Treasury Accountant

Minimum qualification:

The Office of City Finance (OCF) is responsible for the financial operations of the City of Seattle. While working closely with the City's Budget Office. OCF oversees the City's financial control functions and enterprise reporting responsibilities and supports the goals set by the Mayor and the City Council by providing financial information and expertise. The Office of City Finance champions race and social justice and works progressively to realize the City's vision of racial equity by participating in the Race and Social Justice - RSJ, which requires fostering a relational culture and an openness to learn and apply new ideas and skills through an equity lens.

The Treasury Services Division receives, processes, reconciles and distributes the City's funds. Primary Treasury Services functions include the processing of payments for Seattle City Light, combined utilities, business taxes, licenses (business and regulatory), parking meters coin collections, and court citations. These responsibilities include city vendors and payroll checks include cash investments, payment processing, collections, bank reconciliations, and administration of e-payments, credit cards, and local improvement assessments.

The OCF is pleased to announce an excellent opportunity for an Accountant position. This role supports Treasury operations through responsibilities such as bank account maintenance, ACH and warrant processing, and credit card reconciliations. Additional duties include financial analysis, preparing accounts receivable billings, and assisting with compliance, including the unclaimed property report. The role also involves close collaboration with internal accounting teams to improve procedures.

These job openings are available to all City of Seattle employee who fulfill the required qualifications.

• Perform bank account management tasks including, but not limited to, opening, closing, tracking, and maintaining bank accounts, ACH rejects and NSF research, ACH verifications, and bank account reconciliation.
• Perform daily issuances, cancellations, tracking, and maintenance of warrants; and manage credit card tasks, including opening, closing, tracking, and maintaining card terminals and merchant IDs, chargeback research, and transaction reconciliations.
• Conduct research, monitoring, and analysis of financial transactions; review and verify the collection and deposit of miscellaneous revenues to fulfill reporting responsibilities.
• Perform monthly reconciliation of various programs, including the transit benefit program, and resolve any discrepancies; prepare and maintain accounts receivable billing for the City.
• Oversee the Treasury Unclaimed Property process, including preparing the annual report to the State of Washington.
• Assist in the preparation and processing of collections activities and packages; maintain and update assigned financial operating procedures and systems.
• Work collaboratively with accounting staff from other units to provide information and improve processes for greater efficiency.
• Perform other duties as assigned within the function of the role.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent (or a combination of education and/or training, and/or experience which provides an equivalent background to perform the work of this class).

• 1–2-year experience in an accounting, treasury or banking operations.

This position requires a minimum of three days per week of onsite work. Alternative Work Arrangements and hybrid telework schedules for work conducted in a normal office environment may be considered and will be based on operational needs and consistency with…