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ACCOUNTANT 3 - 02252026-75286

State of Tennessee
$5,100.00 - $7,646.00 / month
United States, Tennessee, Nashville
1616 Church Street (Show on map)
Feb 25, 2026

Job Information

State of Tennessee Job Information
Opening Date/Time 02/25/2026 12:00AM Central Time
Closing Date/Time 03/03/2026 11:59PM Central Time
Salary (Monthly) $5,100.00 - $7,646.00
Salary (Annually) $61,200.00 - $91,752.00
Job Type Full-Time
City, State Location Nashville, TN
Department Finance and Administration

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION, ACCOUNTS DIVISION, DAVIDSON COUNTY

For more information, visit the link below:
https://www.tn.gov/finance/careers-at-f-a.html

This position is designed as Hybrid

Qualifications


Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in accounting and experience equivalent to three years of full-time professional accounting or auditing work.

OR

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree including thirty-six quarter hours in accounting and experience equivalent to three years of full-time professional accounting or auditing work.

Substitution of Graduate Education for Experience: Graduate coursework credit received from an accredited college or university in accounting may substitute for the required experience on a month for month basis to a maximum of one year (e.g., 36 graduate quarter hours in the above listed field may substitute for one year of the required experience).

OR

Designated as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and experience equivalent to 1 year of full-time professional accounting or auditing work

Note: A transcript is required for a proper evaluation for this class. Necessary Special Qualifications: None.

Examination Method: Education and Experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions.

Overview


Summary: Under general supervision, is responsible for professional accounting work of considerable difficulty and supervisory work of average difficulty; or is assigned to complex accounting projects; and performs related work as required.

Distinguishing Features: This is the first supervisory class in the accounting sub-series. An employee in this class performs complex professional accounting and budgetary work in directing the accounting operations of a large state institution or small department, the operations of which are financed through a variety of funds, or performs highly technical professional accounting and related work in review, installation, and coordination of agency cost accounting systems, for compatibility with state accounting system guidelines. Certain project assignments with no supervision of staff may be included in this class when the work to be performed is of considerable scope and complexity. This class differs from that of Accountant 2 in that an incumbent of the latter functions at the working level and often reports to an individual in this class. This class differs from that of Accounting Manager in that an incumbent of the latter has duties of greater scope, complexity and supervisory responsibility.

Competencies (KSA's)

Competencies:

  1. Time Management
  2. Ethics and Values
  3. Customer Focus
  4. Decision Quality
  5. Functional/Technical Competencies
  6. Problem Solving
  7. Technical Learning
  8. Delegation
  9. Directing Others
  10. Organizing

Knowledge:

  1. Intermediate knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and governmental accounting principles
  2. Intermediate knowledge of administration and management principles
  3. Intermediate knowledge of personnel and human resources as it relates to supervision
  4. Intermediate knowledge of office productivity software
  5. Basic knowledge of mathematics (arithmetic)
  6. Basic knowledge of law and government as it pertains to financial reporting
  7. Basic knowledge of computer operation
  8. Basic knowledge of clerical office procedures

Skills:

  1. Intermediate skill in management of personnel resources
  2. Intermediate skill in the management of financial resources
  3. Intermediate mathematic skills
  4. Intermediate speaking skills
  5. Intermediate writing skills
  6. Intermediate reading comprehension skills
  7. Intermediate monitoring skills
  8. Intermediate personnel and workload coordination skills
  9. Intermediate instruction skills
  10. Intermediate negotiation skills
  11. Intermediate spreadsheet design skills
  12. Active learning skills
  13. Active listening skills
  14. Problem solving skills
  15. Service orientation skills
  16. Time management skills

Abilities:

  1. Intermediate mathematical reasoning ability
  2. Intermediate deductive reasoning ability
  3. Intermediate oral comprehension ability
  4. Intermediate oral expression ability
  5. Intermediate written comprehension ability
  6. Intermediate written expression ability
  7. Intermediate problem sensitivity ability

Tools & Equipment


  1. Personal Computer
  2. Telephone
  3. Fax Machine
  4. Printer
  5. Copy Machine
  6. Scanner
  7. Calculator

Other office related equipment as required
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