Racine County is seeking a Cost Accounting Manager to join our Public Works & Development Services and Finance Department team. This position manages, supervises, and coordinates all financial operations of the Public Works & Development Services department and is a key manager in the Finance Department operations.

Essential duties:

• Manage and maintain the general ledger financial management systems of the Public Works and Development Services in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Report related grants for the single audit and prepare documents for the annual financial audit to ensure the outside auditing firm receives information timely and accurately.
• Submit required reports to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
• Ensure that payroll and accounts payable activities are in compliance with the Federal and State laws and regulations.
• Develop and implement policies, procedures, and controls to ensure compliance with regulations, municipal codes, county ordinances, GAAP, and GASB.
• Develop capital and operational annual budgets for Public Works and Development Services.
• Set financial goals for departments and work with managers to ensure those goals are met.
• Monitor cost and revenues while tracking budgets to advise management of financial position throughout the year.
• Work with highway management to strategically plan work while staying with in the confines of Wisconsin Department of Transportation Routine Maintenance Agreement.
• Maintain financial records for capital assets.
• Supervises: 1 accounting technician, 1 project accountant, and 1 financial specialist

Qualifications:

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field plus five (5) to seven (7) years of progressively responsible accounting, budgeting, or finance experience including supervision.
• Advanced knowledge of government accounting.
• Advanced computer skills required (MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• *Or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities

Knowledge skills and abilities:

• Ability to work independently with attention to detail and good organizational skills.
• Exceptional judgment and ability to function and multi-task under time constraints.
• Strong quantitative (accounting, finance and/or economics), communication (both oral and written) and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with elected officials, other employees, and the general public.