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Location : Harry Reid International Airport - Las Vegas, NV
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 24-5633
Department: Finance
Division: Finance Administration/Budget
Opening Date: 03/19/2024
Closing Date: 4/2/2024 5:01 PM Pacific
FLSA: Exempt
ABOUT THE POSITION
The Clark County Department of Aviation is seeking qualified candidates to apply for the Principal Accountant position. This position will be responsible for developing, planning, and overseeing a variety of accounting functions including, but not limited to, internal controls over financial reporting, assisting with drafting and implementation of policies and procedures, conducting research, and doing related analysis. The ideal candidate will have strong technical accounting experience.
This examination will establish an Open Competitive Eligibility list to fill current and/or future vacancies that may occur within the next six (6) months or may be extended as needed by Human Resources.
This classification is designated exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and is therefore, not eligible for overtime.
Human Resources reserves the right to call only the most qualified applicants to the selection process.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education and Experience:
Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics or a related field, AND four (4) years of full-time professional level accounting experience; public agency experience, an advanced degree, and/or CPA desirable.
Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see attached resume" on your application.
Working Conditions: Work evening, night, weekend and holiday shifts.
Pre-Employment Drug Testing: Employment is contingent upon the results of a pre-employment drug examination.
Residency Requirement: Permanent employees must maintain a principal place of residency within the boundaries of Clark County and provide proof of compliance with Nevada motor vehicle registration and drivers' license laws within 90 days of employment.
Background Check: Employment with the Department of Aviation is contingent upon completion of an education/experience background investigation, a fingerprint-based criminal history record check processed by the FBI, and upon the ability to be granted a security badge as mandated by the Transportation Security Administration. Note: all prospective hires must present two original government issued ID's upon acceptance of job offer. Examples of acceptable ID's include a Passport, Driver's License or DMV issued ID, birth certificate, Social Security card, Voter Registration card, school issued ID with picture, etc.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Mobility to work in a typical office setting and use standard office equipment, vision to read printed materials and a computer screen, and hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone. Accommodation may be made for some of these physical demands for otherwise qualified individuals who require and request such accommodation.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
Reviews and analyzes departmental and County accounting procedures for conformance with laws, regulations and accepted accounting practices; recommends improvements to such procedures to ensure compliance with laws and regulations. Provides lead direction, training and work assignment and review to professional, technical and support staff; organizes work., sets priorities, instructs staff in work procedures; provides input into selection decisions, performance evaluations and disciplinary matters. Prepares and directs the preparation of budgets, audits, financial statements and varied fiscal reports. Reviews accounting documents to ensure accuracy of information and calculations and makes correcting entries. Develops and implements departmental goals, objectives, policies, procedures and work standards. Examines supporting documentation to establish proper authorization and conformance with agreements, contracts, and state and federal regulations. Prepares and maintains control and subsidiary accounting records involving a variety of transactions and accounts. Maintains expenditure and budgetary control accounts and records; reviews, analyzes and adjusts budgets for departmental and County funds. Analyzes programs and legislation to determine fiscal and budgetary impact; prepares budgetary appropriation transfers and supplemental budgets. Reviews and recommends modifications to accounting systems and procedures. Works with outside auditors as needed.
Join the Clark County Department of Aviation Family where we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:Two Employer Sponsored Health Plans Offered - Choice of PPO or EPO (hybrid of HMO) - eligible first of the month following 15 days of employment Retiree insurance - eligible after 5 years of service Dental Vision Life Insurance - Employer Paid AD&D - Employer Paid Long Term Disability - Employer Paid Generous Leave Accruals that include: Other leave options Tool Allowance for certain eligible positions. Wide Variety of Voluntary Benefits that include Employee Assistance Program Onsite Fitness Center The Department of Aviation, a department of Clark County, is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer Community Volunteer Opportunities Comprehensive training program Wellness program
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The following questions 1-4 will be used to assist in determining if candidates meet the minimum qualifications.
Which describes your highest level of education?
