ACCOUNTANT II

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06/27/2025 - 07/11/2025

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Position Description

LOCATION:Queen Anne's County, Maryland

JOB SUMMARY

The salary for this position is the minimum of the range.This position provides accounting and financial services requiring mostly independent activity under the direction and supervision of the Chief Accounting Officer. The Accountant II position could work on a variety of tasks, but typically focused in one main area. This description includes all areas even though one person is not responsible for all Accountant II functions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Provide cordial, responsive, and accurate customer service.

Project and Capital Asset Accounting:

Monitor and update the capital asset subsidiary ledger, ensuring that all assets meeting materiality thresholds are capitalized and depreciated.

Responsible for capital project accounting, including setting up new projects, monitoring for budget issues, working with Departments, and providing reports to the Finance Director.

Review and identify project budget overages and work directly with departments if a budget amendment is necessary.

Works directly with County departments and auditors on all capital asset issues and questions.

Perform all year-end capital procedures including depreciation, reporting, fixed asset schedules for the annual audit, and responding to audit questions on capital items.

Review accounts payable for potential fixed asset additions.

Provide general accounting support to departments, including preparing budget amendments, adjusting journal entries, reconciliations, payroll, grant reporting, and other financial tasks to ensure departments have accurate financial information for decision-making.

Audit and Grant Accounting:

Prepare financial grant reports ensuring that expenditures are within award specifications and that grant reimbursements are received.Perform various audit and budget tasks including complex reconciliations.Prepare and enter various adjustments to the General Ledger.

Participate in the major components of the Audit, to include working directly with the Auditors and other departments, updating and/or creating new spreadsheets and word documents for the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), and final preparation of the ACFR for submission.

Other Responsibilities:

Reconcile County bank accounts, following up on outstanding issues and maintaining proper procedures necessary to help identify fraud.

Manage the County credit cards.

Create and update procedural manuals.

Perform other duties as assigned to support the Finance Office and County operations.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Extensive knowledge and skills in capital projects and fixed assets.Ability to maintain cooperative relationships with those contacted in the course of work activities.Skill in the operation of personal computer or analogous computer hardware and word processing, spread sheet, and application software relating to payroll and accounts payable.Ability to write clearly and cogently on a variety of subjects related to the position.Ability to learn and understand the operating issues of other departments and agencies.

Knowledge of, and experience with, Tyler Munis software is a plus.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Status as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is preferred, but not required.

Possession of a Class C Maryland Motor Vehicle Operators License (or the equivalent from another issuing state) or the ability to obtain such a license within thirty (30) days of employment to position.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration and a minimum of three (3) years of experience performing comparable accounting tasks, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Governmental or non-profit sector preferred, but not required.

In addition to these requirements, the following must also be achieved for internal promotions:

Minimum of two years of perfor

Queen Anne's County Government

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