Accountant

Responsibilities

• Ensures invoice information is complete and accurate prior to generating accounts payable checks.
• Runs accounts payable checks for the city.
• Runs project reports to show how much money is spent on the project.
• Analyzes account information, creates journal entries for errors, and creates spreadsheets for departments to review the spending and requests for grant reimbursement.
• Processes invoices for all city departments.
• Prepares grant reports, credit card reconciliations, and tax reports.
• Maintains the vendor file to include adding new vendors, inactivating vendors, or making changes, etc.
• Maintains account billing system and bi-monthly wire transfers and corresponding journal entries.
• Maintains payment approval listing by department and division.
• Corresponds with vendors and responds to inquiries.
• Interacts and communicates professionally with supervisor, co-workers, bank personnel, auditors, and citizens.
• Completes daily accounting tasks.
• Prepares various files, records, and documents.
• Performs related work as assigned.
• Processes payroll biweekly, including review and transmission of files by managing and operating the City’s payroll software applications.
• Receives and inputs changes for credit union, leaves, child support orders, purchase of service years, savings bonds, safety materials, deferred compensation plans, etc.
• Verifies hours, calculations of gross wages, adjustments before tax, deductions, benefits and accrual hours.
• Processes retirement contributions.
• Processes payroll liabilities each payroll week.
• Distributes timesheets to departments.

Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree.
• Two (2) years of experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Pay

• The City of Spartanburg provides a very competitive benefits package.
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life benefits are through the SC State Health Plan and access to free onsite health clinic.
• Retirement through the SC State Retirement System (Employee contributes 9% and the City contributes 18.56% / PORS: police/fire employees contribute 9.75% and City contributes 21.24%).
• City also offers 12 Paid Holidays; Paid Time Off (3 ½ weeks per year) and Longevity Leave based on years of service.