Accountant

Salary $53,813.55 - $67,266.94 Annually Location Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX Job Type Civil Service Job Number 12230-0726 Department El Paso Water Utilities Opening Date 07/02/2026 Closing Date 7/7/2026 11:59 PM Mountain FLSA Exempt Max Number of Applicants 50 Description Benefits Questions Requirements MOS Codes: 89A (Army), 441 (Coast Guard), 1005 (Navy), 0111 (Marine Corps) Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Business, or Public Administration or a related field, including a concentration of 18 credit hours in accounting, and one (1) year of professional accounting experience. Licenses and Certificates: None. General Purpose Under direction, participate in providing professional accounting, administrative, and advisory services for an assigned program or phase of fiscal support operations. Typical Duties Perform journey-level accounting and basic financial analysis duties as required to ensure accurate recording, updating, and reporting for designated types of transactions. Involves: Assisting in the preparation of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). Balance and reconcile general ledger statements; prepare general journal entries (such as revenues, expenditures, and depreciation) to generate fiscal month and year-to-date balance sheets, changes in fund balance, and cash flow financial statements. Analyze and prepare financial statements related to individual funds. Perform research and report generation to assist external auditors. Track and report expenditure of federal grant funds and monitor sub-recipient agencies to ensure expenditure of allocated funds meets grant requirements. Maintain and analyze assigned aspects of the financial and accounting database and financial management system. Involves: Enter, retrieve, and review accounting data from the centralized financial management system and personal computers or source documents such as journal entries, invoices, or budget transfers to generate financial reports. Generate periodic accounting or statistical reports to management or regulatory agencies. Analyze expenditure trends and assist in the preparation of the annual operating or capital improvement budget. Assist the supervisor with daily cash management functions. Involves: Analyzing cash activity for the previous day, reviewing account transaction exceptions, and identifying cash needs to meet daily obligations. Identify, prepare, and process wire transfers with proper documentation to manage cash flow, prepare a detailed daily cash position statement, and validate checks for payment. Reconcile bank accounts, mutual funds, and investment portfolios. Create and post journal entries, monthly reconciliation of mutual funds and investment portfolio, identify, research, and resolve investment-related problems, communicate findings with supervisor, financial institution representatives, auditors, or others. Perform related duties as required. Involves: Act as immediate supervisor or work leader if assigned a professional, paraprofessional, or clerical support employee as a helper. Substitute for supervisor or coworkers if necessary to ensure continuity of operations during absences. Advise the supervisor promptly of situations or issues that have or could lead to deviation from expected results and recommend appropriate solutions or options. Calculate and initiate payments for municipal bonds (principal and interest) and bond administrative fees. As designated security administrator, authorize computer access to bank records and signature plates. Facilitate petty cash advances and reimbursements. General Information For complete job specification, click here. Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received. Important Note: The required Supplemental Questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score. Applicants are being tested on a conditional basis pending a review of minimum qualifications. Applications will be reviewed for applicants who pass the Supplemental Questions exam. Per CSC Rules & Regulations, after review of the minimum qualifications for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions exam, a passing score, combined with applicable seniority points and veteran points, will be used to create a list of candidates. Please note: Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit for more information. A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete. To qualify for this position, the required education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position. Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position. Benefits LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE The City of El Paso is a self-insured entity with a third-party administrator for Medical and Pharmacy benefits. Basic Life Insurance Coverage is available at no cost to eligible employees. Additional Life Insurance and coverage for your dependents are also available. Employees can select optional Dental, Vision, and Short Term Disability coverage. Employees also have the option to participate in a Health Savings Account or Flexible Spending Account (healthcare and/or dependent care for daycare expenses). All of these insurance and coverage options can be configured within a month of your new employee orientation date. An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with access to mental health sessions, therapy, and more is available at no cost. A trained counselors are also available to help you and your dependents cope with life’s stressors so that you can live a happy productive lifestyle. The City’s Wellness Program seeks to promote better health and wellness amongst the workforce through various programs and incentives in which employees may choose to participate in, to include wellness education, fitness tests, biometric screenings, group fitness, health coaching and so much more! Keep Learning, Growing & Reinventing Yourself! The City of El Paso's Tuition Assistance Program encourages employee personal and professional development by sharing educational costs with those employees who have successfully completed their original probation, and in turn retain a skillful workforce. Each year, employees can obtain Tuition Assistance for Degree, Certifications, Continuing Education, and Books & Equipment. ELIGIBILITY FOR VACATION LEAVE All regular employees who are regularly scheduled to work on an average, a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week, who have held a position in the City Service for a period of six months from date of employment, shall be eligible for vacation allowance as hereinafter set forth. Part-time employees shall accrue vacation leave at a pro-rated amount of full-time entitlement based on the number of hours that they are scheduled to work. Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements shall accrue vacation as provided in the applicable agreement. For 0 - 5 Years Of Service (12 Days) Regular employees in the City Service shall accrue vacation credit at the following rates per pay period, calculated from the date of employment of each employee: 40 hour per week employees - 3.70 hours per biweekly pay period For >5 to 15 years of service (17 days): 40 hour per week employees - 5.24 hours per biweekly pay period For >15 or more years of service (20 days): 40 hour per week employees - 6.16 hours per biweekly pay period SICK LEAVE WITH PAY Employees shall be entitled to accrue sick leave with pay in accordance with the Rules of the Civil Service Commission. ACCIDENT WITH PAY LEAVE The Amended Section 4.4 of the Ordinance shall become effective upon adoption and shall apply to occupational injuries and occupational diseases occurring on and after date of adoption. Occupational injuries and occupational diseases occurring before such date will be governed by the Ordinance in effect at the time of the date of injury or disease. PREGNANCY LEAVE Pregnancy shall be treated the same as any other temporary physical disability. An employee on pregnancy leave shall use accumulated and unused regular sick leave time and then (unless granted use of special sick leave) shall be on leave without pay, unless the employee chooses to use any accumulated and unused annual leave. An employee going on pregnancy leave shall give written notice to her department head with appropriate medical verification. Before returning to work from pregnancy leave, the individual will provide appropriate medical documentation releasing the employee to return to work, as is required for any individual who has been on leave for a temporary physical disability. LEGAL HOLIDAYS The following days are hereby declared legal holidays for all the City departments, provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to members of the Fire Department whose duties are to prevent or extinguish fires, or to members of the Police Department whose duties are those of law enforcement: (Amended 10/03/95) First day of January (New Year's Day) Third Monday in January (Martin Luther King Holiday) Thirty-first day in March (Cesar Chavez Day) Last Monday in May ( Memorial Day) June 19 (Juneteenth) Fourth day of July (Independence Day) First Monday in September (Labor Day) Eleventh Day in November (Veteran's Day) Fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day) The Friday following the fourth Thursday in November (Day after Thanksgiving) Twenty-fifth Day in December (Christmas Day) Employee's Birthday In addition to the above days, the following days are also declared to be legal holidays: 1. Any day designated as a holiday by City Council. 2. When any legal holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be considered a legal holiday. 3. When any legal holiday falls on a Sunday, the following business day shall be considered a legal holiday. 01 Please select the combination of education and experience you have from the following options: A Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business or public administration or a related field and a minimum of one (1) year of accounting experience. A Master's degree or higher in accounting, finance, business or public administration or a related field and a minimum of six (6) months of accounting experience. None of the above. 02 Do you have a concentration of 18 credit hours in accounting? Yes No 03 What is your level of knowledge do you have of federal, state and local laws, regulations, rules and ordinances related to municipal accounting, finance, fiscal controls and related reporting including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB), Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) pronouncements and publications, and fund and grant accounting practices and standards. I have comprehensive knowledge. I have good knowledge. I have some knowledge None of the above 04 What level of knowledge do you have at analyzing data and having numerous variables and outcomes within the framework of some precedents or general guidelines to assess and detect discrepancies in accounting, financial or statistical records? I have considerable knowledge. I have good knowledge. I have some knowledge. None of the above 05 What level of knowledge do you have of modern municipal accounting and management practices, generally accepted accounting, auditing, and investment practices, methods, and policies? I have comprehensive knowledge. I have good knowledge. I have some knowledge. None of the above. 06 What level of knowledge do you have of computer hardware, software, and peripherals related to a wide range of accounting and financial management operations including computerized financial applications? None of the above. I have some knowledge. I have good knowledge. I have comprehensive knowledge. 07 Please provide an example of public relations and public speaking principles and practices. 08 Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Have you had your diploma, transcripts, degree or other required documents translated and evaluated by an agency of NACES? Yes, it has been translated and certified and I can provide documentation upon a job offer. No, I have not had my degree translated and certified. N/A - my degree is from an accredited U.S. university or college. 09 Candidates will be evaluated based on the information provided on the application and the completeness of the responses to the Supplemental Questions. The following will disqualify you from moving forward in the recruitment process. -Failure to fully detail all work experience and job duties. -Failure to fully detail all lead, supervisory and managerial experience and duties if required. -Overlapping dates of work experience. -Copying and pasting directly from the job specification. -Responses referring to your résumé. I acknowledge I have read and understand the above information. 10 Required supplemental questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score. Applicants are being tested on a conditional basis pending review of minimum qualifications. Applications will be reviewed for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions exam. I understand that my answers to the supplemental questions will generate a score. I understand that I am being tested on a conditional basis pending review of minimum qualifications. Required Question Employer City of El Paso Address 300 N. Campbell El Paso, Texas, 79901 Phone View phone number on click.appcast.io Website #J-18808-Ljbffr