Senior Accounting Technician - Limited Term

The City of Redlands is seeking a detail-oriented and organized individual for the Limited-Term Senior Accounting Technician position. The ideal candidate will demonstrate accuracy in financial transactions, account reconciliations, and journal entry processing, along with the ability to analyze financial data, resolve discrepancies, and prepare reports using Microsoft Excel.

This is a limited-term position expected to last up to one (1) year from the time of hire.

Under direction, to perform and coordinate City accounts payable and receivable operations; to perform a variety of technical tasks related to accounts payable and receivables; to perform complex and technical general accounting duties; to prepare financial reports, statements, and special financial analysis; and to provide lead direction. Exercises technical and functional lead direction to technical accounting staff.

Examples of duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Maintains and reconciles a variety of ledgers, reports and account records;

• Verify and reconcile daily cash, check, credit card, ACH, and other payment deposits to reports;
• Examines and corrects accounting transactions to ensure accuracy;
• Researches background information and account histories, resolves discrepancies;
• Prepares journal entries;
• Prepare, review, and process monthly credit card reconciliations and supporting documentation;
• Processes invoices, purchase orders, and other claims for payment;
• Gathers, checks, and tabulates data used in the preparation of records and reports;
• Researches background information and account histories;
• Prepares a variety of routine fiscal reports, statements, and schedules;
• Prepares new year, mid year, and year end reports;
• Assists customers, departments, and employees by providing fiscal information, explaining procedures, answering questions, and resolving problems or complaints;
• Performs a variety of clerical duties including typing, maintaining files and records, processing mail, and ordering supplies; and
• Performs related and other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Four years of increasingly responsible advanced technical accounting experience.

• Equivalent to a high school diploma supplemented by college level course work in bookkeeping, accounting, or a related field.

Essential functions and duties require the following physical abilities and work environment:

• Ability to work in a standard office environment; ability to travel to different sites and locations;
• Regularly required to talk or hear. Required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.