Accountant, Financial Reporting, Financial Analyst

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This recruitment process is open on a continuous basis and may close at any time. Interested individuals are encouraged to apply immediately. The first review of applications will be completed on A resume and compelling cover letter addressing your education, your accounting or auditing work experience, degree and licenses you hold, must be submitted with your online application to be considered complete.

Applicants appearing best qualified based upon a review of the application and responses to supplemental questions will be invited to participate in the testing process.

• 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 fiscal accountability and fund integrity for transactions and supporting documentation.
• Attends meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions, and reviews publications to remain current on principles, practices, and new developments in the field of accounting.

Knowledge of:

• Modern principles, practices, and methods of accounting and finance, including budgeting and auditing and their application to municipal operations.
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulatory codes, ordinances, and procedures relevant to assigned area of responsibility.
• Research and reporting methods, techniques, and procedures.
• Principles and practices of fund accounting and public agency budgeting.
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