ACCOUNTANT Position Available In Orangeburg, South Carolina

ACCOUNTANT 2.5 2.5

out of 5 stars Orangeburg County, SC The purpose of this job is to assist the Chief Financial Officer and the Finance Services Divisional Director in maintaining an efficient and smooth flow of business in the County’s Finance Department, generally including maintenance and analysis of information in the County’s Enterprise Reporting System (“ERP”), proposing correcting journal entries or other actions as deemed appropriate, preparation of various reports & uploading them into databases when necessary, communication & coordination with other County departments, performing account reconciliations of all types of accounts, assisting other finance department staff with bookkeeping, financial reporting, and transaction processing, and providing assistance with various periodic financial reporting and the annual budgeting process. This position works under general supervision, independently developing work methods and sequences.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this position. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the position as necessary. ERP account analysis and reconciliation for all county funds and accounts. The reconciliation process involves comparing two or more data sets, identifying the differences between the data sets and determining the correct handling of the differences. Assist in, or perform the monthly and annual closing of periods in the ERP and related submodules such as projects and grants as applicable. Creates, analyzes, and corrects data for upload to the County’s General Ledger. Assists in the preparation of the County’s Annual Financial Statements and related audit workpapers. Assists in the preparation of routine internal financial reports. Assists with the review of various transaction batches in the ERP workflow. Assists with identifying opportunities for improving the ERP. Summarize and upload custodial bank accounts transactions for the Family Court, Probate, Clerk of Court, Detention Center, Delinquent Tax, Magistrates and Master in Equity. Perform other duties and related work as instructed and assigned.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires a Bachelors Degree in, Accounting, Business or Public Administration, Management or similar major, or an Associate’s Degree in, Accounting or Business and four (4) years equivalent, relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

Software Proficiency:

MS Office Suite, especially Excel, Word & Power Point; Tyler Technologies Munis preferred, or other similar Enterprise Resource Planning systems

Supervisory Functions:

None Special Certifications and Licenses:

None required.

Reasoning/Mathematic/Language:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Performs sedentary work that involves walking or standing some of the time and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or sustained keyboard operations. Specific vision abilities required by this job include ability to adjust focus. Unavoidable Hazards (Work Environment): The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Americans with

Disabilities Act Compliance:

Orangeburg County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires Orangeburg County to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.

Position :

2368

Code :

486-1

Type :

INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

Location :

FINANCE Group :

REGULAR EX

Job Family :

FINANCE Job Class :

ACCOUNTANT

Posting Start :

04/28/2025

Posting End :

12/31/9999