Senior Accounting Technician

Overview

The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Midpen) is seeking a self-motivated and highly experienced accounting professional to join our team as our next Senior Accounting Technician. The incumbent will perform the most difficult and complex types of duties assigned to this classification, exercising a high level of independent judgment and initiative. Join our cohesive team at our mission-driven agency.

Midpen helps plants, animals and people thrive throughout the greater Santa Cruz Mountains region by preserving a greenbelt of more than 70,000 acres of public open space with more than 250 miles of trails in 27 preserves. Midpen is a public agency with a focused mission that guides our work. If you are looking for an outstanding opportunity to contribute to the legacy of open space protection, natural resource restoration and outdoor recreation, we invite you to apply for this position.

Midpen believes open space is for all and welcomes all people to enjoy the public open space preserves we hold in trust, supporting the well-being of our region.

Midpen aims to recruit and retain employees who embody professionalism, accountability, and respect, who value working in a mission-driven agency focused on inclusivity, diversity, and equity.

• Accounts receivable/payable.
• Reconciling expenditure and revenue accounts including capital assets and long-term debt funds.
• Verifying availability of funds and classification of expenditures.
• Reconciling expenditure and revenue accounts, including land acquisition worksheets, capital assets, and long-term debt funds; reconciling bank statements.
• Assist in processing debt service obligations, including creating payment schedule, paying annual obligations, posting interest on bonds and notes from statements, updating liability balance, and posting journal entries.
• Review credit cards monthly and ensure that transactions are properly coded and approved.
• Providing technical assistance to the Accountant in preparation of the year-end audit.
• Review, post, balance, reconcile, and maintain accurate and confidential accounting and payroll records.
• Assist in gathering data and preparing monthly financial and statistical reports.
• Verify, post, and record a variety of financial transactions; prepare and maintain databases.
• Maintain a variety of ledgers, registers, and journals according to established accounting policies and procedures; reconcile transactions and account statements; record changes and resolve differences; maintain the accuracy of accounting and financial records.
• Report generation.
• Produce journal entries to post to the general ledger.
• Accurately prepare employee and vendor payments for retirement and other benefits; submit reportable compensation to CalPERS and process payments; prepare Federal and State tax reports.

• Have experience working with financial systems and have the ability to adapt to new technology and information systems.
• Have excellent written and interpersonal skills.
• Can organize, prioritize and follow-up on work assignments.
• Can interpret and accurately record data.
• Can work with frequent interruptions and changes in priorities.
• Have demonstrated experience fostering positive and effective working relationships.

This is an advanced journey-level classification which requires the ability to maintain a high level of accuracy, integrity, and confidentiality.

Experience in public sector finance, with knowledge of principles of governmental financial recordkeeping and bookkeeping, is highly desired.

For additional information about the position, see the job description on our website.

• Collaborative work that directly supports Midpen’s mission to protect and restore the natural environment
• You’ll be part of a talented and dynamic team whose work contributes to providing nature’s benefits to everyone
• Excellent employee benefits, including medical, dental, vision, tuition reimbursement, and a CalPERS pension

This position is part of Administrative Services at Midpen’s office in Los Altos, California. Midpen offers a hybrid…