Accountant (Full-Time)

About the role

The Finance Department of the City of Bellflower seeks a professional accountant to join our team. This role is open continuously and may close at any time. We encourage interested individuals to apply immediately. Applications will be reviewed starting May 11, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.

Responsibilities

• Provides responsible professional and technical assistance in the administration and implementation of financial auditing and accounting programs for the City, Public Facilities Corporation, Financing Authority, and Successor Agency.
• Prepares a wide variety of financial and statistical reports, including year-end reporting, budgetary reports, assisting in the preparation of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), grants reporting, and preparing other legal documents and management analysis.
• Maintains and monitors the City’s grant funds and ensures compliance with rules and regulations governing the use of each grant.
• Reviews quarterly and annual federal and state payroll tax returns; ensures tax returns are filed in a timely manner.
• Maintains adequate internal controls over the City’s revenues; handles daily cash management by securing revenues collected by the City; verifies accuracy and completeness of funds collected; performs periodic audits of revenues and cash management processes.
• Participates in and assumes responsibility for various departmental programs including financial statements, financial analyses and auditing, general ledger, grants accounting, and special project accounting; conducts and prepares special studies and reports.
• Assists with investments, portfolio management, cash management, debt management, new financing, and revenue and expense projections.
• Researches and analyzes technical transactions to resolve questions and validate data: ensures fiscal accountability and fund integrity for transactions and supporting documentation.
• Attends meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions, and reviews publications to remain current on principles, practices, and new developments in the field of accounting.

Requirements

• Equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in accounting, finance, business administration, or a closely related field and three (3) years of responsible professional accounting or auditing experience.
• Possession of an appropriate, valid driver's license and insurability at regular rates for the City's automobile insurance.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of: Modern principles, practices, and methods of accounting and finance, including budgeting and auditing and their application to municipal operations.
• Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulatory codes, ordinances, and procedures relevant to assigned area of responsibility.
• Ability to: Independently perform the full range of professional accounting functions, analyze financial data and draw sound conclusions, prepare clear, complete, and concise financial statements and reports, perform mathematical, financial, and statistical computations with precision, interpret, apply, explain, and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local policies, procedures, laws, and regulations, establish and maintain a variety of manual and computerized files and record keeping systems, make sound, independent decisions within established policy and procedural guidelines, organize and prioritize a variety of projects and multiple tasks in an effective and timely manner; organize own work, set priorities, and meet critical time deadlines, operate modern office equipment including computer equipment and software programs, use English effectively to communicate in person, over the telephone, and in writing, use tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within general policy, procedural, and legal guidelines, establish, maintain, and foster positive and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Skills

• Knowledge of modern principles, practices, and methods of accounting and finance, including budgeting and auditing and their application to municipal operations.
• Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulatory codes, ordinances, and procedures relevant to assigned area of responsibility.
• Ability to independently perform the full range of professional accounting functions, analyze financial data and draw sound conclusions, prepare clear, complete, and concise financial statements and reports, perform mathematical, financial, and statistical computations with precision, interpret, apply, explain, and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local policies, procedures, laws, and regulations, establish and maintain a variety of manual and computerized files and record keeping systems, make sound, independent decisions within established policy and procedural guidelines, organize and prioritize a variety of projects and multiple tasks in an effective and timely manner; organize own work, set priorities, and meet critical time deadlines, operate modern office equipment including computer equipment and software programs, use English effectively to communicate in person, over the telephone, and in writing, use tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within general policy, procedural, and legal guidelines, establish, maintain, and foster positive and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Benefits

• 80 hours of vacation accrued the first year of employment, increasing by 8 hours each subsequent year to a maximum accrual of 200 hours per year.
• Sick leave accrues at a rate of twelve days with pay for each calendar year of service.
• Twelve paid holidays are observed each year by the City of Bellflower.
• Full time City employees are members of the CalPERS Retirement system.
• New members pay a portion of their salary towards their 2@62 retirement and Classic members pay 7% of their salary towards their 2@55 retirement.
• The City of Bellflower pays into Social Security.
• The City will match full time employee's contribution to a deferred compensation account, up to 4% of salary.
• The City provides medical insurance through CalPERS, dental coverage through Delta Dental and Vision coverage through EyeMed Vision.

Pay

Details about pay will be communicated during the selection process.

Schedule

Details about schedule will be communicated during the selection process.