| The clients of the Auditor’s Office Accounting/Finance
sections include the other offices, departments and junior taxing
districts within the county. The financial functions of the
Auditor’s Office must balance its oversight role (complying the
federal and state regulations) with meeting the financial needs of
the county offices and departments. The Auditor oversees Accounts
Payable, Payroll and Fiscal Accounting. |
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ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
The Accounts Payable division’s audit function provides an
independent and impartial review of invoices for legitimate
expenditures of County funds. Once the auditing function is
completed, the Accounts Payable division processes warrants for
payment of the invoices processed for that time period.
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OBJECTIVES:
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- Administration and timely production of claims warrants for
payment of invoices submitted by county departments as required
by statute and county policy.
- Continued implementation of the EDEN financial system, which
will assist county departments with accounts payables.
- Produce monthly financial reports on-line for departments in
a timely manner.
- Continued development of a standardized accounts
payable manual to be distributed to all County departments for
county policies and procedures.
- Provide training and professional development in EDEN
financial systems and attend
WSACA sponsored Finance conferences.
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PAYROLL
The Payroll division is responsible for the production of the county
payroll, processing the related transactions and reports and
generation of county employee paychecks. This division works closely
with the State Department of Retirement, Social Security
Administration, Employment Security Department and the Internal
Revenue Service.
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OBJECTIVES:
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- Administration and accurate production of salary warrants
for county employees and other junior taxing districts and
processing the related transactions and reports to State and
Federal entities as required by statute and county policy.
- Develop, issue and receive pay sheets electronically from
other County departments.
- Continued implementation of the EDEN financial system, which
will assist county departments with payroll.
- Provide training and professional development in EDEN
financial systems and attend
WSACA sponsored Finance conferences.
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FISCAL ACCOUNTING
Services provided by the Fiscal Accounting division of the Auditor’s
Office include general ledger accounting, financial statement
development, assistance in preparation and monitoring of county
budget, fixed assets and grant accounting and analysis as well as
the liaison for the annual audit conducted by the State Auditor’s
Office.
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OBJECTIVES:
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- Produce a clean and timely Annual Financial Report.
- Provide professional accounting services to the other County
departments and assist in grants management.
- Assist County departments with special projects as needed
and as staff time allows.
- Provide training and professional development in EDEN
financial systems and attend WSACA and GFOA sponsored Finance conferences.
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