Accounting Technician III - BU

Accounting Technician III – BU

The City of Seattle, Finance and Administrative Services Department (FAS) is seeking qualified applicants for an Accounting Technician III – BU position to join the Accounting and Budget Services (ABS) Division.

The Accounting Technician III performs a full range of accounting functions, including internal billing, general ledger and project cost. The position reports to Accounting Manager and is responsible for ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction while maintaining the integrity of systems and complex set of accounting records. The Accounting Technician III position requires working knowledge and good judgment of the City and departmental manuals, guidelines and procedures.

FAS is often the public's first interaction with the City of Seattle, operating as a customer-focused front door that assists with everything from paying utilities or reporting a pothole to requesting public information or even adopting a new pet.

The 500-plus employees of FAS span across 10 divisions and work behind-the-scenes providing critical functions, like managing 120 City facilities—including police and fire stations—overseeing the City's neighborhood customer service centers and Customer Service Bureau and making sure minority-owned businesses can equitably compete for City contracts. No matter the need, FAS is here—at your service.

Perform a full scope of accounting responsibilities including but not limited to:

• Maintain various Project Costing chart-fields in People Soft. Create activities, resource categories and subcategories.
• Maintain and update Project and Activity status for Client Requested Tenant Improvement Projects
• Perform interfund billing for various FAS services
• Prepare/upload journal entry reclassifications per Budget Team and Small Department and Executive Office requests
• Review and reconcile judgment claims transactions
• Review interdepartmental invoices, gather charge code and prepare interfund journals.
• Research and respond to customer inquiries and requests for billing back-up.
• Process monthly Citywide Central Cost Manual journals and attach relevant supporting back-up.
• Process accrual journal entries during year-end.
• Perform various administrative duties to support the workgroup including coordinating new employee set up and onboarding
• Prepare monthly billing summaries and communicate with customers.

Please note this job advertisement is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Minimum Qualifications:

Three (3) years of previous accounting and/or bookkeeping experience, OR one (1) year work experience as an Accounting Technician II.

(Or a combination of education and/or training and/or experience which provides an equivalent background required to perform the work of the class.) Desired

Qualifications:

• Highly motivated self-starter who works well in a continuously changing environment.
• Ability to perform independently, exercise sound judgment, and demonstrate solid problem-solving skills.
• Ability to estimate timelines and resources to accomplish a task, effectively monitor progress, and make frequent status reports.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to details.
• Results oriented, able to handle multiple priorities and takes pride in the accuracy, quality, and completeness of work.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal) And ability to clearly communicate accounting information in non-technical terms.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and effective coordination among team members. Committed and dedicated to daily work.
• Working knowledge of People Soft financial system, Microsoft Office (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint), and basic knowledge of using SQL queries.
• Experience working in a team environment, ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across different departments and work groups and working effectively within a multi-cultural workforce serving a diverse customer base.

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