This is advanced accounting and supervisory work coordinating functions of the Financial Accounting Management Information System.

An employee in this class is responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling the operation of the County's Automated General Ledger Unit in monitoring the daily performance of the on-line Financial Accounting Management Information System. Responsibilities include responding to the needs of operating departments for accounting and financial information, researching and correcting transactions, scheduling processing cycles, verifying transaction processing, preparing and monitoring refinements to FAMIS as needed, and providing for the storage of accounting and statistical transactions on microfilm and paper media. The incumbent exercises independent judgment in the application of technical expertise required to ensure proper system functioning. Supervision is exercised over a staff of technical and clerical subordinates engaged in data entry and related FAMIS accounting activities. Supervision is received from a professional superior who reviews work for satisfactory completion of assigned responsibilities.

ILLUSTRATIVE TASKS

Plans, organizes, supervises, and controls the operation of the Automated General Ledger Unit engaged in monitoring the daily performance of on-line FAMIS to ensure that the system is functioning properly; maintains and schedules interfaces from other subsystems, defines and produces reports, and responds to the needs of departments for timely and reliable management accounting and financial information.

Supervises and participates in researching and correcting transactions, and posting errors on management reports; approves and prepares adjusting entries; manages scheduling of daily, weekly, monthly, and year-end processing cycles between central computer operations and user departments.

Verifies daily and month-end processing control report and ensures that daily and monthly FAMIS transaction processing is complete and in compliance with accounting principles; maintains interest allocation subsystem.

Prepares and monitors refinements to FAMIS as needed for production, job control, chart of acccounts, and report distribution; organizes and tests new subsystems and ensures documentation is updated when new versions are received; coordinates program modifications with outside consultants and central computer operations.

Provides customer services to user departments, including individual training, responding to report requests, and distribution of financial reports.

Provides for and supervises the storing of accounting and statistical transactions on microfiche, microfilm and paper form; maintains controls to prevent misplacement of stored items.

Makes recommendations regarding hiring, discipline, and promotion of subordinates; authorizes leave and overtime; evaluates and rates employee performance.

Performs related work as required.

KNOWLEDGES, ABILITIES, AND SKILLS

Considerable knowledge of the principles of accounting.

Considerable knowledge of the functions and operations of the Financial Accounting Management Information System.

Considerable knowledge of the sources and organization of information contained on a wide variety of automated accounting and financial reports.

Considerable knowledge of the needs of user departments for computerized financial and accounting information.

Knowledge of supervisory principles and practices.

Knowledge of departmental policies and procedures pertaining to the operation of FAMIS.

Ability to supervise subordinates in a manner conducive to full performance and high morale.

Ability to coordinate daily operation of the Financial Accounting Management Information System to provide user departments with required financial and accounting information.

Ability to analyze complex accounting transactions, determine sources of error, and make appropriate adjustments.

Ability to coordinate work with central data processing officials and officials of user departments.

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with subordinates, superiors and officials of other County departments.

Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing.

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