Senior Accounting Specialist (Accounting Support III)

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Johnson County Health & Environment department is looking for a qualified candidate to fill the position of a Senior Accounting Specialist. The position is located at 11875 S Sunset Drive, Suite 300, Olathe, KS 66061. This position provides excellent benefits, including health insurance, wellness programs and discounts, retirement programs, and various other discount programs.

This posting will remain open until filled, with first review of applications on September 12, 2025.

Duties for this position will include:

• Reviews, reconciles, compiles, tracks, and processes accounting transactions involving cash, receipts, invoices, requisitions, vouchers, journal entries, expense reports, and other similar items for approval; analyzes and evaluates financial/statistical data to make recommendations and report on department, division, or fund expenditures and revenues in order to assist with budget or financial statement preparation; ensure compliance with governmental reporting regulations, or for management decisions regarding budget or fiscal issues.

• Communicates verbally and in writing with internal and external contacts in order to resolve discrepancies and exchange or update information; explains rules, regulations, and policies regarding fiscal programs to staff to ensure compliance with accounting policies and procedures.

• Reviews and evaluates accounting records and fiscal activities to ensure accuracy and compliance with accounting/legal requirements; identifies issues, trends and patterns; analyzes and explains variances and reports on irregularities; prepares documentation for revenue estimating; assists in the development, modification, implementation, and maintenance of an automated financial tracking and recordkeeping system to improve efficiency of the accounting unit and to maintain the integrity of the information generated.

• Develops and prepares standard and customized reports, such as summaries of balances, cost information, and other reports; assists with processing fiscal period opening/closing transactions; prepares complex documents such as financial statements and/or annual department budget by compiling and summarizing financial or statistical data for management use; prepares cost, staffing, and utilization analysis.

• Audits, identifies, and corrects discrepancies and variances in reports and systems.

• Processes and manages fiscal activity in multiple grants. Presents grant status updates to Division Directors and program staff. Prepares financial status reporting for assigned grants.

Job Requirements

Associates degree in Accounting or related field and two years in bookkeeping, accounting, or administrative functions involving record keeping or related area are required.

Experience can substitute for education. Education can substitute for experience.