Accountant, Financial Reporting, Financial Analyst

Posting #24-108R

THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS

Accountant I – Finance Department

External Only

SALARY: $27.94 – $34.81 hourly (DOE & Q)

OPENING DATE: 03/26/2025

CLOSING DATE: Open Until Filled

Perform professional accounting work including recording and reporting of financial transactions and budgeting control for city accounts and projects as assigned; review fiscal records; maintain fixed asset records; prepare financial reports and special financial analyses.

Receives direction from the Assistant Director of Finance. Exercises indirect supervision over clerical staff.

• Supervise and participate in the posting, balancing and reconciliation of the general ledger and subsidiary accounts.
• Control budgets for various capital projects, determining if funds are available and expenditures are properly classified; research and analyze transactions to resolve budget problems and provide analysis of available funds.
• Prepare balance projections and review with departments.
• Recommend or implement changes in financial systems and procedures; coordinate and provide training for users in the operation of financial systems.
• Assist departmental personnel with annual budget preparation and activity including proper expenditure coding, document preparation, and other accounting related activities.
• Prepare and assist in the preparation of various financial reports, including the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
• Provide staff support to a variety of meetings and boards.
• Prepare a variety of complex financial reports.
• Assist external auditors with the annual audit of the city; provide financial statements and information as required.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Knowledge of:

• Principles and procedures of financial record keeping and reporting.
• Accounting theory, principles and procedures and their application to a variety of accounts, transactions and problems in a municipal government.
• Pertinent federal, state and local laws, codes and regulations.
• Modern principles and practices of governmental accounting.
• Principles of personal supervision and training.
• Automated financial management systems.
• Modern office methods, practices, procedures and equipment.

Ability to:

• Analyze and interpret fiscal accounting records and prepare accurate and complete financial reports.
• Interpret and apply pertinent federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations.
• Maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities.
• Maintain effective audio‑visual discrimination and perception needed for making observations, reading and writing, performing mathematical calculations, operating assigned equipment, reviewing the accuracy of financial records, and communicating with others.
• Maintain mental capacity which allows the capability of making sound decisions regarding city finances, working with numbers, performing advanced mathematical calculations, and demonstrating intellectual capabilities.
• Prepare a variety of financial statements, reports and analyses.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Experience: Three (3) years of professional accounting experience, preferable in municipal or public accounting.

Training: Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in accounting.

(EEO/AA/V/F/RC/H) The City of Port Arthur is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.