2026-27 Accountant 2 - Business Office

About the role

Performs intermediate level professional accounting work in the maintenance of accounts and preparation of financial reports and statements; and performs related duties as required. Works under the general and technical supervision of a higher level accountant, a division manager or a department director. May exercise close or technical supervision over clerical and lower level technical and professional accounting staff.

Responsibilities

• Maintains general departmental funds and aid grants accounts; makes allocations and performs related accounting transactions; prepares related financial reports, statements and applications; provides accounting advice and assistance to subgrantees and processes their monthly reimbursement requests.
• Prepares project cost studies and analyses.
• Maintains budgetary control accounts; prepares budgets, budgetary reports and statements.
• Participates in preparing recommendations for future budgetary requirements and plans.
• Provides accounting services to fund and project managers; reviews computer printouts, reconciles accounts, and makes journal entries.
• Performs audits in accordance with an established internal audit procedure.
• Reviews accounting procedures and methods and recommends changes in procedures as needed.
• Prepares financial statements and periodic financial reports including monthly, quarterly and annual reports.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in accounting, business administration, public administration or a related field including 24 quarter credits or equivalent semester credits in accounting courses and two years of experience as an Accountant 1 or equivalent experience in maintaining accounts, analyzing financial data and preparing financial reports, preferably in a governmental accounting environment. (No substitution for education.)

Skills

• Considerable knowledge of governmental accounting principles, theories, practices and financial reporting.
• Considerable knowledge of auditing standards and practices.
• Considerable knowledge of financial elements of spreadsheets, database and word processing software.
• Working knowledge of laws, regulations and administrative decisions pertaining to departmental accounting.
• Considerable ability to use standard spreadsheet, database and mainframe computer software to analyze and forecast financial performance of funds and projects.
• Considerable ability to use microcomputers, computer terminals, calculators and other equipment.
• Considerable ability to apply and adapt established accounting procedures to a variety of accounting transactions, problems and situations.
• Considerable ability to analyze and interpret accounting records.
• Considerable ability to communicate, both orally and in writing.

Pay & Schedule

This is a 12 month position working 40 hours per week. Pay range for this position is: $65,548 (step 1) - $96,897 (step 10). Maximum hiring step = step ten (10). The full salary schedule is listed in the PEA contract. Salary information for this job posting can be found at this link: https://www.spps.org/about/departments/human-resources/labor-agreements (select the "PEA" Labor agreement).

Benefits

Benefit information for this position can be found at this link: https://www.spps.org/about/departments/human-resources/benefits/benefit-summaries-by-bargaining-unit (select the "PEA ¿ Full Time" link).