Accounting Technician II Job Highland Park Alaska USA,Accounting

Location: Highland Park

Accurately and timely account for all accounts payable (AP) related activities, on a calendar year basis for regulatory compliance and on a fiscal year basis in accordance with GAAP, the most efficient way possible. Perform technical accounting tasks for financial information, processing, compliance, and reporting. Maintain accounts payable files. Provide year-end accounting assistance and prepare work papers for the Borough's auditors.

Perform other duties as assigned for the Accounting Division.

Salary: 9A

Reports to: Chief Accountant

Positions supervised: None

Responsibilities

Open mail, sort, copy as necessary, and scan invoices into the Borough’s financial management system for departments’ approval. Review and prepare payment requests on purchase orders, check requests, and travel authorizations in compliance with Borough policies and procedures. Enter all data through the Borough's computerized financial management system, and assist with maintaining the capital assets system.

Schedule the weekly check runs and Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments, coordinate the printing function. Balance AP check runs, reconcile to the GL using computerized reports and spreadsheets, run various AP summary reports as necessary.

Manage and maintain AP records, capital asset records, and filing systems in accordance with Borough policy and department procedures. Assist with the records retention program for other functions of the Accounting division.

Reconcile vendor statements. Resolve vendor address discrepancies, in coordination with purchasing staff as necessary. Research and correct AP errors.

Formulate, recommend, implement, and enforce Borough-wide policies and procedures for the AP function. Answer procedural questions from vendors and Borough personnel regarding the AP function. Respond to other inquiries related to AP.

Keep abreast of the laws, regulations, and other compliance resources regarding IRS information reporting, taxability of travel and entertainment payments to Borough employees, and all other AP related compliance requirements and issues. Obtain IRS Forms W-9. Prepare and issue IRS Form 1099 information returns and report to the IRS. Coordinate the transfer of accurate data to the payroll function for proper IRS Form W-2 reporting.

Maintain, and troubleshoot as necessary, the AP subsystem. Plan, test, and implement the periodic system upgrades. Coordinate with Digital Services. Make help desk calls to the software vendor. Assist the GL section in maintaining other parts of the financial management system

Maintain up-to-date written procedures for the AP function.

Assist and provide AP training sessions for departmental users.

Prepare correspondence, memoranda, and capital asset forms.

Run GL reports. Reconcile and distribute transaction, journal, and ledger reports.

Analyze and research budget, encumbrance, and actual transactions and balances of the GL. Perform reconciliation of GL accounts to subsidiaries including the capital assets system and source documents. Prepare back-up schedules. Prepare budget and journal entries.

Maintain worksheets needed for fiscal year-end and for the annual audit. Perform/assist with year-end accounting tasks and audit preparation. Coordinate the gathering and copying of AP and other files/documents for review by the external auditors.

Prepare, maintain, and run various reports, statements, schedules, work papers, spreadsheets, and databases for both internal and external reporting.

Perform special accounting tasks and projects, as assigned. This includes assisting with physical inventory of Borough capital assets on a periodic basis.

Serve as backup for certain duties of other technical positions within the division.

Minimum Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent. Three years recent experience as a full-charge bookkeeper and knowledge of the IRC and IRS regulations regarding Form 1099 information returns. An Associates of Applied Science (AAS) degree in Accounting from an accredited institution, or three years of clerical accounting experience in a large organization with a computerized environment, may be substituted for the experience and knowledge…