Accounting Specialist (Mid-Senior Level) - Government Services (Education)
Horne is an industry leader in Accounting and Business Advisory Services and currently provides service from 23 locations across the US and Puerto Rico. Our Government Services practice is at the forefront of disaster recovery efforts nationwide with one of the most experienced and innovative teams anywhere.
The QA/QC within Government Services performs real-time analysis and review of extensive documentation required by federal regulations for Houston and Harris County Housing Programs. As a result, candidates should be critical thinkers who aren't afraid to speak up and contribute solutions for the greater good.
Required Strengths and Skill Sets include:
- Must be comfortable utilizing program policies and procedures to quickly solve problems and ensure program compliance.
- Will ask bold questions to inform policy, welcome feedback on work product, and proactively collaborate with the team at large.
- Must possess effective data analysis and review skills
- Must be able to meet daily and weekly production goals as set by the program
Primary Duties:
- Collect and verifies information provided for program. Develops and maintains professional relationships with coworkers, case management team, homeowners, and other external groups to provide effective and timely customer service, information, and problem resolution. Sends, receives, analyzes, and processes electronic correspondence, documents, and forms.
- Creates updates and reports to effectively communicate the progress of the program.
- Client eligibility data and documentation compilation.
- Creates updates and reports to effectively communicate the progress of the program
- Organize report supporting documents
- Support response to Monitoring and Audits process for federal and local regulatory bodies.
- Develop, organize, monitor, and maintain detailed Program's document files on different digital platforms.
- Draft, format and file notifications, letters, memos, and all required meeting documents (agendas, meeting summaries, sign-in sheets).
Candidates must possess the following:
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Accounting or Finance or related field preferred
- Minimum of three (3) years in a professional office setting is preferred
- Superior verbal and written communication skills
- For California Locations: Bilingual - Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Spanish speakers
HORNE Values…
- A forward-thinking, anticipatory professional driven by a passion to pursue your full potential and dreams.
- A work environment that promotes collaboration, consistency and community service to empower people.
- An inclusive culture that promotes career/life integration and invests in developing people in areas of focused expertise.
HORNE Offers…
- An unrivaled distinctive, special culture that values collaboration, innovation and positive energy which HORNE calls the Wise Firm ©.
- A team of professionals grounded in strong, personal relationships and a sense of belonging to a common purpose for adding value and making a difference.
- A dedicated team of individuals from diverse backgrounds working together to leave our clients better than we found them.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) Associate
