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Finance Accountant

Under the direction of the Finance Director, this position reconciles bank accounts, general ledger accounts, and prepares journal entries. Assists with accounts payable, purchasing, revenue collection, and financial administration functions of the department.

The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this position. Other duties may be required, assigned, and expected aside from those set forth below to address operational needs and changing operational practices.

• Ensures that state laws, regulations, and city procedures are followed in regards to accounting and purchasing guidelines
• Stays abreast of accounting standards to ensure accounting information is in accordance with GAAP and GASB
• Ensures adequate cash balances by reconciling all bank and investment accounts both accurately and timely each month
• Monitors activity of accounts, researching transactions in order to ensure proper reporting
• Ensures accurate fund accounting, generating journal entries and ensuring transactions are posted in the correct fund and to the correct account
• Maintains reconciliations and verifies that accounts are balanced to the general ledger on a monthly basis
• Assists in accounting and reporting of capital assets
• Verifies the accuracy of the accounts receivable subsidiary ledgers
• Assists with monthly financial reporting
• Assists in maintaining accurate financial reporting of grant activity and capital projects
• Assists in researching variances and financial transactions and reporting
• Assists in the preparation of information needed for the annual external audit
• Assists in maintaining the financial information system (Munis)
• Serves as the primary backup for the Purchasing Division
• Assists with the accounts payable, revenue collection, and financial administration functions of the department
• Maintains work area in an organized and neat manner

Education/Training: Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance

Experience: Three (3) years of accounting or finance experience, preferably in a governmental setting. Extensive experience in the relative field preferred.

Knowledge of: accounting laws and practices and principles, purchasing, accounts payable, and cash management procedures, federal, state, and municipal laws and regulations governing finance, purchasing, and revenue collection

Ability to: communicate effectively both verbally and in written form, read, use mathematical and writing skills to review, comprehend, analyze, and report on complex financial matters, utilize computer skills including software for word-processing, spreadsheet creation and maintenance, database utilization, and other specialized accounting and financial software, work from administrative direction in terms of broadly defined goals, plan activities and work efficiently to meet deadlines, build and maintain relationships with other employees and supervisors, work non-duty hours including weekend or holidays when necessary

Environment: Work location will be indoors with potential for overnight travel to attend and participate in training, meetings, and activities

Physical Demands: See accompanying page for details

Key Working Relationship: Other Finance Department employees to include Finance Director and Comptroller, Staff of designated City Financial Institutions