Accountant, Financial Reporting, Financial Analyst

EXAM

Practical Exam will be administered as part of the application screening process.

Under general supervision, to perform a variety of technical, general, public agency accounting work and financial reporting assignments related to the preparation, processing, and maintenance of financial records, year-end close, grant accounting, budget to actuals tracking, revenue projections, review of purchase requests and contracts, accounts receivable aging and collections; bank reconciliation and to perform related work as required. The current opening is in the Finance Department’s Accounting Division.

The incumbent will assist with: preparation of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) and associated financial schedules and reports; year-end closing duties such as accrual of revenue and expenses and rollover of open purchase orders/encumbrances; budget to actuals analysis, tracking of local, state and federal grant expenditures and revenue reimbursement; bank reconciliation including posting of pooled cash income and assistance with treasury duties, posting of various journal entries;

and other general accounting tasks.

• Maintains the City's general ledger system and supporting journals.
• Reconciles monthly bank statements with ledger accounts.
• Identifying and resolving discrepancies.
• Prepares special and regular fiscal reports and statements for City management and other City staff.
• Research special financial information for the resolving of financial problems.
• Retrieves financial data as directed.
• May provide general assistance in the budget development and administration processes.
• Maintains and updates monthly cash receipt comparisons.
• insures full completion and analysis of journal entries across all funds.
• Performs annual closing of ledgers and required reconciliations and accruals.
• May provide some training in accounting principles and techniques for support staff.
• Updates payroll software for changes in bargaining agreements, benefits, deductions and taxes.
• Compiles and maintains spreadsheet for balancing and reconciling quarterly taxes.
• Prepares a variety of Federal and State financial reports.
• Reconciles payroll accounts to the general ledger for year-end closing
• Prepares memos and letters for both internal and external correspondence.
• Coordinates and communicates with other City departments on finance-related issues and performs other related duties as required.
• Updates spreadsheets and prepares reports for PERS retirement and deferred compensation accounts.
• Prepares vouchers and issues payments.
• May represent assigned areas of Department functions with citizens, community organizations, and other government agencies as delegated.
• Reconcile the City's hotel financial statements.

Any combination of training and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in finance, accounting, or a closely related field.

Three years of progressively responsible, varied professional experience in accounting and data processing. Public Agency experience is highly desirable.

• Modern principles, practices, and techniques of financial administration, accounting, auditing, and financial recordkeeping.
• Basic knowledge of the use of financial, payroll, and data processing systems and software.
• Financial analysis and research.
• Financial statement preparation and financial reporting.
• Financial budgets and concepts.
• Audit preparation including ACFR, Single Audit, and special audits of State and Federally funded programs.

• Perform a wide variety of professional accounting and ledger assignments.
• Analyze and evaluate accounting and ledger problems, researching and gathering appropriate data to resolve problems.
• Ensure the accuracy of postings to accounting journals and ledgers.
• Prepare financial reports and statements, including all necessary back-up for annual financial audits (i.e., ACFR, Single Audit, etc.).
• Research, collect, and analyze information…