JOB
IN-HOUSE ONLY: You must be a current employee with the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County to be eligible for this position.
REPORTS TO: Finance Director
FLSA STATUS: Exempt - Executive
CLASSIFICATION: Non-Merit - Serves at the discretion of the Department Director
PAY GRADE: 124
SAFETY SENSITIVE: No
Purpose of Job
To manage the administrative and operational activities of the Financial Services Division. Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: supervision of personnel, collection, receipting, and coding of revenue; managing accounts payable; issuance of alcoholic beverage licenses and occupational tax certificates; ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal policies and procedures, ordinances, laws, and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and performing additional tasks as assigned.
Job Related Requirements
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
May be required to work on religious holidays.
Regular in-office and predictable attendance is required.
Must work cooperatively with others.
When requirements include vehicle operation, responsible for the safety, readiness and operation of the vehicle and must abide by ACC's safe driving policy.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
Bachelor's degree with three years' experience in finance, accounting, business, or governmental management required; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.
Two years of supervisory experience are required.
Preferred qualifications: Professional Certification. Examples include Accounts Payable Specialist; Accredited Payables Manager; Certified Accounts Payable Professional; Certified Accounts Payable Associate; Certified Professional Public Buyer; Certified Government Financial Manager or other applicable professional certification.
Must possess a valid driver's license.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
(ADA) MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR STANDARDS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Must be physically able to operate a variety of machinery and equipment including computers, fax machines, and other office equipment. Must be able to use body members to work, move, or carry objects or materials. This position requires: walking, standing, bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, seeing, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions. Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally. Physical demand requirements are at levels of those for sedentary work.
DATA CONCEPTION: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable functional, structural, or compositional characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things.
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION: Requires the ability to hear, speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving assignments and/or directions to co-workers or assistants.
LANGUAGE ABILITY: Requires the ability to read a variety of registers, reports, ordinances, ledgers, journals, and informational documentation, directions, instructions, and methods and procedures. Requires the ability to prepare spreadsheets, analysis, payment vouchers, and surveys, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style. Requires the ability to speak to people with poise, voice control, and confidence.
INTELLIGENCE: Requires the ability to learn and understand complex principles and techniques; to acquire and be able to expound on knowledge of topics related to primary occupation; and to make independent judgment.
VERBAL APTITUDE: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, and to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of administrative, technical, or professional languages including accounting and legal terminology.
NUMERICAL APTITUDE: Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas, to add and subtract totals, to multiply and divide, to utilize and determine percentages, and to compute discounts and interest, etc.
FORM/SPATIAL APTITUDE: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape, visually with office equipment (i.e., rulers, yardsticks, etc.).
MOTOR COORDINATION: Requires the ability to coordinate hands, fingers, and eyes accurately in using computers, fax machines, and other office equipment. Requires the ability to use the keyboard, lift, bend, push, and pull objects or materials using body parts as the position necessitates.
MANUAL DEXTERITY: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as computers, fax machines, and other office equipment. Must have the ability to use one hand for twisting or turning motion while coordinating the other hand with different activities. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
COLOR DISCRIMINATION: May require the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.
INTERPERSONAL TEMPERAMENT: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under considerable stress when confronted with an emergency.
PHYSICAL COMMUNICATION: Requires the ability to talk and/or hear: (Talking - expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words). (Hearing - perceiving nature of sounds by ear). Must be able to communicate via telephone.
