Responsibilities:

• Supervises and provides staff with instruction in performing functions related to general ledger recordkeeping, budget management, investment management, contract management, project management, trustee coordination, purchasing, grants management, bond resolution compliance and financial reporting.
• Coordinates and manages the semiannual preparation and publishing of financial statements and required disclosures, the performance of an annual financial statement audit and the single audit
• Reviews the processing and recording of information related to the federal, state, and non-federal assistance to ensure timely monthly reconciliations of the financials.
• Reviews monthly general ledger entries for compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, bond resolutions and authorizing federal and state legislation.  Ensures general ledgers reconcile to subsystems, i.e. Fund Control, FICS, IDIS and other subsystems.
• Manages the processing and payment of operating expenditures to ensure compliance with the budget authorization and purchasing policies, appropriate account allocation, and periodic reconciliation of related assets. Manages the development of an annual operating budget.
• Invests idle funds as dictated by state statue and bond resolutions.
• Provides leadership and future strategies for the consolidated financial reporting systems and subsystems and serves as the expert in financial reporting and process to drive improvements, increase systems efficiencies and staff productivity.
• Plans and manages the implementation of software applications and upgrades to be used in meeting the financial reporting requirements. Works with cross functional teams (Business Groups, etc.) and the finance team to plan, scope and execute financial integration and implementation.
• Manages/or oversees all aspects of the administration of the consolidated financial reporting systems, accumulating financial and non-financial data and work closely with the IT Group on the hardware requirements.
• Provides technical support to the IT group and the staff on system uses.  Works closely with the IT Group and  programmers to ensure the financial reporting needs are met.
• Performs special projects associated with account analysis, financial analysis, special audits and account reconciliations as assigned by the Chief Financial Officer.
• Conducts performance evaluations;
• Develops staff to ensure that all accounting and cash management functions have appropriate backup support while ensuring adequate separate of duties for functions in compliance with auditing standards.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree from an appropriately accredited institution in business administration with a major in finance or accounting
• Eight years of progressive experience in accounting, with at least three years of experience in personnel supervision
• CPA is required
• Experience with fund accounting, mortgage servicing, and governmental accounting principles, and compliance with federal and state awards is preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Advanced EXCEL skills are required
• Must be experienced with Automated information systems; systems implementation; audit experience including compliance with federal and state awards, CFP 200 Super Circular and generally accepted accounting principles
• Experienced in contract management and project management and with bond accounting procedures, fund accounting as well as generally accepted auditing standards is required