issues, i.e., department manager and staff, internal and external auditors, and County Department staff.
• Participates in financial systems development and enhancements, including interfaces’ implements system process changes; assists with planning and coordination efforts; coordinates testing for financial system upgrades, enhancements and new versions; provides training.
• Functions with considerable independence and initiative in researching record retention requirements and foreign vendor tax withholding requirements.
• Maintains and updates assigned department logs, records, lists, and accounts, as applicable to assigned department.
• Prepares transaction logs, and other routine documentation for assigned duties; generates a variety of records, lists, forms, reports and/or statements relating to department functions.
• Provides training, assistance and guidance to other employees in accounting processes and procedures.
• Prints, copies, distributes, and/or files records, lists, forms, reports, statements, spreadsheets, and other documentation applicable to Public Records Request functions.
• Responds to inquiries concerning record retention; provides resolution, information, or direction accordingly.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off
• 17 paid holidays
• Superior health care plans with lower costs
• Retirement choices through the Florida Retirement System and deferred compensation plan
• Award-Winning Wellness Program that gives employees incentives, tools, social support, and strategies to adopt and maintain a healthy lifestyle
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Qualifying employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree