Accounting Manager

The City of Cupertino’s Finance Department is currently seeking an Accounting (Finance) Manager to lead the City's Accounting Division, providing strategic oversight of the City's accounting function while actively participating in complex accounting and financial reporting. The Accounting Manager will also play a significant leadership role in the implementation of the City's new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, Tyler EERP (formerly Tyler Munis), helping modernize financial processes, optimize system functionality, and enhance operational efficiency.

Under general direction, plans, organizes, and oversees the City’s accounting operations and financial reporting activities. Performs advanced professional accounting work requiring extensive knowledge of governmental accounting principles, financial reporting, internal controls, treasury management, and regulatory compliance. Oversees the preparation of the City's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), Annual Comprehensive State and Federal reports, annual audit, cash management, investments, and accounting functions including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and fixed assets.

Provides leadership for financial systems, accounting policies, and process improvements, including ERP implementation and optimization. Serves as a principal advisor to the Director of Finance on accounting, financial reporting, audit, and treasury matters, and performs related duties as required.,

This is a management classification responsible for directing the City's accounting and financial reporting functions. The incumbent organizes and oversees the day-to-day operations of the Accounting Division while actively performing diverse, specialized, and complex professional accounting work requiring significant technical expertise, independent judgment, accountability, and decision-making responsibility.

Receives general direction from the Director of Finance. Exercises direct and general supervision over professional, technical, and administrative support staff.

Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.

Plans, manages, and oversees the daily functions, operations, and activities of the Accounting Division, including preparing, monitoring, forecasting, and analyzing financial information, financial processing, reporting, and record-keeping.

Participates in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for the division; recommends within departmental policy, appropriate service and staffing levels; recommends and administers policies and procedures.

Develops and administers the Accounting Division operating budget.

Develops and standardizes procedures and methods to improve and continuously monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of assigned programs, service delivery methods, and procedures; assesses and monitors workload, administrative and support systems, and internal reporting relationships; identifies opportunities for improvement and makes recommendations to the Director of Finance.

Participates in the selection of, trains, motivates, and evaluates assigned personnel; works with employees on performance issues; recommends discipline to the Director of Finance.

Manages and participates in all activities related to the City’s accounting function, including the accounting system, accounts payable, accounts receivable, processing and issuance of checks and warrants, and cash receipts.

Maintains and reconciles a variety of ledgers, reports, and accounting records; examines accounting transactions to ensure accuracy; approves journal vouchers to post transactions to accounting records; performs month-end, fiscal year-end, and calendar year-end accounting system processing.

Prepares and analyzes a variety of complex financial reports, statements, and schedules; prepares new-year, mid-year, year-end and special reports, including the State Controller’s Report and…