Accountant, Financial Reporting, Accounting Manager

** TARGET CLOSE DATE:
** 01/23/2026
** PAY GRADE:
** Grade 21
** TYPE:
** Full time
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* JOB SUMMARY:

** Accountants perform a range of duties focused on the systematic tracking and management of financial data. Key responsibilities include maintaining accounts payable, accounts receivable, banking, general ledger, and grant or budgetary accounts. These tasks are performed in strict accordance with federal, state, and local mandates, including GAAP and GASB standards. Additionally, Accountants process payments, generate transaction reports, oversee inventory, and facilitate the contract review process.

Accountants work as individual contributors and do not supervise office staff.
** COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
** Agencies provide competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension), generous paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, and more.
Applications for this position will be considered for the following Merit System employing agencies. The pay range for this job varies depending upon the Merit System employing agency.
Bessemer $46,384 - $71,968  Birmingham $47,382 - $73,507  Center Point $44,720 - $69,368   Health Department $56,347 - $87,422  Homewood $54,725 - $84,906  Hueytown $48,755 - $75,628  Irondale $54,725 - $84,906  Jefferson County $52,624 - $81,640  Mountain Brook $59,446 - $92,227  Tarrant $40,851 - $63,378  Vestavia Hills $55,058 - $85,426
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* MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

** The following are job-related qualifications that are required for employment consideration for this position:
** Option A
*** Bachelor's degree in Accounting.or
** Option B
*** At least 15 semester hours in Accounting, including at least one intermediate level accounting class (i.e., 300 level or above).
* Experience using professional accounting software (e.g., Quick Books, Great Plains, Sage).
* Experience using Excel (e.g., formatting spreadsheets using formulas and logic).
* Experience using full charge bookkeeping (e.g., preparing journal entries, maintaining books and ledgers, processing accounts payable/receivable, processing payroll).
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* PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

** The following are job-related qualifications deemed desirable by Merit System agencies. These qualifications may be considered by a hiring agency when reviewing applications and inviting candidates to participate in subsequent steps in the selection processes.
* Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or CPA candidate.
* Experience working in governmental or non-profit accounting.
** TYPICAL

JOB DUTIES:

*** Oversees the Accounts Payable (AP) and/or Accounts Receivable (AR) process by entering requisitions and payments, generating invoices and account statements and reconciling funds using accounting software in accordance with professional standards to maintain finances for a department or jurisdiction.
* Oversees internal and external audits of financial records by acting as the point of communication, distributing audit-related tasks, and implementing changes identified during the audit consistent with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) and auditor transaction testing techniques to maintain compliance with professional standards and regulations.
* Oversees the maintenance of banking records by researching banking and account information to provide recommendations to the department or jurisdiction regarding which banking institutions to utilize.
* Performs the financial closing process at the end of an accounting period (i.e., monthly, quarterly, yearly) by analyzing account balances and performing balance sheet reconciliations to ensure compliance with federal, state and local guidelines and laws.
* Oversees the maintenance of the general ledger (GL) by reviewing and approving journal entries, auditing the GL for accuracy, creating journal entries and general ledger adjustments, and reconciling the general ledger to other financial records to ensure completeness of information and compliance with federal. state and local guidelines and laws.
* Oversees the maintenance and reporting of confidential governmental financial records according to federal, state, and local guidelines and…