Accountant IV

This is advanced professional administrative and supervisory accounting work in the analysis and audit of financial records. Work involves the responsibility for directing and coordinating an assigned division within the Finance department, such as assisting the Finance Director in planning, installing, and maintaining financial accounting and auditing systems and preparing, administering, and reviewing the annual operating budget, fiscal statements, and grant applications.

An employee in this classification exercises considerable independence in the performance of duties which include supervision of a number of professional and clerical subordinates and receives general guidance from a superior.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (Any one position may not perform all the duties listed, nor do the listed examples include all the duties that may be performed in positions allocated to this class.)

Plans and manages the operations of a division of the Finance department, including selecting, hiring, assigning, supervising, and evaluating subordinate personnel and ensuring that accounting principles, state statutes, and city ordinances and regulations are observed.

Implements the municipal accounting system and assists the Finance Director in contract, budgetary, and fiscal reporting matters.

Coordinates the formulation and administration of the City budget and the continuing financial audit of revenues and expenditures of the City departments.

Supervises the year-end functions of opening, closing, and adjusting of accounts and funds in preparation for examination by independent auditors.

Oversees property control in the identification of City property and the maintenance of related records.

Ensures the proper reporting, recording, and distribution of funds of federally funded programs.

Assists in the annual independent audit, providing records and offering explanations of entries and calculations.

Supervises the preparation of quarterly financial reports and assists in the writing of bond prospectuses.

Provides information to the Mayor, Finance Director, and City Comptroller as to the most effective uses of general funds, special revenue funds, enterprise funds, and cost reimbursement fees.

Reviews annexation cost and revenue data and the six-year capital improvement program in order to make prudent financial decisions.

Supervises the payment and bookkeeping of the City’s accounts payable and employee and retiree payrolls.

Represents the City in meetings with agents of other governmental entities regarding taxation and grant applications.

Prepares ordinances and resolutions transferring unencumbered balances between departments and divisions in the process of funding projects and other activities.

Coordinates federal, state, and city participation in the wastewater treatment facilities construction grant program.

Maintains regular job attendance in accordance with a schedule established for the position by the supervisor.

Performs other related duties as assigned or as the situation dictates within the scope of this classification.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Knowledge of accounting principles and techniques and the ability to apply and adapt established accounting methods to varied and complex accounting and budgetary problems.

Knowledge of the principles and practices of large scale governmental finance administration.

Knowledge of budgetary objectives and procedures and of the laws and procedures governing budgetary activities.

Knowledge of modern accounting and office procedures and equipment.

Knowledge of the principles of supervision, organization, and administration.

Knowledge of current literature, trends, and developments in the fields of governmental accounting and public finance administration.

Knowledge of and ability to operate a computer or other technology using standard or customized computer or systems software applications appropriate to the assigned tasks.

Ability to learn and adapt to advances in computer and electronics device technology and software.

Ability to plan, direct, and coordinate the work of subordinate professional and clerical personnel.

Ability to understand written or oral…