Description
REPOST: PRIOR APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY Who We Are Orlando, The City Beautiful
For most of Orlando’s history we’ve been the place everyone wants to visit. Today, we’re also the place where everyone wants to live and do business. List after list has Orlando as one of the fastest growing cities in America. We’re transitioning from our role as the young upstart to a more mature, global city.
This didn’t happen by accident. Together as a community, we developed a shared vision for our city focused on creating partnerships and we’ve transformed Orlando from a place that was packed with potential into a city on the rise.
Our vision ensures we are an inclusive, compassionate community that is generating jobs, becoming the most sustainable city in the nation, keeping our community safe, making it easier to get around, and increasing the quality of life. Together, we can continue realizing all our city’s potential.
Come be part of our community with the City of Orlando.
NATURE OF WORK: Performs professional accounting and supervisory work in the area of financial reporting with primary responsibility for monitoring a variety of complex funds, preparing financial statements and reports, reconciling accounts, developing and implementing accounting systems, reviewing, interpreting, implementing, and ensuring compliance with: Governmental Accounting Standards Board (“GASB”) pronouncements, interpretations, and standards; State of Florida Rules of the Auditor General; and Federal and State of Florida audit and reporting requirements, and supervising a small staff of professional and technical employees that perform similar work. Employees assigned to this classification are expected to exercise considerable independent professional judgment and initiative in solving complex accounting problems, modifying and/or designing systems and procedures and coordinating staff to ensure management's financial information needs are met. Work is performed under the direction of the Assistant Controller and performance is reviewed through periodic audits, observations, analysis of statements and reports and evaluation of results obtained.
Examples of Duties
- Responsible for the planning, preparation, and timely completion of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, Popular Annual Financial Report, State Annual Financial Report and other required external and internal reports.
- Ensure compliance with US GAAP, GASB, and other required authoritative standards.
- Ensure accurate and timely monthly and yearly accounting closing.
- Serve as liaison with external financial auditors and coordinates the completion of audit requests with City personnel.
- Provide accounting guidance and training to citywide fiscal management and staff as needed.
- Assist in evaluating, designing, developing, implementing, and enforcing accounting policies, process improvements, and internal controls.
- Supervises accounting staff that work in areas including Cash, Investments, Debt, Fixed Assets, Pensions.
- Performs complex analysis and reporting as needed.
- Perform other work as required.
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor Degree in Accounting or a closely related
required field plus four years of accounting and financial reporting or auditing experience
required, three years of which
must have been in a governmental entity, two years of which
must have been in a supervisory capacity; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Certified Public Accountant (C.P.A.) Certification required or must be obtained within one year of hire. Certified Management Accountant (C.M.A.) preferred.
IMPORTANT: To be eligible to proceed forward in the application process, applicants
must meet the minimum qualifications listed in the position description. Please ensure your application provides details of all relevant experience related to the position. If you have questions or need clarification concerning the position or application process, please contact Human Resources at jobs@orlando.gov or 407.246.2062.
Supplemental Information
City of Orlando Benefits If this posting indicates a degree is required, the following experience will apply in lieu of any degree as follows:
- Two (2) years of direct experience for an associate degree;
- Four (4) years of direct experience for a bachelor's degree;
- Six (6) years of direct experience for a master's degree; or
- Nine (9) years of direct experience for a doctoral degree
Closing Date/Time: Continuous