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Please indicate the major of your degree that best qualifies you for this position.
03
If you indicated "Other" in question 2, please list what major your degree was in. Type N/A if this is not applicable.
04
Indicate your full-time professional level accounting experience.
05
Indicate the number of years from question 4 that were in a public agency.
06
Select from this list any below any certifications that you may hold.
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If you indicated "Other" in question 6, please list all current and professional certifications relevant to this position. See template below. Type N/A if this is not applicable to you.
Certification:
Name of agency or institution administering the certification:
08
The following skills assessment is a self-assessment used to evaluate an applicant's training and experience.
I understand that:
A) Part-time experience must be prorated and credited as half of full-time experience (i.e., if you performed the task for two years in a part-time position, 20 hours per week, you can only credit yourself with one year of experience in that area)
B) The education, knowledge, and experience levels indicated by my skills assessment responses must be supported and clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of my application;
C) Any falsification or misrepresentation of the information listed on the employment application or skills assessment may result in removal from the eligibility list or rescinding a job offer;
D) Responses to assessment questions that are not supported and clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections on the application may result in question scores being adjusted to receive zero points;
E) Assessment scores may be used to consider applicants for the selection process;
F) I further understand that since exam scores will be automatically generated based on the applicant's response to each item in the assessment, score appeals will not be allowed for this recruitment.
09
Indicate which software you have professional experience working with.
10
If you indicated "Other" in question 9, please list what relevant software your have professional experience with. Type N/A if this is not applicable.
11
Indicate your full-time professional supervisory, lead, or senior experience in an accounting position.
12
Indicate your full-time professional experience preparing, balancing and analyzing financial statements/transactions.
13
Indicate your full-time professional experience developing governmental budgets.
14
Indicate your full-time professional experience with debt accounting.
15
Indicate your full-time professional experience with fixed asset accounting.
16
Indicate your full-time professional experience with grant accounting.
17
Indicate your full-time professional experience in governmental accounting, fiscal auditing and compliance, and developing and overseeing the implementation of financial policies and procedures in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
18
Indicate your full-time professional experience using automated systems for financial accounting and reporting.
19
Indicate your full-time professional experience reviewing and analyzing an organizations accounting procedures for conformance with laws and regulations and preparing technical reports summarizing conclusions reached through your research.
20
Please list the employer(s) on your application where your experience was obtained in questions 11-19. Type N/A if you have no related experience. See Template Below.
Employer Name:
Job Title:
Hours Worked Per Week:
Dates of Employment:
21
Indicate the Microsoft Office Suite programs you have experience working with (select all that apply):
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Do you currently hold a valid driver's license?
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Location : Harry Reid International Airport - Las Vegas, NV
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 24-5633
Department: Finance
Division: Finance Administration/Budget
Opening Date: 03/19/2024
Closing Date: 4/2/2024 5:01 PM Pacific
FLSA: Exempt
ABOUT THE POSITION
The Clark County Department of Aviation is seeking qualified candidates to apply for the Principal Accountant position. This position will be responsible for developing, planning, and overseeing a variety of accounting functions including, but not limited to, internal controls over financial reporting, assisting with drafting and implementation of policies and procedures, conducting research, and doing related analysis. The ideal candidate will have strong technical accounting experience.
This examination will establish an Open Competitive Eligibility list to fill current and/or future vacancies that may occur within the next six (6) months or may be extended as needed by Human Resources.
This classification is designated exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and is therefore, not eligible for overtime.
Human Resources reserves the right to call only the most qualified applicants to the selection process.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education and Experience:
Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics or a related field, AND four (4) years of full-time professional level accounting experience; public agency experience, an advanced degree, and/or CPA desirable.
Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see attached resume" on your application.
Working Conditions: Work evening, night, weekend and holiday shifts.
Pre-Employment Drug Testing: Employment is contingent upon the results of a pre-employment drug examination.
