Transportation Accountant/Auditor Senior - Kanawha County

The Transportation Accountant/Auditor Senior performs advanced professional accounting duties in general accounting and auditing, financial analysis, and/or statutory accounting. This position will serve in the Budget Section of the Finance Division. Prepares highly complex expense, revenue, and reconciliation reports. Plans, assigns, and reviews work of lower level accountants and handles more sensitive accounting matters. May supervise, assign, and review work of professional employees in preparation of financial reports and maintenance of general ledgers, budgetary control accounts, and other comparable accounting reports. Supervisor provides limited direction as to division objectives and goals, provides some input on more sensitive and complex projects, including deadlines and priorities. Distinguishing factors pertain to the latitude granted to this position to work independently on more complex accounting responsibilities and serving in a supervisory or lead worker capacity over lower level accountants in this series.
 

Minimum Requirements

REQUIRED TRAINING/EDUCATION 

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university and at least 24 semester hours in accounting.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Four (4) year of full-time or equivalent part-time paid professional experience in accounting work.
• Substitution: Master’s degree in accounting may substitute for two (2) years of the required experience.

          OR

• Substitution: Certification or registration as a public accountant in West Virginia may be substituted for the required training/education and two (2) years of the required experience.

Promotional Only: Two (2) year of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience as a Transportation Accountant/Auditor.