Accountant AC/Finance (7542)

About the Role

Perform professional accounting and budgetary work involved in establishing, analyzing, auditing, reconciling, and maintaining financial records for assigned District programs, accounts, funds, and budgets. Prepare a variety of financial and statistical reports, statements, records, and claims. Review, audit, analyze, reconcile, and adjust designated funds and accounts under the direction of the Director of Financial Services.

Responsibilities

• Perform professional accounting and budgetary work to establish, analyze, audit, reconcile, and maintain financial records for assigned District programs, accounts, funds, and budgets. Ensure financial activity complies with applicable standards, laws, codes, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Prepare, maintain, and audit financial and statistical reports, statements, and records related to income, expenditures, funds, balances, profit & loss, accounts, budgets, and assigned programs. Review and analyze financial statements to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Review, audit, analyze, reconcile, and adjust designated funds and accounts. Calculate, post, audit, code, and adjust journal entries. Update accounts to reflect income, expenditures, journal vouchers, and other transactions. Balance accounts, audit for errors, and make appropriate adjustments. Initiate and process account and budget transfers as needed.
• Monitor, evaluate, and reconcile accounts related to assigned funds and budgets. Compile, prepare, and submit schedules, forecasts, claims, and reimbursements required for grants and other funding sources. Prepare income and expenditure projections for assigned funds and programs.
• Input and code financial and statistical data into an assigned computer system. Establish and maintain automated records and files. Initiate queries, manipulate data, develop spreadsheets and charts, and generate computerized reports and documents. Ensure accuracy of input and output data.
• Provide consultation to administrators and personnel concerning accounting and budgetary functions. Respond to inquiries and provide detailed and technical information regarding accounts, budgets, grants, funds, projects, transactions, records, reports, standards, practices, requirements, laws, codes, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Reconcile banking and fiscal statements prepared by outside agencies to ensure accurate fund accounting. Verify that financial statements, ledgers, transactions, and account balances match District records and reports.
• Participate in year-end closing activities, including closing entries, accruals, and reversals of accruals. Prepare month-end and year-end journal vouchers as required.
• Prepare, process, and analyze fiscal forms, journal vouchers, and documents related to income, expenditures, grants, and owed monies for assigned programs and funds. Prepare, arrange for, and follow up on payments, invoices, and billings as directed.

Requirements

Any combination equivalent to: a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or business administration and two years of financial record-keeping, bookkeeping, or accounting experience.