Financial Reporting Accountant jobs in Orlando, FL

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Orlando, The City Beautiful

For most of Orlando’s history we’ve been the place everyone wants to visit. Today, we’re also the place where everyone wants to live and do business. List after list has Orlando as one of the fastest growing cities in America. We’re transitioning from our role as the young upstart to a more mature, global city.

This didn’t happen by accident. Together as a community, we developed a shared vision for our city focused on creating partnerships and we’ve transformed Orlando from a place that was packed with potential into a city on the rise.

Our vision ensures we are an inclusive, compassionate community that is generating jobs, becoming the most sustainable city in the nation, keeping our community safe, making it easier to get around, and increasing the quality of life. Together, we can continue realizing all our city’s potential.

Come be part of our community with the City of Orlando.

• Responsible for the planning, preparation, and timely completion of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, Popular Annual Financial Report, State Annual Financial Report and other required external and internal reports.

• Ensure compliance with US GAAP, GASB, and other required authoritative standards.

• Ensure accurate and timely monthly and yearly accounting closing.

• Serve as liaison with external financial auditors and coordinates the completion of audit requests with City personnel.

• Provide accounting guidance and training to citywide fiscal management and staff as needed.

• Assist in evaluating, designing, developing, implementing, and enforcing accounting policies, process improvements, and internal controls.

• Supervises accounting staff that work in areas including Cash, Investments, Debt, Fixed Assets, Pensions.

• Performs complex analysis and reporting as needed.

• Perform other work as required.

Bachelor Degree in Accounting or a closely related required field plus four years of accounting and financial reporting or auditing experience required, three years of which must have been in a governmental entity, two years of which must have been in a supervisory capacity; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Certified Public Accountant (C.P.A.) Certification required or must be obtained within one year of hire. Certified Management Accountant (C.M.A.) preferred. 

• Two (2) years of direct experience for an associate degree;
• Four (4) years of direct experience for a bachelor's degree;
• Six (6) years of direct experience for a master's degree; or 
• Nine (9) years of direct experience for a doctoral degree