Chief Accountant - City of Lakeland, Civil Service

This is advanced professional accounting and administrative work in planning, organizing, and directing the operations for central fiscal control.  Work involves supervising and participating in all general accounting activities of a department.  Work includes the exercise of considerable judgment in planning, installing, revising, and maintaining accounting procedures and in preparing statements and reports.  Supervision is exercised directly or through subordinate supervisors over all employees of the unit.  Work assignments are received in the general form indicating desired results, and questions relating to major objectives and priority of work are discussed with the department head.  Work is subject to verification by periodic audits and various internal automatic checks.