Accounting Specialist
SUMMARY STATEMENT
This position involves the application of complex fiscal/financial/auditing in connection with processing tax returns including wage garnishments, realty transfer tax, gross receipts and license applications and renewals, Personal Income Tax, Corporate Income Tax returns, and researching unidentified payments. An incumbent is required to have advanced technical knowledge and the ability to apply complex state laws, rules and regulations to evaluate positions claimed on individual tax returns. The position may be cross trained through multiple areas involving various tax functions.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Essential functions are fundamental, core functions common to all positions in the class series and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of every job duty for any one position in the class. Since class specifications are descriptive and not restrictive, incumbents can complete job duties of similar kind not specifically listed here.
- Compute fiscal/financial transactions.
- Reconcile transactions/accounts.
- Classify and code fiscal/financial transactions.
- Review to ensure compliance with required documentation, computations, codes, signatures, and rules/regulations.
- Record fiscal/financial transactions to various financial information systems.
- Interact with public/private sector to provide/obtain information.
- Compile information/develop reports for use by others.
- Monitor balances and report discrepancies.
- Participate in recommending systems and forms enhancements.
JOB REQUIREMENTS for Accounting Specialist
Applicants must have education, training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas:
- Possession of an Associates degree or higher in Accounting or related field.
OR
- Possession of a Bachelors degree or higher in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Business Management, Computer Information Systems or related field.
OR
- One year experience in processing financial transactions in areas such as accounting, auditing, payroll, or taxes.
- One year experience in creating financial reports which includes combining and presenting financial data from multiple sources in an organized format.
- One year experience in using an automated information system to enter, update, modify, delete, retrieve/inquire and report on data.
- Six months experience in determining compliance of financial transactions with required documentation, computations, codes, signatures, and rules/regulations.