Residency Requirement: Permanent employees must maintain a principal place of residency within the boundaries of Clark County and provide proof of compliance with Nevada motor vehicle registration and drivers' license laws within 90 days of employment.
Background Check: Employment with the Department of Aviation is contingent upon completion of an education/experience background investigation, a fingerprint-based criminal history record check processed by the FBI, and upon the ability to be granted a security badge as mandated by the Transportation Security Administration. Note: all prospective hires must present two original government issued ID's upon acceptance of job offer. Examples of acceptable ID's include a Passport, Driver's License or DMV issued ID, birth certificate, Social Security card, Voter Registration card, school issued ID with picture, etc.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Mobility to work in a typical office setting and use standard office equipment, vision to read printed materials and a computer screen, and hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone. Accommodation may be made for some of these physical demands for otherwise qualified individuals who require and request such accommodation.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
Reviews and analyzes departmental and County accounting procedures for conformance with laws, regulations and accepted accounting practices; recommends improvements to such procedures to ensure compliance with laws and regulations. Provides lead direction, training and work assignment and review to professional, technical and support staff; organizes work., sets priorities, instructs staff in work procedures; provides input into selection decisions, performance evaluations and disciplinary matters. Prepares and directs the preparation of budgets, audits, financial statements and varied fiscal reports. Reviews accounting documents to ensure accuracy of information and calculations and makes correcting entries. Develops and implements departmental goals, objectives, policies, procedures and work standards. Examines supporting documentation to establish proper authorization and conformance with agreements, contracts, and state and federal regulations. Prepares and maintains control and subsidiary accounting records involving a variety of transactions and accounts. Maintains expenditure and budgetary control accounts and records; reviews, analyzes and adjusts budgets for departmental and County funds. Analyzes programs and legislation to determine fiscal and budgetary impact; prepares budgetary appropriation transfers and supplemental budgets. Reviews and recommends modifications to accounting systems and procedures. Works with outside auditors as needed.
Join the Clark County Department of Aviation Family where we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Alternative Work Schedules
- More Money in Your Pocket
- 100% Employer Paid Defined Benefit Retirement
- No Social Security Deduction
- No State Income Taxes
- - Employer pays 90% of premium
- Pharmacy Benefits (30, 90-day retail or mail order fills)
- 24/7 Telephone Advice Nurse - no employee cost
- Teledoc, Doctoroo, and Dispatch Health
- 12 Paid Holidays plus a Floating Birthday Holiday
- Paid Vacation Leave
- Paid Sick Leave
- Holiday Leave
- Catastrophic Leave
- Parental Leave - Up to 90 days
- Guardian - Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Short-Term Disability Insurance.
- Trustmark - Permanent Life Insurance benefits and long-term care.
- Sunlife Financial - Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance, AD&D, and long-term disability insurance
- TASC - Flexible Spending Account - FSA & Dependent Day Care Debit Card Available
- Morgan Stanley - Deferred Compensation Plan
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The following questions 1-4 will be used to assist in determining if candidates meet the minimum qualifications.
Which describes your highest level of education?
- Some High School
- High School Diploma or GED
- Trade School or Technical Degree
- Some College (1-29 semester credits)
- Some College (30-59 semester credits)
- Some College (60-89 semester credits)
- Some College (90-120+ semester credits)
- Associate's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Master's Degree or higher
- None of the above
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Please indicate the major of your degree that best qualifies you for this position.
- Accounting
- Business Administration
- Economics
- Finance
- Other
- Not Applicable
03
If you indicated "Other" in question 2, please list what major your degree was in. Type N/A if this is not applicable.
04
Indicate your full-time professional level accounting experience.
- No Experience
- Less than 4 years
- 4 to 6 years
- 6 to 8 years
- More than 8 years
05
Indicate the number of years from question 4 that were in a public agency.
- No Experience
- Less than 4 years
- 4 to 6 years
- 6 to 8 years
- More than 8 years
06
Select from this list any below any certifications that you may hold.
