Finance Operations Analyst

Finance Operations Analyst - Accounts Payable

Location: 14 South Fort Harrison Avenue, Clearwater, FL 33756

Schedule: Some remote work

This position is responsible for supporting the integrity of transactions residing in the Accounts Payable and Oracle ERP. Duties include financial analysis, process improvement, training, troubleshooting system issues, and a variety of documentation, reconciliation and reporting activities.

This role may involve the following responsibilities:

• Pre-audit of complex invoices, including construction pay applications.
• Research of Accounts Payable related items from bank reconciliations.
• Preparing weekly, monthly and quarterly reports.
• Maintaining signature authorization forms and updating AME (Approval Management Engine).
• Auditing Spending in the Sunshine.
• Assist with monthly balancing
• May assist with setting up distribution sets and recurring invoices.
• Review, set-up and maintain vendor records
• Trouble shoots system problems.
• Assists with testing.
• Work some special projects as assigned.
• Performs any other task needed to maintain an efficient workflow within the department.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.

What Do you Need To Have?

• Five years' experience in semi-professional accounting, bookkeeping, purchasing, or finance support using a personal computer and state-of-the art software applications with preference given candidates who successfully completed 12 or more college level credit hours in accounting and finance courses; or
• Associate's degree (or 4 years of other related college level education) in accounting, business administration or related field and 3 years of experience as described above; or
• Bachelor's degree and 1-year experience as described above; or
• Master's or higher level-degree described above; or
• An equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
• Assignment to work a variety of work schedules including compulsory work periods in special, emergency, and/or disaster situations.

Highly Desirable

• In-depth experience and knowledge of an ERP system and most desirably Oracle applications.
• Knowledge of the effect transactions created in Accounts Payable have on General Ledger.
• Knowledge of a relational database system is desired.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• High proficiency in Microsoft Office products with an emphasis on Excel, and preferably experience with Oracle applications.
• Knowledge of advanced budgetary processes, financial accounting and fund organization including proper accounting based on laws, rules and other regulatory requirements.
• Knowledge of best practices and procedures for Accounts Payable, payment processing, and audit compliance.
• Ability to conduct research, identify and evaluate process improvement opportunities and assist with implementation of approved strategies.
• Ability to analyze complex transactions and reports (including reconciliations) and make appropriate correcting entries and/or recommendations.
• Ability to understand advanced automated accounting systems as well as to train and guide others on how to understand and maintain financial accounting files, with emphasis on all Accounts Payable transactions.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff within the Finance Division, county departments, and external users.
• Ability to organize, multitask and prioritize deadlines, such as external audit requests that include gathering information and preparing statements while still supporting the department's day to day needs.
• Aptitude to readily navigate within other systems such as SAP, Granicus, Documentum, Nexgen and Chedas. May assist with application testing and report writing.

Finance Operations Analyst, C23