Senior Accountant

Job Title

Senior Accountant

Job Description

Under general direction, performs the more complex and responsible professional accounting work, including auditing, analyzing, and verifying financial records, preparing financial and statistical reports, providing information to City staff regarding accounting practices and procedures, and reconciling general ledger accounts; participates in the preparation of the City's annual budgets; prepares year-end audit reports and schedules; provides responsible support to the Accounting Manager in areas of expertise; and performs related duties as required.

Essential Functions / Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

Provides complex professional and technical assistance in the administration and implementation of the City's financial, auditing, and accounting programs, including financial report development, budget monitoring, forecasting, and collection of revenues. Analyzes financial data and prepares a wide variety of financial reports and statements, including the City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), State Controller's Report (SCO), and related documents. Analyzes and reconciles expenditure and revenue accounts, verifying availability of funds and classification of expenditures; researches and analyzes transactions to resolve problems; prepares monthly and year-end journal vouchers for a wide variety of financial programs. Participates in the compilation and preparation of annual budgets, including assisting other departments with budget preparation, providing revenue and expense projections, monitoring expenditures, and preparing and updating cash flow and projections. Participates in the preparation of audit schedules and reports for external auditors and assists the management and auditors during the annual auditing process. Processes and reconciles revenues, expenditures, and technical transactions in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and City laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances. Prepares and processes reports and records including cash flows, historical summaries, charts, graphs, and various memos and letters. Receives, reviews, and processes various reports and records including payment authorizations, computer printouts, bank statements, checks, and receipts. Prepares comprehensive financial and accounting activity studies, statistics, statements, and reports. Researches and analyzes technical transactions to resolve questions and validate data; ensures fiscal accountability and fund integrity for transactions and supporting documentation. Coordinates technical and financial information and communications between the division, other departments, and external agencies regarding cost allocations and accounting issues. Interprets, explains, and applies general and governmental accounting/auditing principles and procedures, laws, and regulations affecting the financial operations of municipal government; provides professional and technical guidance and training to other staff in accounting processes. Attends meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions, and reviews publications to remain current on principles, practices, and new developments in accounting.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience: Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be: Education: Equivalent to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field. Experience: Five (5) years of increasingly responsible professional accounting experience. Licenses and Certifications: None.

Additional Information

Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the telephone. This is primarily a sedentary office classification although standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects up to 25 pounds. Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions, and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.