Accountant

JOB REQUIREMENTS Perform comprehensive professional accounting functions, including preparing, maintaining, analyzing, verifying, and reconciling complex financial transactions, statements, records, and reports to ensure accuracy of the City's financial records and general ledger. Prepare required financial, statistical, compliance, and year end reports, such as PSC reports, annual financial schedules, tax returns, and internal and external reporting for City and enterprise fund operations. Train and support staff on accounting procedures, revenue and utility billing processes, cash handling, job costing systems, and related software, providing technical guidance and resolving complex transaction or billing issues. Monitor and reconcile cash collections, point of sale systems, utility billing systems, subsidiary ledgers, and bank activity, ensuring accurate and timely processing of revenue and payment activities. Manage and maintain fixed asset accounting and inventory records, including asset additions, depreciation, reconciliations, and compliance with GASB standards. Support entity accounting and audit work, including developing workpapers, preparing supporting schedules, and assisting with year end closing activities. Coordinate activities related to collections and customer accounts, troubleshooting complex issues, supporting software upgrades, and ensuring regulatory and procedural compliance. Administer specialized systems such as job costing systems, purchase card programs, room tax accounting, parking, utility billing, and state debt collection or tax intercept functions, ensuring accurate administration, documentation, and compliance. Serve as back-up professional financial and accounting activities particularly in the areas of the City's payroll and timekeeping systems; including processing, reviewing, researching and analyzing financial data and transactions. Serve as back-up for utility billing. Including learning and maintaining efficiency in the utility billing process such as account set-up and cycles, payment processing, reading imports, and reporting. OTHER EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS Minimum of four (4) years of progressively responsible professional accounting experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and Experience That Provides The Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities. Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), governmental accounting standards (GASB), financial reporting requirements, and internal controls applicable to municipal government. Knowledge of financial management practices including general ledger accounting, account reconciliation, fixed asset accounting, budgeting, payroll, utility billing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and cash management. Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, policies, and procedures related to governmental accounting and financial administration. #J-18808-Ljbffr