Senior Accountant

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior Accountant to join our Finance Team!

The purpose of this position is to lead, working with other accountants and finance team members, providing guidance and completion of general ledger and related accounting duties. Roles and responsibilities of the multiple accounting positions may change over time, due to cross-training and skill development. General responsibilities may include such things as: Supervising the monthly close of the City's General Ledger; managing financial activities of the City's grants, capital assets, leases and component units; accounting for and reconciling accounts including, but not limited to cash, investments, receivables, payables, payroll transactions, long term debt, bond issuance, fund balances, accruals, revenues and expenses; providing system support on the general ledger system. This position also provides support for special projects and the annual audit. The position also provides research and problem-solving support for departmental personnel and will serve as a lead accountant role in their areas of expertise

Essential Job Functions

This information is intended to be descriptive of the key responsibilities of the position. The following examples do not identify all duties performed by any single incumbent.
This position has responsibilities that require lifting up to 10 pounds on occasion.

• Ability to analyze and reconcile subsidiary ledgers and the general ledger and make adjustments which includes communication with both external and internal city sources related to required corrective actions needed by others.

• Ability to analyze funds for reasonableness of revenues, expenditures, and balance sheet items, prepare reconciliations as needed, make any necessary adjustments, and prepare audit preparation schedules for financial statements.
  
  
• Monthly, quarterly and annual account reconciliations and activity roll-forwards

• Grant management reporting

• Capital asset and lease reporting

• Cash Management/Treasury reporting
  
• Annual year-end audit support
  
  
• Maintenance of the City's computerized financial management system

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration preferred, or combination of experience and education.

•Experience: Two years of increasingly responsible technical accounting experience. Municipal accounting experience preferred.

• Licenses: Texas Class C Driver’s License

• Certifications Required: Certified Public Accountant preferred

• Reading: Advanced - Ability to read literature, books, reviews, scientific or technical journals, abstracts, financial reports, and/or legal documents. Ordinarily, such education is obtained at the college level or above. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.

• Math: Advanced - Ability to apply fundamental concepts of theories, work with advanced mathematical operations methods, and functions of real and complex variables. Ordinarily, such education is obtained at the college level or above. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.

• Writing: Advanced - Ability to write editorials, journals, speeches, manuals, or critiques. Ordinarily, such education is obtained at the college level or above. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.

• Managerial: Receives direction: The employee normally performs the duty assignment after receiving general instructions as to methods, procedures, and desired end results. There is some opportunity for discretion when making selections among a few, easily identifiable choices. Assignment is reviewed upon completion.

• Budget Responsibility: Does research for documents, compiles data for computer entry, and/or enters or oversees data entry. Has responsibility for monitoring budget expenditures (typically non-discretionary expenditures) for a work unit of less than department size (programs, activities, projects, or small organizational units).

• Supervisory / Organizational Control: Work requires functioning as a lead worker which includes overseeing work quality, training, instructing, and scheduling work.

• Complexity: Work is governed by broad instructions, objectives, and policies. Requires the exercise of considerable initiative and independent analytical and evaluative judgment.

• Interpersonal / Human Relations Skills: Work requires regular interaction involving exchange and receipt of information.

The City offers a full range of benefits for full time employees, including, but not limited to the plans as defined in the Benefits Guide. Summary of Benefits

Closing Date/Time: 11/1/2024 5:00 PM Central

11/1/2024 5:00 PM Central

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• City of Grand Prairie

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