- Certified Public Accountant
- Certified Internal Auditor
- Certified Fraud Examiner
- Certified Management Accountant
- I do not hold any of the listed certifications.
- Other
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If you indicated "Other" in question 6, please list all current and professional certifications relevant to this position. See template below. Type N/A if this is not applicable to you.
Certification:
Name of agency or institution administering the certification:
08
The following skills assessment is a self-assessment used to evaluate an applicant's training and experience.
I understand that:
A) Part-time experience must be prorated and credited as half of full-time experience (i.e., if you performed the task for two years in a part-time position, 20 hours per week, you can only credit yourself with one year of experience in that area)
B) The education, knowledge, and experience levels indicated by my skills assessment responses must be supported and clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of my application;
C) Any falsification or misrepresentation of the information listed on the employment application or skills assessment may result in removal from the eligibility list or rescinding a job offer;
D) Responses to assessment questions that are not supported and clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections on the application may result in question scores being adjusted to receive zero points;
E) Assessment scores may be used to consider applicants for the selection process;
F) I further understand that since exam scores will be automatically generated based on the applicant's response to each item in the assessment, score appeals will not be allowed for this recruitment.
- I have read and understand the above information regarding the completion of the following skills assessment questions. I further understand that this recruitment includes a skills assessment and that the answers I provide must be consistent with the "education" and "work history" sections details on my application and that scoring appeals will not be allowed for this recruitment.
09
Indicate which software you have professional experience working with.
- SAP
- Workiva
- Other
10
If you indicated "Other" in question 9, please list what relevant software your have professional experience with. Type N/A if this is not applicable.
11
Indicate your full-time professional supervisory, lead, or senior experience in an accounting position.
- No Experience
- Less than 2 years
- 2 to 4 years
- 4 to 6 years
- More than 6 years
12
Indicate your full-time professional experience preparing, balancing and analyzing financial statements/transactions.
- No Experience
- Less than 2 years
- 2 to 4 years
- 4 to 6 years
- More than 6 years
13
Indicate your full-time professional experience developing governmental budgets.
- No Experience
- Less than 2 years
- 2 to 4 years
- 4 to 6 years
- More than 6 years
14
Indicate your full-time professional experience with debt accounting.
- No Experience
- Less than 2 years
- 2 to 4 years
- 4 to 6 years
- More than 6 years
15
Indicate your full-time professional experience with fixed asset accounting.
- No Experience
- Less than 2 years
- 2 to 4 years
- 4 to 6 years
- More than 6 years
16
Indicate your full-time professional experience with grant accounting.
- No Experience
- Less than 2 years
- 2 to 4 years
- 4 to 6 years
- More than 6 years
17
Indicate your full-time professional experience in governmental accounting, fiscal auditing and compliance, and developing and overseeing the implementation of financial policies and procedures in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- No Experience
- Less than 2 years
- 2 to 4 years
- 4 to 6 years
- More than 6 years
18
Indicate your full-time professional experience using automated systems for financial accounting and reporting.
- No Experience
- Less than 2 years
- 2 to 4 years
- 4 to 6 years
- More than 6 years
19
Indicate your full-time professional experience reviewing and analyzing an organizations accounting procedures for conformance with laws and regulations and preparing technical reports summarizing conclusions reached through your research.
- No Experience
- Less than 2 years
- 2 to 4 years
- 4 to 6 years
- More than 6 years
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Please list the employer(s) on your application where your experience was obtained in questions 11-19. Type N/A if you have no related experience. See Template Below.
Employer Name:
Job Title:
Hours Worked Per Week:
Dates of Employment:
21
Indicate the Microsoft Office Suite programs you have experience working with (select all that apply):
- Access
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Outlook
- Project
- Word
- Visio
- Teams
- SharePoint
- Publisher
- None of the above
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Do you currently hold a valid driver's license?
- Yes, I currently hold a valid Nevada driver's license.
- Yes, I currently hold a valid driver's license from another state.
- No, I do not currently hold a valid driver's license.
Required Question
