Accounting Manager

Salary : $59,238.40 - $71,073.60 Annually

Before applying for this role, please read the following information about this opportunity found below.

Location : St. Ann, MO

Job Type : Full-Time

Job Number : 2024-00286

Department : Human Services - DHS Administration

Opening Date : 09 / 06 / 2024

Closing Date : 10 / 6 / 2024 11 : 59 PM Central

Description

The Accounting Manager position will serve in a critical leadership position with broad responsibility to oversee ten (10) accounting staff and the complex operations of the fiscal and accounting services within the Department.

Agency of decision making will be granted through this position for optimizing efficient operations and instituting sound accounting practices in service delivery to St. Louis County, MO residents.

This Accounting Manager position is responsible for executing strategies for the overall organizational effectiveness of the fiscal and budgetary functions of the Department.

The candidate selected must demonstrate extensive experience, exceptional skill, and the successful ability to :

• develop and implement systems and processes for collecting, analyzing, verifying and reporting financial information;
• manage accounting staff; recruit, train, assign, schedule, coach, counsel, and discipline employees; communicate job expectations;
• plan, monitor, appraise, and review job contributions; enforce policies and procedures;
• assess and maintain internal controls and facilitate solutions with excellent professional judgement;
• implement excellent standards of accounting best practices;
• manage change around implementing improvement of internal accounting practices;
• write standard operating procedures / methodology for carrying out day-to-day accounting processes and functions;
• facilitate training and create training materials (i.e., worksheets, MS PowerPoint presentations, desk / job-aids) targeted for both program and accounting personnel.

WORK LOCATION : Saint Ann, MO 63074 at 500 Northwest Plaza Drive.

Examples of Duties

• Ensure the financial integrity of the fiscal responsibility for the department.
• Assess / Evaluate accounting processes for quality assurance and internal controls and develop plans for continuous improvement and sustainability.
• Supervise and manage accounting staff.
• Oversee the development of the department's annual budget.
• Oversee the successful execution of contract / agreement processes.
• Ensure that expenditures are allowable, authorized, and appropriated in the department's budget.
• Establish standard operating procedures for accounting-related processes.
• Create / Oversee revenue plans and actively identify and support grant proposals for new funding resources in support of strategic goals.
• Establish / Assess key performance data relative to accounting functions and act to improve performance outcomes.
• Train accounting personnel on best practices for day-to-day accounting functions.
• Facilitate orientation / on-boarding, in-service training, and materials for accounting-related processes.
• Provide consult to program staff on multi-year budget plans.
• Establish and support collaborative engagement among teams across DHS.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business management. Five years of related experience in a supervisory role.

PREFERRED LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND VALUES

Master's degree in accounting, finance, business management. Ten years of experience managing large complex financial operations. CPA licensed.

• Demonstrate initiative to obtain / gather information / knowledge independently from subject-matter experts, team members and colleagues to gain situational awareness, facilitate solutions to problems, and deliver timely progress reports to Director's Office;
• Demonstrate initiative to resolve or clarify process steps, discrepancies, conflicts; Demonstrate exceptional skill in building rapport with authority figures, influencers, team-members, and colleagues;

Demonstrate value for social services and continuous quality improvement.

Additional Information

SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT : A selection committee will evaluate the qualifications of each applicant which will include recentness and appropriateness of the applicant's education and experience, answers to the supplemental questions, results of employment references investigated and any other appropriate information available.

The selection committee will admit to the interview only those persons who possess the most job related qualifications and may establish admittance criteria beyond the minimum qualifications stated above.

The interview will comprise 100% of the applicant's earned grade. A candidate must earn a qualifying grade of 70 or more on the interview to be eligible for appointment.

After initial interviews with the selected candidates are conducted, an email will be sent to the address on file with instructions on how to complete and submit a Conviction Questionnaire.

Candidates have 3 days to complete the required questionnaire.

The five top ranking candidates, based on the final grade, will be certified to the Department Director / Appointing Authority who will make the final decision.

All applicants conditionally offered a merit position will be required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.

Screening will be performed by a reputable clinical laboratory. The cost of screening will be covered by the County.

HOW TO APPLY : Applicants interested in applying for this position should visit our website. We only accept On-line applications.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY : The policy of the Civil Service Commission of St. Louis County is to support fair and equitable employment opportunities for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veterans' status or political affiliation.

Call the Division of Personnel at (314) 615-5429 for more information on this policy.

St. Louis County

Division of Personnel, 7th Floor

Clayton, MO 63105

314) 615-5429

Relay MO 711 or 800-735-2966

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Fax : (314) 615-7703

www.stlouiscountymo.gov

St. Louis County offers its employees many excellent benefits with paid medical insurance, 20 days of PTO (paid time off) the first year and increasing with seniority, and 11 paid holidays.

Employees hired for full time employment will participate in the St. Louis County retirement plan where they contribute 4% of their salary to the defined benefit plan with vesting after 7 years.

Other benefits include : paid life insurance, a credit union, 457 Deferred Compensation Plan, pre-tax premium pay plan, dependent care and medical expense reimbursement plans, and short and long term disability insurance.

In addition to these benefits, as of January 1, 2023, St. Louis County approved up to 480 hours of paid parental leave for eligible employees welcoming new children, either by birth or adoption.

The employee can also take up to 80 hours of leave for prenatal care and up to 80 hours for care of the child within the first year.

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