Accountant, Financial Analyst, Financial Reporting

Accountant

Mayor’s Office For People With Disabilities, Finance Division

Position Details:

• Number of Positions: 1
• Starting Annual Salary: $68,616.00 per year
• Location:
  
  2102 W Ogden, Chicago, IL
• Days:
  Monday-Friday
• Hours:
  
  9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
• Position type:
  Career Service

• Codes, records, and updates journal entries (e.g., expenditures, account transfers, budget revisions) using manual and computerized spreadsheets.
• Audits financial documents to ensure entries are accurate, appropriately allocated to accounts, and comply with contract and funding guidelines; documents errors and reconciles accounts as required.
• Monitors account balances and adjusts spending levels and fund re‑allocations to ensure availability of funds to cover expenditures.
• Prepares various reports (e.g., program and operating budgets, financial statements, balance sheets, financial reports) of a moderately complex nature using computer spreadsheets.
• Analyzes historical records and anticipated economic trends and forecasts future expenses and revenues.
• Participates in the compilation and analysis of fiscal data for inclusion in complex financial reports.
• Processes payments for various parties (e.g., editing, reapplying, and confirming receipt of payments, processing direct and order payment vouchers for grant‑funded programs).
• Calculates and prepares grant/project revenue collection reimbursement.
• Reviews grant/project applications and awards.
• Examines sub‑grant agreements for any fiscal related requirements.
• Reviews departmental requests for appropriating funds, authorizing grant/project obligations, monitoring and reporting grant/project expenditures, recording receivables and collections and closing out grant/project awards.
• Coordinates and submits final close‑out reports to various grantors.
• Maintains and reports in‑kind awards and expenditures incurred by the sub‑grantees.

Additional Duties May Be Required

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting or a directly related field, plus 15 semester hours in Accounting.
• Must provide transcripts or diploma/degree at the time of processing, if applicable.

The candidate will complete an interview which will include a written exercise and/or a skills assessment test.

• Experience managing vendors, vendor accounts and delegate agencies.
• Accounting work experience in federal, state, or local government.
• Invoice management and processing payments.
• Experience interacting with the disability community and disability organizations is a plus.

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The City of Chicago is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Military Friendly, and Fair Chance Employer.