Close date: April 15, 2026\n \nThis position manages the Transit Department's financial activities by overseeing and monitoring all accounting, budget, purchasing, and payroll functions as well as performing financial forecasting and grant management to ensure agency compliance in all fiscal activities.\n \nEXAMPLE OF DUTIES\n \nManages the Transit Department's budget and financial accounting activities, including payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets, inventory, purchasing, capital planning, as well as revenue and expenditure monitoring by preparing and reviewing a variety of financial analysis, audits, and reports, and submitting department expenditures in accordance with County policies, procedures, and labor agreements to ensure sound fiscal management\n \nDevises and implements systems for general accounting, ensuring proper internal controls are in place, in order to maintain conformance with state, federal, and other regulatory agencies\n \nEnsures efficient flow of federal funds by using complex reconciliation techniques associated with a variety of systems processing requirements\n \nAnalyzes financial information by detailing assets, liabilities, and capital and preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports to summarize current and projected agency financial position \n \nComplies with county, state, and federal agency reporting guidelines by maintaining and providing complex statistical data and information regarding Transit's capital and operating budget\n \nPerforms highly responsible and complex financial management and administrative support duties related to federal and state funded transit grant programs by overseeing grant application preparation, compliance management, and mandated reporting as well as reviewing grant expenditure records and working closely with federal and state agencies on grant reporting system applications\n \nRecommends and implements policies and procedures for transit operations related to grant funding compliance and financial management by staying abreast of new trends and innovations in the field of grants management and federal procurement and finance guidelines\n \nSupervises staff by prioritizing and assigning work, conducting performance evaluations, ensuring policies and procedures are followed, mentoring employees, and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary decisions and recommendations in order to ensure high levels of customer service and an effective teamwork approach\n \nAdministers the Transit's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program and serves as the liaison for the Federal Transit Agency (FTA) National Transit Database (NTD) reporting modules to ensure transit compliance with established requirements and guidelines\n \nPromotes the Transit department by collaborating with other departments and divisions and serving as a liaison to transit related organizations regarding program funding activities\n \nProvides staff assistance to the Department Director and other department managers and supervisors by preparing and presenting staff reports and correspondence, participating on committees, reviewing various personnel documents and reports, and resolving personnel related issues\n \nTYPICAL QUALIFICATION \n \nMinimum Qualification Requirements:\n \nTraining and Experience:\n \nBachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or related field and four years of accounting or financial analysis experience, including two years at the supervisory level; or a combination of education and experience equivalent to these requirements.\n \nLicenses and Certifications:\n \nNone\n \nPreferred Qualifications:\n \nCertified Public Accountant (CPA)\n \nGrant management experience\n \nKnowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics (KSAOs):\n \nmanagement principles and practices\n \nautomated accounting systems\n \nprinciples and practices of governmental and financial fund accounting and auditing\n \nbudgeting practices and processes\n \nrecordkeeping systems\n \nfinancial strategic planning and analysis\n \napplicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, regulations, codes, and/or statutes\n \nfinancial reporting methods\n \nfinancial control practices and procedures\n \nGenerally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)\n \nhandling multiple tasks simultaneously\n \ncommunication and interpersonal relations as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, elected officials, and the general public sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction\n \ncompile, analyze, and prepare financial information\n \nmonitor and evaluate subordinate staff\n \ndevelop and administer budgets\n \napply contract, grant, and other administrative limitations to project activities\n \nperform mathematical computations, such as probability and statistics\n \nread, analyze, and interpret finance and accounting related materials and reports\n \ninterpret and apply applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations\n \npresent information and respond to questions from groups of managers, customers, clients, and the general public\n \nsolve issues by defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions\n \ndeal with abstract and concrete variables\n \ndevelop and implement internal control procedures\n \nwrite reports, procedure manuals, and business correspondence\n \nSUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION\n \nCounty-wide Employee Responsibilities:\n \nAll Escambia County BCC employees must serve the public and fellow employees with honesty and integrity in full accord with the letter and spirit of Escambia County BCC's Employee Code of Ethics, gift, and conflict of interest policies.\n \nAll Escambia County BCC employees must establish and maintain effective working relationships with the general public, co-workers, elected and appointed officials and members of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, political affiliation, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or gender identity and expression.\n \nEmergency Management Responsibilities:\n \nDuring emergency conditions, the incumbent of this position will automatically be considered an emergency service worker. This employee is subject to being called to work in the event of a disaster, such as a hurricane, or other emergency situation and is expected to perform emergency service duties as assigned.\n \nPhysical Requirements: \n \nPositions in this class typically require sitting, standing, talking, hearing, seeing, finger and hand dexterity as well as repetitive motions. Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.\n \nBenefits/Compensation Package:\n\n Medical / Dental / Vision plans\n Prescription coverage\n Employee health clinic\n Employee fitness centers\n Employer-sponsored retirement plan or an investment plan\n Deferred Compensation Plan\n Flexible Spending Account(s)\n Employee Assistance Program\n Annual/Sick Leave or Paid Time Off (PTO)\n Group Life Insurance\n\n