Accounting Technician II

** Initial review of applications starts on 9/11/2026**

The City of Palm Desert provides exemplary and sustainable services, amenities and programs for the benefit of the local and surrounding communities. When you interact with a City employee, you will find our collaborative, driven and efficient staff working together to provide strategic solutions for the community and each other. We are a city focused on external and internal customer service and try to find a way to say “yes,” while not compromising the City’s or our own integrity.

• Integrity
• Stewardship
• Service
• Community
• Innovation
• Teamwork

Our employees are passionate about innovation, collaboration and growth, which is supported by the City’s Council and Executive Team. We are an environment that thrives on making changes, pivoting quickly, and is full of movers and shakers. We are constantly striving to improve processes and better our approach so that we can better support the needs of the City. If you have growth mindset and find change exciting, the City of Palm Desert may be your ideal working environment!

Appointment to this position is expected to fall within the salary range of $71,843 to $83,138 annually
; however, the final amount will be carefully determined based on the candidate’s knowledge, skills, qualifications, and an evaluation of internal equity within the organization. Exceptional candidates with highly relevant experience and credentials may be considered for compensation above the anticipated hiring range.

Under immediate (I) or general (II) supervision, performs a variety of technical and clerical accounting tasks related to the preparation, maintenance, and processing of accounting and financial transactions; applies technical knowledge and application of the principles and practices of bookkeeping to support general accounting, fixed asset, payroll, procurement, budget, and/or other types of financial administration activities; and performs related duties as assigned.

Receives supervision from supervisory or management staff. Does not directly or indirectly supervise other employees but may provide technical direction and training to less experienced staff.

This is the fully-qualified journey-level classification in the Accounting Technician series. Incumbents at this level are capable of performing the full range of complex technical accounting support duties requiring the use of discretion and independent judgment in performing assigned work, and have responsibility for ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of assigned areas of responsibility. Assignments are given with general guidelines and incumbents are responsible for establishing objectives, timelines, and methods to deliver work products or services.

Work is typically reviewed upon completion for soundness, appropriateness, and conformity to policy and requirements. Positions at this level are distinguished from the Accounting Technician I level in because incumbents must possess and apply a comprehensive understanding of assigned functional areas of responsibility, such as general accounting, fixed assets, payroll, procurement, and/or budget administration. This class is also distinguished from the Accountant class because the latter is responsible for performing professional-level accounting and auditing work requiring analysis, interpretation, and application, while ensuring compliance with generally accepted accounting and auditing principles and practices.

(Illustrative Only)

Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job. Incumbents may not perform all of the listed job functions depending on functional area of assignment.

• Reviews, verifies, and records a variety of accounting and financial transactions in accordance with established processes and procedures; posts, balances, and reconciles transactions to the general ledger; calculates and makes adjustments; allocates payments to proper account; verifies account…