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ACCOUNTANT – SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
JOB FAMILY: Finance
EEO CATEGORY: Professionals
FLSA: Exempt
PAY PLAN: Full-Time Pay Plan
UNION STATUS: Represented
PURPOSE STATEMENT:
Under general direction, performs a variety of moderately complex financial duties requiring extensive knowledge of accounting records, transactions, and reconciliations and provides customer service.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED
Provides functional supervision of clerical and accounting staff. Senior Accountant provides functional and technical supervision of subordinate staff.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND TASKS:
Duties may include but are not limited to:
• Answer inquiries from the public, both in person and over the phone, providing fiscal information and explaining procedures.
• Coordinate and review accuracy of invoice payments to vendors and service providers and resolves issues with vendors regarding purchase orders, invoices and payments. • Coordinate the work of subordinates in the maintenance and reconciliation a variety of ledgers, reports and records ensuring accuracy and journal entry postings. • Prepare and coordinate preparation of a variety of fiscal reports, statements and schedules. • Coordinate receipt and processing of payroll records for new and existing employees, ensuring accuracy and compliance with policies, procedures and regulations and enter payroll data. • Coordinate and participate in preparation of payroll and related reports including tax deposits, quarterly reports and W-2 forms; ensure accuracy of payroll taxes for State and Federal quarterly and annual returns.
• Coordinate and participate in sign up of new utility customers, acceptance of utility deposits, receipt, calculation balancing and posting of utility payments. • Coordinate maintenance of fixed asset inventory and data base. • Functionally supervise and train subordinate staff.
• Senior Accountant: train, supervise, evaluate, motivate and discipline subordinate staff. • Analyze procedures recommending improved methods, resolves and/or recommends resolutions of system and process deficiencies.
• Serve as staff resource providing support assistance to managers and staff. • Conduct special projects and studies.
Job Classification Description
Equal Employment Opportunity
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• Perform related duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES AND SKILLS
Knowledge of:
• Standard office procedures, methods and computer equipment. • Fiscal record keeping, payroll, cashiering, business license, journal entries, accounts receivable, accounts payable, transient occupancy tax and billing.
• Accounting and financial record keeping, principles, procedures and methods and their application to projects and activities.
• Principles and practices of payroll administration including Federal and State payroll tax reporting requirements and business license processes and procedures. • Principles and practices of employee supervision, training and evaluation. • Principles and practices of municipal budget preparation and control. • Applicable Federal, State and local laws, codes and regulations. • Automated financial management and accounting systems. • Techniques used in dealing with the public and customer service.
Skills and Abilities to:
• Operate office equipment including computers, copying machines and phone systems. • Independently perform the most difficult technical accounting and financial projects and activities.
• Plan, organize, review the work of and train and supervise subordinate staff. • Respond to questions from the public and staff.
• Interpret and apply policies, procedures, laws, codes and regulations pertaining to municipal accounting, budgeting and related functions.
• Analyze problems, identify solutions, project impacts of proposed actions and impellent recommendations.
• Interpret and apply accounting principles and procedures to maintain control of records, financial statements and databases; research, collect, compile and analyze information and data. • Apply accounting principles in the maintenance of governmental financial and accounting transactions.
• Research, collect, compile and analyze information and data and organize work to meet schedules and timelines.
• Prepare, examine and verify financial documents, statement, reports and analyses. • Communicate clearly both orally and in writing.
• Perform duties of an emergency worker in the event of a natural or other disaster.
QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS
Any combination of education and experience that would provide the required knowledge, abilities and skills is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the qualifications would be:
Accountant: BA/BS degree in business, accounting or related field and three (3) years increasingly responsible experience in municipal accounting. CPA desirable.
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Senior Accountant: In addition to the above, three (3) years as an Accountant and CPA.
LICENSE(S) OR CERTIFICATE(S)
• Valid state-issued Driver’s License and a good driving record.
WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
(Must be performed with or without reasonable accommodations) • This position works primarily in an indoor office environment. • Positions in this class typically require reaching, standing, sitting, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, gripping, reaching, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, talking, and hearing with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Medium Work: Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally (up to 1/3 of workday), and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently (1/3 to 2/3 of workday), and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly (2/3 or more of workday) to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.