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Department - Sheriff\'s Department

Job Description

Job Type: Classified

Job Classification: 5157 - Accounting Supervisor - Elected Officials

Salary Grade: 17

Pay Range\ Hiring Range: \$80,508 - \$96,610 Annually

Salary offers are based on the candidate\'s equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification.

Supervises accountants and paraprofessional accounting staff and participates in professional governmental accounting activities. Performs fund accounting and internal audit activities or maintains a centralized automated accounting system which includes accounts payable and payroll functions. This is distinguished from the Principal Finance Accountant classification by its additional supervisory and technical responsibilities. It is further distinguished from the classifications of Financial Reporting Manager and Financial Systems Manager by its organizational placement, non-managerial nature and limited autonomy.

Essential Functions:

\ As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the departments need and will be communicated to the\ applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Oversees and participates in financial analysis and prepares interim financial statements and annual financial reports or maintains a centralized automated accounting system;

• Plans, coordinates and supervises all activities involved in the overall implementation of the county-wide automated financial management system which includes accounts payable and payroll functions;

• Supervises and performs internal audits of departmental accounting operations, procedures and information;

• Coordinates and participates in single and annual financial statement audits conducted by outside auditors;

• Prepares financial and statistical sections of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for Pima County;

• Reviews, develops and recommends accounting and administrative controls, policies and procedures to improve efficiency, productivity and effectiveness;

• Analyzes various accounting professional guidelines and documents to ensure that the automated accounting system and operating procedures are in compliance;

• Interprets and communicates departmental procedures to ensure understanding and compliance;

• Establishes and maintains liaison relationships with financial and management personnel in other county departments and communicates financial issues which affect departments or individual funds;

• Evaluates the impact and feasibility of requested departmental changes to the automated accounting system and on county-wide operations;

• Coordinates changes to the automated accounting system with programming staff in the centralized Information Services Department;

• Develops and coordinates training courses for departmental users on the financial management system applications;

• Supervises, trains, and evaluates the performance of professional accounting staff;

• Establishes work priorities and assigns work to staff;

• Monitors the progress of assigned projects and re-evaluates and adjusts completion dates as necessary.

\ Minimum Qualifications:

\ Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university with a major in accounting or a related field as defined by the department head at the time of recruitment AND three (3) years of professional accounting experience, which includes one year of supervisory or project lead experience.

\ (Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.)

\ OR:

\ Three (3) years of experience as a Finance Accountant-Principal or Finance Analyst-Principal with Pima County.

Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the \"Education\" and \"Work Experience\" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write \"see resume\" on your application.

Preferred Qualifications:(Be specific in describing your experience in your application. En