Accounting Specialist (Accounts Payable)- Port Everglades

• Eleven (11) paid holidays each year
• Vacation (Paid Time Off) = 2 weeks per year 
• Tuition Reimbursement (Up to 2K annually)
• Up to 40 hours of Job Basis Leave for eligible positions
• Paid Parental Leave

• High Deductible Health Plan – bi-weekly premiums: Single $10.39 / Family $76.94
   Includes a County Funded Health Savings Account of up to $2400 Annually
• Consumer Driven Health Plan – bi-weekly premiums: Single $78.64 / Family $273.13

• 457 Deferred Compensation county matches up to 2K a year.

• Ability to secure and maintain a valid Florida Driver's License at the time of appointment and for the duration of employment.
• Ability to secure and maintain a Transportation Worker Identification card (TWIC) within 60 days of employment and for the duration of employment (if required).
• Ability to secure and maintain a valid Seaport Business Purpose Credential for the duration of employment.

• Bachelor's Degree
• 1 year of accounts payable experience
• 1 year of construction contract payable experience
• 1 year experience accounts payable experience in a government agency

• Reviews documents in order to process supplier invoices, construction invoices, retainage requests, and employee travel expenses.
• Documents are checked for appropriate documentation and approval prior to processing.  
• The position creates, calculates, reviews, and maintains records of payments, retainage transactions, and non-encumbered transactions for accounting, budgeting, and auditing purposes.
• Monitors budgeted expenditures in order to ensure funds are available in appropriate accounts to purchase required supplies, materials, and equipment.
• The position prepares budget transfers, creates journal entries, researches payments made to vendors, and processes travel requests and non-encumbered payments.
• Provides customer service and communicates in person, using the telephone, and in writing with internal and external customers. 
• The position researches and resolves a variety of routine internal and external inquiries regarding account and invoice status, including communicating the resolution of discrepancies to the appropriate persons.
• Performs business duties and special projects, creating a variety of spreadsheets in order to capture data and facilitate the preparation of reports; scans documents into a database and reviews for quality control; processes vendor and customer payments for recorded documents; and responds to customer and vendor requests.
• Performs related work as assigned.

Performs sedentary work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or sustained keyboard operations.

None.

• Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Customer focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Instills trust: Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
• Values differences: Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.