Project Cost Accountant - 55000714

State of Florida•Tallahassee, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Cost Accountant works in the Project Cost & Federal Projects Section of the General Accounting Office, Office of Comptroller, for the Florida Department of Transportation. The position ensures compliance with federal regulations for timely and accurate project closure by analyzing project data and documentation and assisting with error corrections. The role conducts financial analyses of federal projects and related financial projects across funding sources, makes final billing adjustments, reconciles project costs, monitors and corrects accounting errors, and tracks projects through final voucher and closure. It also analyzes cost distributions for warehouse materials, supplies inventory, and mobile equipment, coordinating data corrections and submissions with relevant offices and districts. The position is based at the Office of Comptroller, 605 Suwannee St., Tallahassee, Florida. The advertised hiring salary range is $45,484.01–$58,861.66 annually; the posting lists an anticipated biweekly salary of $2,058.10.

Requirements

Two years of work-related experience in an accounting- or auditing-related field; a college degree in a business-related field may substitute year for year for the required experience.
Knowledge of basic accounting and budgeting principles.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Skill in working with and testing an accounting system.
Skill in performing work requiring a high level of attention to detail.
Ability to prepare and maintain accounting records and reports.
Ability to interpret, analyze, and reconcile accounting data.
Ability to formulate accounting system requirements and develop testing methods to verify system components.
Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, and policies.
Ability to use sound judgment and work independently.
Ability to work in a team environment with shared tasks and maintain effective working relationships.
Ability to work timely and accurately under pressure and handle difficult situations.
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
Ability to use problem-solving techniques and analyze processes for best-practice methods.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens or lawfully authorized alien workers; visa sponsorship is not available.

Responsibilities

Conduct financial analyses of federal projects and related financial projects for all funding sources, and make final billing adjustments to close federal projects in the Federal Program Management (FPM) system and the Federal Highway Administration’s Fiscal Management Information System (FMIS).
Reconcile participating and nonparticipating costs for expenditures, retainage, and revenue in the Project Cost Management Subsystem (PCM) to FPM by federal fund.
Coordinate authorization requests with Districts and the Federal Aid Management Office, and analyze eligible indirect costs specific to federal projects and related financial projects.
Analyze and monitor corrections of Project Cost Errors (PCEC) in PCM for all Districts and Central Offices, and complete corrections for Central Office errors.
Submit at least weekly requests for creation of correction files and submit them to the State’s accounting system for processing.
Track federal projects submitted to the Office of Comptroller in Ready Final Voucher status and ensure timely project closure.
Maintain current information for assigned federal projects in the Final Voucher (FV) system.
Assist with PCM/FV system and procedure documentation requests, special studies and analyses, and regular monthly or quarterly reports related to the position.
Analyze and validate Warehouse-Materials and Supplies Inventory (MSI) and Mobile Equipment (MEQ) cost-distribution data.
Coordinate needed corrections and submission of cost distributions to the State’s accounting system with Districts, Central Office, and the Financial Management Office Systems Support Section.
Analyze and correct batch input errors resulting from MSI and MEQ cost distributions.