Position Remuneration:
Salary range from $45,680 to $75,371
Health, Vision, and Dental insurance coverage at $0 employee cost.
403b retirement plan with employer match options.
College tuition reimbursement.
Required Education:
4 Year Degree
Position Overview:
Under the direction of the Director of Accounting and Finance, the Accounting Specialist is responsible for maintaining the financial records that track the Florida Sheriffs Association’s revenues and expenditures, cash flow, and other financial activities.
Responsibilities
• Recording of deposits and accounts receivables.
• Disseminate weekly reports of cash receipts to other departments within the association.
• Accounts payable responsibilities including charging expenses to accounts, recording entries, processing checks, resolving purchase orders or invoice discrepancies, verifying vendor accounts, and similar functions.
• Process requests and create accounts receivable invoices.
• Exports training revenue reports from training registration software and record payments made online in the accounting software.
• Reconcile event reports from the training registration software to the general ledger, identify discrepancies, and invoice customers with outstanding balances.
• Imports of data into software.
• Reconcile transactions to the deposits on the bank statement.
• Processes and records receipt of credit card transactions.
• Download and file monthly credit card processor statements, and record charges and fees in the general ledger.
• Monitor credit card processor alerts for chargebacks and disseminate the information to the appropriate department within the association.
• Reconcile all bank accounts.
• Review employee expense reports and reimbursement requests for proper documentation and code the charges to the correct general ledger expense accounts.
• Prepare financial reports to submit to grantor agencies for monthly reimbursement requests.
• File the annual report to the Division of Consumer Services for the solicitation permit.
• File Division of Corporations annual reports.
• Process and record payroll and benefits payments.
• Remit monthly payroll tax deposits to the IRS.
• Maintain accounting data files.
• Prepare and file monthly sales tax returns.
• Prepare and file payroll and unemployment returns.
• Prepare and file W-2’s, 1099’s and other IRS documentation
• Maintain files and documents.
• Assist with preparation for the annual audit and assist auditors as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Other special projects as assigned by the Director of Accounting and Finance.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related discipline.
• CPA license preferred, but not required.
• Three or more years of relevant experience including financial accounting controls, processes and procedures, preferably in a non-profit environment.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Experience with virtual accounting systems. Experience with Accufund Accounting Software is a plus.
Position Skills:
Knowledge of accounting principles and practices, such as legal retention periods, tax requirements, and fiscal policies and procedures.
Maintain confidentiality regarding and experience with employee benefits and compensation, and unemployment.
Observance to chain of command and segregation of responsibilities.
Familiarity with Microsoft Office 365 & Adobe Acrobat.
Florida’s sheriffs, united in purpose and voice, for the protection of Florida’s citizens and visitors.The mission of the Florida Sheriffs Association as a self-sustaining, charitable organization is to foster the effectiveness of the Office of Sheriff through leadership, education and training, innovative practices and legislative initiatives.The Florida Sheriffs Association values integrity, fairness, commitment and accountability. Integrity is practiced by each of our members and the organizations they represent and we are committed to the protection of the Office of Sheriff and to our obligation to the citizens we serve. We practice fairness and accountability in our interactions with the members of our organizations, our citizens and the visitors to this state.