Accountant I

About the Role

The Accountant I performs varied and complex technical accounting work, preparing analytical, narrative, statistical, and accounting reports. This is a skilled and experienced level of accounting position, working independently without technical supervision.

Responsibilities

• Keeps fiscal records with varied accounting functions.
• Examines, verifies, approves, and screens fiscal documents such as requisitions, purchase orders, receiving records, and invoice record transactions in subsidiary and general ledgers.
• Prepares trial balances, reconciliations, and worksheets.
• May supervise a clerical staff making ledger entries, reconciliations, trial balances, maintaining payroll records, and performing other fiscal record-keeping work.
• Assigns and reviews clerical work.
• Trains new employees and evaluates performance, making recommendations on personnel matters.
• Prepares a variety of detailed factual and analytical accounting, statistical, and narrative reports for the department.
• Prepares daily cash summary of cash receipts; classifies receipts according to funds; collects, disburses, and maintains records for claims and miscellaneous revenues and accounts.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with coursework in accounting, finance, or a closely related field.
• One (1) to two years of full-time professional accounting experience.