Senior Accounting Analyst - Business Services​/Administrative Services - Columbia College

Job Title

Senior Accounting Analyst - Business Services/ Administrative Services - Columbia College

Columbia College

$6,484 to $8,272 per month – Range 44 (2024-25 Classified Salary Schedule)

Appointments are hired at the first step of the range. The second step is paid after the first year of satisfactory service with subsequent steps annually thereafter to a maximum sixth step.

Work Site
:
Sonora, CA:
Columbia College

40 hours per week, 12 months per year
8 hours per day- 5 days per week
Monday through Friday: 8:00am – 4:30pm

The District currently pays for a health options for the employee and dependents. Employees may elect to pay a premium for a higher health option. Vision care and dental insurance premiums for the employee and dependents is District paid. Income protection and life insurance premiums for the employee are also District paid. The estimated cost of District provided benefits (health, dental, vision, and life) is $24,408 annually.

Definition Under direction, performs complex professional accounting duties for the assigned department; provides a professional level accounting and analysis of financial records; compiles data and information for budgets and special financial reports; may provide support and training to accounting staff as well as managers and support staff throughout the District and performs related work as assigned.

Distinguishing Characteristics This is the advanced journey level class in the professional accounting analyst series within the Yosemite Community College District (YCCD). Incumbents at this level are expected to perform complex professional fiscal analysis, auditing, and accounting duties in a highly independent manner and have a comprehensive knowledge of YCCD’s systems, accounting, and budgeting practices to manually create a variety of financial statements, complete audit reports, purchase and analyze stock and other duties that require a thorough financial knowledge.

The position may exercise technical or functional supervisor over lower level positions. An incumbent in this class does not directly supervise other full-time employees, but may serve as a lead worker to assign, direct and/or monitor the work of subordinate technical and clerical full time, part time, and/or student employees on a project or assignment basis.

Supervision Received and Exercised Under the general supervision of the manager, where assigned duties require the exercise of judgment or choice among possible actions, sometimes without clear precedents and often with concern for the consequences of the action. This position does not perform any direct supervisory functions: may provide functional lead responsibility for purposes of training or instructing others.

Knowledge of:

• The full range of functions, policies, and professional principles related to accounting, auditing and financial reporting.
• Budget preparation and control, and statistical methods
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Financial statement preparation.
• Federal and State categorical reporting procedures.
• Complex accounting record systems, with emphasis on general ledger accounting structures.
• Data processing applications relevant to business management and accounting; standard business computer software such as spreadsheets, word processors, and database management systems.
• Principles and practices of effective lead supervision.
• Complex methods and techniques of financial analysis.
• Complex methods and techniques of general ledger reconciliation.
• Operations and services of an academic financial aid program, including federally funded grant administration.
• Effective communication techniques and strategies.

Ability to:

• Perform a variety of complex professional accounting, financial analysis, and auditing functions.
• Perform budget, grant, and contract analysis preparation and monitoring.
• Initiate and process journal entries for assigned program accounts.
• Analyze and make effective recommendations regarding financial, budgeting, and accounting procedures.
• Record and disburse assigned monies among various program accounts.
• Reconcile and electronically…