Accounting Supervisor

Broward County, FL

Full Time

Finance and Budget

Experienced

Reports To: Accounting Manager

Purpose and Scope: Supervises the administrative and professional units responsible for directing and coordinating fiscal functions and, support services. Works independently, under limited supervision, reporting major activities through periodic meetings

Essential Functions:

Prepares journal entries.
Prepares monthly fixed assets account reconciliations and schedules.
Reconciles and distributes ad valorem taxes, non-ad valorem assessments and investment earnings to the taxing authorities.
Balances the tax roll and prepares the annual recapitulation report.
Reconciles and processes prior year corrections, individual certificate redemptions and related invoices.
Prepares written correspondence

Qualifications and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or closely related field; supplemented by two (2) years previous experience and/or training that includes professional accounting, financial reporting, financial analysis, auditing and personal computer operations; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.

Critical Competencies for Success:

Business Insight

Applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals.
Clearly understands how own activities relate to critical business drivers.
Monitors business news and market changes for impact on the business or on own expertise area; uses this to shape decisions.

Financial Acumen

Interprets and applies key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
Fosters accountability for making good financial decisions; provides guidance to help the team make astute decisions.
Summarizes financial performance data and explains implications for the organization.

Manages Complexity

Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
Asks questions to encourage others to think differently and enrich their analyses of complex situations.
Accurately defines the key elements of complex, ambiguous situations.

Plans and Aligns

Plans and prioritizes work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
Strengthens alignment and coordination between own work and others', providing well-sequenced activities and exact time frames.
Foresees and resolves many potential bottlenecks and delays.

Optimizes Work Processes

Knows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
Uses metrics and benchmarks to monitor accuracy and quality.
Takes steps to make methods productive and efficient.
Promptly and effectively addresses process breakdowns.

Ensures Accountability

Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments.
Measures and tracks team's and own performance, and helps the team learn from success, failure, and feedback.
Adheres to, and enforces, goals, policies, and procedures.

Builds Effective Teams

Builds strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
Holds constructive dialogue with the team regularly; takes multiple perspectives into account when making decisions.
Commits to and prioritizes the team's decisions in most situations; conveys team spirit.

Communicates Effectively

Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
Tailors communication content and style to the needs of others.
Pays attention to others' input and perspectives, asks questions, and summarizes to confirm understanding.

Nimble Learning

Learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
Relishes new or unusual problems; seeks others' input and experiments with own ideas. Easily learns the essence of difficult issues and concepts.
Investigates and discusses own mistakes to learn from them.

Data Analysis and Written/Digital Communication Skills:

The ability to Identify and utilize relevant technology and tools to analyze data, efficiently and effectively perform assigned tasks as well as support other competencies.
The ability to analyze data and make sound inferences about causes and potential solutions.

Relates well to others:

Requires the ability to influence outcomes through motivation or leadership and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles to resolve problems
Communicates effectively, on the phone and in writing. Listens attentively and with empathy.
Works well in a team environment and collaborates effectively with others.

Individual effectiveness

Time management skills to ensure timely adherence to deadlines.
Ability to work well under the pressure to ensure completion of work within strict deadlines.
Willingness to embrace change and adapt strategies to accommodate changing priorities.

Professionalism

Contributes as an active member of the departmental team, offering input on initiatives and plans.
Supports agency’s direction, and ensures compliance with agency policies, procedures, training protocols and statutes.
Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.
Maintains a professional image

WORK CONDITIONS:
Physical Ability: Tasks require the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.
Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate visual cues or signals, and to communicate orally and in writing.
Environmental Factors: Essential functions are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions.

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