This position manages the Transit Department's financial activities by overseeing and monitoring all accounting, budget, purchasing, and payroll functions as well as performing financial forecasting and grant management to ensure agency compliance in all fiscal activities.
Manages the Transit Department’s budget and financial accounting activities, including payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets, inventory, purchasing, capital planning, as well as revenue and expenditure monitoring by preparing and reviewing a variety of financial analysis, audits, and reports, and submitting department expenditures in accordance with County policies, procedures, and labor agreements to ensure sound fiscal management
Devises and implements systems for general accounting, ensuring proper internal controls are in place, in order to maintain conformance with state, federal, and other regulatory agencies
Ensures efficient flow of federal funds by using complex reconciliation techniques associated with a variety of systems processing requirements
Analyzes financial information by detailing assets, liabilities, and capital and preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports to summarize current and projected agency financial position
Complies with county, state, and federal agency reporting guidelines by maintaining and providing complex statistical data and information regarding Transit’s capital and operating budget
Performs highly responsible and complex financial management and administrative support duties related to federal and state funded transit grant programs by overseeing grant application preparation, compliance management, and mandated reporting as well as reviewing grant expenditure records and working closely with federal and state agencies on grant reporting system applications
Recommends and implements policies and procedures for transit operations related to grant funding compliance and financial management by staying abreast of new trends and innovations in the field of grants management and federal procurement and finance guidelines
Supervises staff by prioritizing and assigning work, conducting performance evaluations, ensuring policies and procedures are followed, mentoring employees, and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary decisions and recommendations in order to ensure high levels of customer service and an effective teamwork approach
Administers the Transit’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program and serves as the liaison for the Federal Transit Agency (FTA) National Transit Database (NTD) reporting modules to ensure transit compliance with established requirements and guidelines
Promotes the Transit department by collaborating with other departments and divisions and serving as a liaison to transit related organizations regarding program funding activities
Provides staff assistance to the Department Director and other department managers and supervisors by preparing and presenting staff reports and correspondence, participating on committees, reviewing various personnel documents and reports, and resolving personnel related issues
TYPICAL QUALIFICATION
Training and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or related field and four years of accounting or financial analysis experience, including two years at the supervisory level; or a combination of education and experience equivalent to these requirements.
Licenses and Certifications:
None
Preferred Qualifications:
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Grant management experience
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics (KSAOs):
management principles and practices
automated accounting systems
principles and practices of governmental and financial fund accounting and auditing
budgeting practices and processes
recordkeeping systems
financial strategic planning and analysis
applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, regulations, codes, and/or statutes
financial reporting methods
financial control practices and procedures
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
handling multiple tasks simultaneously
communication and interpersonal relations as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, elected officials, and the general public sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction
compile, analyze, and prepare financial information
monitor and evaluate subordinate staff
develop and administer budgets
apply contract, grant, and other administrative limitations to project activities
perform mathematical computations, such as probability and statistics
read, analyze, and interpret finance and accounting related materials and reports
interpret and apply applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations
present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, customers, clients, and the general public
solve issues by defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions
deal with abstract and concrete variables
develop and implement internal control procedures
write reports, procedure manuals, and business correspondence
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
County-wide Employee Responsibilities:
All Escambia County BCC employees must serve the public and fellow employees with honesty and integrity in full accord with the letter and spirit of Escambia County BCC's Employee Code of Ethics, gift, and conflict of interest policies.
All Escambia County BCC employees must establish and maintain effective working relationships with the general public, co-workers, elected and appointed officials and members of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, political affiliation, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or gender identity and expression.
Emergency Management Responsibilities:
During emergency conditions, the incumbent of this position will automatically be considered an emergency service worker. This employee is subject to being called to work in the event of a disaster, such as a hurricane, or other emergency situation and is expected to perform emergency service duties as assigned.
Physical Requirements:
Positions in this class typically require sitting, standing, talking, hearing, seeing, finger and hand dexterity as well as repetitive motions. Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Benefits/Compensation Package:
- Medical / Dental / Vision plans
- Prescription coverage
- Employee health clinic
- Employee fitness centers
- Employer-sponsored retirement plan or an investment plan
- Deferred Compensation Plan
- Flexible Spending Account(s)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Annual/Sick Leave or Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Group Life Insurance
