Senior Financial Services Accountant - 55009286

State of Florida•Bartow, FL

19h•Onsite

About The Position

This position will perform professional accounting work that requires auditing, accounting, and computer skills for processing invoices for payment. This position is vital to ensure that we fulfill the agency's mission. Through cooperation, coordination and collaboration among the OneFDOT team, you will be contributing to a strong and empowering culture of TRREC: Trust, Relationships, Respect, Empowerment, and Communication. FDOT encourages our team members to grow through engagement, empowerment, training, and professional development. Through our agency’s learning management system, you have access to hundreds of computer-based training and instructor-led courses.

Requirements

Knowledge of: Accounting principles, practices and procedures; Accounts payable system and payment processing; Contract terminology and statutory regulations;
Skills in: Performing work that requires a high level of attention to detail; Customer service; Auditing; Organizing records, handling multiple tasks, and handling interruptions;
Ability to: Deal with internal and external customers in a prompt, professional and courteous manner; Review documents for accuracy and completeness; Work timely and accurately under pressure and handle difficult situations; Perform basic arithmetic calculations; Work in a team environment with shared tasks; Work independently and prioritize work assignments to meet deadlines.
Responding and adhering to the provisions and requirements of Section 215.422, Florida Statutes (FS), related to State Comptroller's rules and Department of Transportation (DOT) invoice processing and warrant distribution.
Employee will be required to be responsive to emergency situations within a very short timeframe and serve on the Transportation Emergency Management Team.
Three years of professional accounting/business experience.
Post-secondary education can substitute on a year-for-year basis for two years of the required experience.

Responsibilities

Audit and process contract/written agreement payments for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with Florida Statutes, Florida Administrative Code, directives, policies, procedures, and generally accepted accounting principles.
Resolve contract/invoice issues and/or discrepancies with project managers.
Provides assistance/training to project managers and consultants concerning the agency's invoicing procedures and invoice formats.
Provides information to project managers with detailed contract payment information as requested using Department financial reporting resources.
Performs audits of cost center purchase card programs. This includes tasks such as: coordinating and scheduling the field audits; performing audit steps to include report analysis, record and related source data examination and tests an operations evaluation to detect inadequate controls and unusual or significant trends; establishing audit files and preparing work papers in sufficient detail to reveal nature and extent of work performed and to substantiate findings and recommendations; and preparing audit report drafts and participating in audit report discussions with responsible personnel.
Audit and process Right of Way court deposits, orders of taking, land payments and moving expenses.
Verify payments are in accordance with applicable Florida Statutes and rules and regulations of Department of Transportation.
Reconciles contracts for close-out and at completion of reconciliation, provides a write-up detailing discrepancies and contractual findings to the Contract Office.
Maintains records of contract/supporting documents and updates payment ledgers for transactions processed on contracts.
Reconcile payment ledgers against Florida Accounting Information Resource (FLAIR) encumbrance balance.
Prepares and records adjusting entries as necessary.