Accounting Supervisor, PWA

Introduction

THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this
examination will cancel any existing list and may last approximately one year
but can be extended.

Supplemental Questionnaire: A properly completed Supplemental
Questionnaire must be submitted with each application. Failure to submit the
Application or Supplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.
Applications and
supplemental questionnaires must be in the possession of the Human Resource
Services Department by 5:00:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing.

APPLICATIONS AND
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THIS RECRUITMENT WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED ONLINE.

THE AGENCY
The mission of
Public Works is to enhance the quality of life for the people of Alameda County
by providing a safe, well-maintained, and lasting public works infrastructure
through accessible, responsive and effective services. Public services provided
by the Alameda County Public Works Agency include flood control planning and
design, storm water pollution control, transportation planning and design,
roadway and flood control maintenance and inspection, and construction and
building inspections.

The goals of the
Agency are to keep roads safe and well maintained, provide the highest level of
flood protection, provide service levels that optimize infrastructure life
cycles, minimize deferred maintenance, ensure that development and construction
adhere to applicable State and County rules, optimize disaster preparedness,
response and recover, ensure that the Agency’s operations and services minimize
negative impacts on the environment, and sustain and advance County and Agency
programs through a vital business and administrative support system.

For more information
about the Alameda County Public Works Agency, please visit their website ov.org/pwa.

THE POSITION
Under general direction, to supervise, plan, and organize the departmental accounting program for Public Works; perform specialized revenue and expenditure accounting, cost accounting & analysis, auditing and other activities, which requires the knowledge and application of advanced accounting principles and practices, and/or the development and management of accounting and cost accounting systems; to supervise staff, which may include professional, paraprofessional and/or clerical subordinates;

to prepare a variety of complex accounting statistical and narrative reports; and to perform other related work as required.

Positions in this class are located in the Public Works Agency. Incumbents are responsible for the Public Works Agency accounting functions, varied fiscal record keeping programs, and the financial oversight of the Agency’s complex and multiple enterprise and trust funds, which include the Road Fund, Alameda County Flood Control District Fund, Special Revenue Funds, Assessment Funds and Trust Funds. Incumbents of this class report directly to the Management Services Administrator, PWA who has overall responsibility for the accounting and financial programs of the Public Works Agency and may receive direction from Deputy Directors and/or Division Managers related specifically to the management of program assignments and/or related accounting systems.

For
more detailed information about the job classification, visit:
Accounting Supervisor, PWA (#9672)

TO
QUALIFY FOR THE COMPETITIVE ASSESSMENT PROCESS, YOU MUST MEET THE MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS BY FULFILLING ONE OF THE PATTERNS LISTED BELOW (I or II).

EITHER I

Education:

Graduation from an accredited college or university, with a Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, or a closely related field with major coursework in accounting
(Additional related experience comparable to the duties for this position may be substituted for the education on a year-for-year basis).

AND

Experience:

The equivalent of four years full-time, increasingly responsible professional accounting auditing, or finance experience preferably accounting and finance functions in a public works agency or similar type of organization performing functions in support of programs, budgets, capital improvement, and/or relatable to a multi-program accounting management…