Associate Accountant

Compensation: $5,666.00 to $6,890.00 monthly, plus an excellent benefits package!

Performs professional level accounting and auditing work of a complex and difficult nature in a number of areas relating to municipal accounting procedures and records. This classification provides professional level support to the City's Accounting section. It is the journey-level operational professional of the accountant series. The incumbent exercises independent judgment on diverse and difficult accounting projects and has accountability for ongoing decision making associated with his/her work.

It is differentiated from the Assistant Accountant by the possession of full journey-level accounting and auditing knowledge and independence of action. This class is distinguished from the Senior Accountant in that the latter is the unit specialist handling the most difficult and complex technical accounting issues and has the responsibility for unit training.

Disclaimer
- This list is meant to be representative, not exhaustive. Some incumbents may not perform all the duties listed. In other cases, related duties may also be assigned. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Reviews accounting documents to ensure accuracy of information and calculations and makes correcting entries, as necessary.
• Keeps subsidiary ledgers for various accounts. Prepares and maintains control and subsidiary accounting records involving a variety of transactions and accounts.
• Prepares trial balances, financial reports, journal entries and periodic reconciliation of general ledger, journal, subsidiary accounts and bank statements.
• Receives direct supervision and general direction from the Director of Finance and/or Assistant Finance Director.
• Provides direct supervision and general direction to assigned Accounting Assistants and clerical personnel.
• Compiles and prepares financial statements, general and subsidiary ledgers, supporting schedules and financial reports for regulatory agencies.
• Supervises specific areas of the accounting section program. Responds to related inquiries from the general public, City residents, City departments, and other agencies providing factual information concerning the City, resolving questions, and providing public financial data. Provides City departments with necessary information to begin/end City services. Reconciles and distributes billing receipts to proper City fund and reconciles to the General Ledger.
• Deals with and resolves customer issues that cannot be successfully resolved by subordinates that relate to supervised areas, as well as employee conflicts.
• Provides all accounting for all activities of the RDA. Conducts bank reconciliation for the five-district RDA. Records interest and activity. Reconciles and records missed transactions. Calculates RDA pass‑through and set‑aside and distribute to the districts. Prepares and calculates data for the development of the annual budget, preparation of State, other agency and annual fiscal reports. Gathers and calculates data needed for the annual audit of the RDA.
• Reconciles various trustee statements for debt service. Prepares debt service payments for interest and principal. Prepares year-end closing entries.
• Prepares a variety of journal entries needed to book various transaction activities, correct positing errors, etc. on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
• Identifies all accounts payable purchases that meet the City’s fixed asset criteria. Updates the subsidiary Fixed Asset Ledger, computes and records depreciation expense and disposals, and updates the General Ledger.
• Reconciles fixed assets, and direct and conduct special studies and…