Accountant, Accounting Manager, Financial Reporting

Accountant (Confidential) - (C31)

Salary: $6,513.00 to $7,916.61 per month

This classification performs journey-level professional accounting work. The current position is ideal for an experienced accountant and will oversee and supervise accounts payable, purchasing, payroll, cash management, and capital asset operations of the City. In addition, the incumbent may be required to develop complex spreadsheets, audit, analyze, and reconcile accounting records, complete special projects, perform related duties as assigned. This position supervises a small team of employees.

Positions in this class perform varied and complex, professional accounting and financial work related to governmental accounting, investments, purchasing and business license activities. The work requires the use of independent judgment. There may be supervisory responsibilities over technical and clerical positions. This class is distinguished from the Senior Accountant in that the Senior Accountant is responsible for a greater range of assignments, which are more difficult in nature, require a higher level of decision making, and have a significant impact to the City.

Audits accounting records; prepares, verifies, adjusts and balances control accounts for budget processing; maintains and assures the accuracy of journals and ledgers; reviews vouchers and makes necessary adjustments; produces information to staff regarding accounts and records; independently prepares reports and correspondence; prepares a variety of detailed and analytical accounting, statistical and narrative reports; monitors and prepares financial reports of City grants;

assists in the preparation of budgets; assembles, reviews and evaluates supporting accounting and statistical data; may supervise and/or assist in the various business license functions, including billing, receipting, data entry, auditing, and compliance; posts legal notices; contacts citizens and collects amounts owed; may administer centralized purchasing system; assists departments in preparation of competitive bids and prepares competitive bids for routine purchases;

assigns and reviews work of clerical and technical staff; makes ledger entries and may maintain payroll records, and performs other fiscal record keeping work; assists in conducting cost surveys and accounting systems and procedural studies; prepares reports of findings, including recommendations for modifications or other actions; researches related rules and regulations; participates in the implementation of recommendations; maintains filing systems for record storage and retrieval;

answers questions that require searching for and abstracting technical data; operates a variety of office equipment such as a typewriter, calculator, word processor and computer terminal; may supervise clerical and/or technical staff; and performs related work as required.

Any combination of training, education and experience which demonstrates an ability to perform the duties of the position is qualifying.

A typical qualifying background is a Bachelor s degree in accounting, business, finance or a closely related field, and 2 years of professional level accounting and purchasing experience, preferably for a governmental agency. Lead or supervisory experience desired.

Principles and practices of general and governmental accounting and purchasing including debits, credits, encumbrances, journal entries and auditing; office practices, procedures and machines; computer terminal operating methods;
English usage, spelling, grammar, punctuation and report writing; advanced business mathematics; accounting cycle and the interrelationships and significance of data contained in various accounts; principles and procedures used in the preparation of financial statements and bank reconciliations; accounting procedures and transactions used in controlling a subsidiary account, accruals deferrals, estimated items, sales and collection, the closing process and receivables and payables;

mathematical techniques and concepts involved in collecting, organizing, interpreting, summarizing, analyzing and…