Accountant, Financial Reporting, Accounting Manager

Supervision

Receives general supervision from the Finance Manager. Exercises no direct supervision over staff. May exercise technical and functional direction to and provide training to lower‑level staff.

This is a single‑position classification that performs the full range of professional accounting work in all of the following areas: accounts payable, accounts receivable, business licensing, cash receipting, cash management, and payroll.

Positions at this level receive only occasional instruction or assistance as new or unusual situations arise and are fully aware of the operating procedures and policies of the work unit. Incumbents use independent judgment and decision‑making authority in identifying, evaluating, adapting, and applying appropriate accounting/auditing principles, guidelines, references, and procedures to resolve accounting and financial issues.

Work is typically reviewed upon completion for technical soundness, appropriateness, and conformity to policy and requirements. The methodology used in arriving at the end results is not reviewed in detail. This class is distinguished from the Finance Manager by the latter’s full management and supervisory authority in planning, organizing, and directing the full scope of accounting and finance operations.

• Provides responsible professional and technical assistance in the administration and implementation of financial auditing and accounting programs for the City, Public Facilities Corporation, Financing Authority, and Successor Agency.
• Prepares a wide variety of financial and statistical reports, including year‑end reporting, budgetary reports, assisting in the preparation of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), grants reporting, and preparing other legal documents and management analysis.
• Monitors expenditures, revenues, cash flows, and budget allocations to determine the City’s financial status and prepares custom reports, graphs, and schedules as needed.
• Prepares journal entries and reconciles general ledger and subsidiary accounts related to postings from payroll, accounts payable, cash receipts, and accounts receivable; prepares monthly bank reconciliations; prepares a variety of monthly financial reports.
• Interprets, explains, and applies general and governmental accounting/auditing principles and procedures, laws, and regulations affecting the financial operations of municipal government.
• Analyzes and reconciles expenditure and revenue accounts, including bond accounts; reviews and processes appropriation transfer requests between accounts; reconciles bond statements and bank statements to the general ledger.
• Participates in and assumes responsibility for various departmental programs including financial statements, financial analyses and auditing, general ledger, grants accounting, and special project accounting; conducts and prepares special studies and reports.
• Participates in the compilation and preparation of annual budgets, including assisting other departments with budget preparation, providing revenue and expense projections, monitoring expenditures, and preparing and updating cash flow and projections.
• Maintains and monitors the City’s grant funds and ensures compliance with rules and regulations governing the use of each grant.
• Reviews quarterly and annual federal and state payroll tax returns; ensures tax returns are filed in a timely manner.
• Maintains adequate internal controls over the City’s revenues; handles daily cash management by securing revenues collected by the City; verifies accuracy and completeness of funds collected; performs periodic audits of revenues and cash management processes.
• Reviews purchases to ensure compliance with budgetary and contractual requirements.
• Participates in the preparation of audit schedules and reports for external auditors and assists the Finance Manager and Director of Finance during the annual auditing process.
• Assists with investments, portfolio management, cash management, debt management, new financing, and revenue and expense projections.
• Researches and analyzes technical transactions to resolve questions and validate data: ensures…