Accountant V

 

Code: 496 BU: 09 (Salary Info) Grade: 023 Effective Date: 5/23/1977

Description of Work
General Duty Statement

Performs highly responsible professional accounting work involving the planning, organizing and supervising a large departmental accounting function; acts as a financial advisor to a department head; and performs related duties as required.

Supervision Received

Works under the general supervision of a unit, division, or department director.

Supervision Exercised

Exercises general and/or technical supervision through lower-level supervisors, professional, technical, and administrative support employees.

Typical Duties Performed

The listed examples may not include all the duties performed by all positions in this class.

• Supervises the maintenance of general ledgers, appropriation accounts and special fund accounts.
• Reviews new departmental projects concerning financial impact and makes recommendations to department head or personnel office.
• Prepares monthly and special estimates of revenues and their impact on departmental programs; establishes departmental service rates in order to maintain necessary revenue.
• Plans, organizes, establishes priorities and delegates the work of employees involved in accounting, payroll preparation, inventory control, assessment preparation and contract payments.
• Designs, updates and installs new accounting systems and financial operations, makes changes in accounting forms being used in the department.
• Supervises the compiling, preparing and presenting of annual financial and operating reports.
• Supervises and/or prepares and analyzes cost studies, financial surveys, audits and reports.
• Designs, prepares and installs a central system of accounts and budget administration for a large department.

Competencies

• Expert knowledge of modern accounting and auditing theories and practices.
• Expert knowledge of governmental appropriation and budget principles and administration.
• Expert knowledge of laws, regulations and administrative decision pertaining to departmental accounting.
• Expert knowledge of modern management principles and procedures.
• Expert knowledge of Government accounting, auditing and financial reporting.
• Expert ability to perform arithmetic computation with speed and accuracy.
• Considerable ability to deal tactfully and efficiently with departmental personnel and general public.
• Considerable ability to plan, organize and delegate work.

Requirements

College graduation with a major or equivalent in accounting and eight years of experience in accounting, at least four years of which must have been as an Accountant III or equivalent. (No substitution for education.)