Accountant, Financial Analyst, Financial Reporting

ACCOUNTANT

Job Number: 416710

Department:
Chicago Department of Transportation, Administration

Number of Positions: 1 (Additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

Starting Annual Salary: B13, $68,616.00 per year

Location:

2 N. LaSalle St., Ste 1050

Days:
Monday-Friday

Hours:

8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

• 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, and documents errors and reconciles accounts, as required.
• Monitors account balances and adjusts spending levels and fund re-allocations to ensure the 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 for this position.

• 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.

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