Accounting Assistant IV

Accounting Assistant IV

The salary range for this position is $5,147-$6,847 monthly.

Thurston County Public Works is recruiting for an Accounting Assistant IV to join our dynamic, energetic, and innovative Business Services team. In this role, you will provide accounting support for the Water and Sewer Utilities and Noxious Weed Division. The position provides advanced technical accounting work and requires preparation and review of complex financial data for multiple funds, as well as development and implementation of systems for internal control and process efficiency.

This team requires a commitment to providing the highest level of customer service.

Essential functions may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Prepares, maintains, and verifies interim and annual financial reports. Compiles the billing, receipting, and updating of account records for various departmental functions. Specifically manages all aspects of the water and sewer utilities billing cycle, including preparing monthly bills, past-due accounts, and collection activities.
• Monitors and administers public utilities accounts. Establishes new accounts and ensures accuracy of billing information and initial utility bills. Assists with monitoring expenditures for capital construction and improvement projects.
• Assists in the budget development for Utilities and Noxious Weeds. Prepares annual and 10-year financial plans, monitors revenue and expenditures and facilitates monthly financial meetings.
• Maintains general ledgers, which summarize all accounting transactions relating to grant contracts. Prepares, tracks, and submits grants to various funding sources.
• Prepares records and data of registers, journals, and sub-ledgers, including accounts receivable, accounts payable and fixed assets, assuring the classification and distribution of income, costs, and revenue items to proper accounts per legal requirements and County procedures.
• May have some lead or supervisory responsibility over lower-level classifications. Tasks to include instructing and training the utilities customer service team.

Essential Personnel:
This position is an essential worker and may be required to work during non-business hours or closures to meet operational requirements and needs.

Working Conditions:

• Work Environment
  - Office setting in Olympia, Washington
• Schedule
  - Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Travel Requirements – Occasional travel may be required to attend meetings or trainings
• Customer Interactions
  - Daily interactions via phone, in-person, and video with Thurston County staff

Who We Are:

The Thurston County Public Works Department, located in Olympia, Washington, is a national award-winning agency in delivering quality projects to our community. Our mission is to provide excellent public services in all areas of our business. We actively help our staff develop and grow professionally, we bring together resources across divisions to achieve organizational goals, we are always ready to respond to community needs, and we are an American Public Works Association accredited agency, consistently meeting industry best practices benchmarks.

Our Core Values:

• Accountability
  - We take responsibility for our actions and the resulting outcomes.
• Customer Service
  - We provide our customers with the highest level of service and quality.
• Innovation
  - We strive to continuously improve processes, performance, and results.
• Safety
  - We demonstrate an uncompromising commitment to safety.
• Teamwork
  - We work together toward achieving a common recognized end.

Mission
- To provide excellent public services in all areas of our business.

Vision
- The premier public works organization, accountable and transparent in all services we provide to our community.

Thurston County values the diversity of the people it hires and serves. Inclusion to us means fostering a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, and responded to in ways that fully develop and utilize each person's talents and strengths. We are dedicated to recruiting and developing a talented workforce from various cultures, lifestyles, backgrounds, and perspectives who are committed to our vision and…