Senior Accountant

Overview

The City of Union City Financial Services Department seeks a team-oriented professional to become a valued member of our staff. This position presents a unique opportunity to play a key role in the functioning of the organization as it serves a diverse and quickly growing community.

Under general supervision of the Finance Director, the incumbent in this classification performs professional accounting, auditing, and financial analysis work in support of a broad range of City financial functions; provides first-line supervision to support staff; performs related work as required.

• Performs responsible accounting and auditing work in specified financial areas as assigned, for example, prepares journal entries and balances, maintains the City’s general ledger, and reconciles accounts.
• Assists in the preparation, implementation, and control of annual operating and capital improvement budgets.
• Reviews policies, procedures, and practices in the areas of licensing, revenue collection, purchasing, accounts payable, payroll, and similar areas of operation and control to improve efficiency and effectiveness; recommends and implements improvements.
• Reviews business data processing applications and recommends and implements improvements; may be required to convert manual processes into automated systems.
• Plans, organizes, staffs, directs, and controls the work of support staff including the monitoring, evaluation and revision of work assignments.
• Answers questions from City staff, contractors, vendors, and others regarding the activities of the department.
• Assists auditors in auditing the City’s accounting and reporting systems.
• Review and document job performance and provide employees with counseling to improve or remedy performance.

Education & Experience:

• Any combination of education, training, and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skills and abilities would be:
• Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college with major course in accounting, business administration, or a closely related field
• AND
• Three (3) years of relevant, professional accounting experience with at least one (1) year in a lead or supervisory capacity.

• Principles, practices, procedures, and terminology in the fields of accounting, bookkeeping, and budgeting.
• Principles and practices of municipal accounting, auditing, financial analysis, and budgeting.
• Principles and methods of supervision.
• Basis principles of business data processing, purchasing, and risk management.
• Techniques for procedures analysis and modification.
• Information systems, data storage, access, and retrieval.

• Perform responsible and varied accounting and financial support work.
• Analyze, interpret, and apply policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Prepare, verify, analyze, audit, and reconcile complex financial and accounting documents, records, and reports.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Analyze situations accurately and use independent judgement within established guidelines.
• Provide first-line supervision to technical and office support staff.
• Prepare statistical analyses and reports.
• Conduct research and prepare recommendations regarding legislative, budgeting, purchasing, and other activities impacting department and city finance.

The City of Union City is an equal opportunity employer. The City of Union City will comply with its obligations under the law to provide equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities.

Positions in this class typically require: sitting, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions.

Travel:
Positions in this class may require local and statewide travel as necessary.