Accountant II (Interfund)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs complex reconciliations of balance sheet and other accounts held at the City.
• Ensure all intercompany activity remains in balance throughout the month.
• Prepare and provide status of Interfund Reporting and monitor repayments.
• Perform the detail reconciliation of all Tax Allocation District interfund accounts with Invest Atlanta.
• Manage and Review all Operating Transfers and reconcile to budgets.
• Participate in monthly ledger close by preparing and/or ensuring the accurate and complete recording of financial transactions in accordance with deadlines as determined by management.
• Preform trending and variance analysis for all balance sheet, revenue and expense activity for assigned Funds.
• Identify and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Maintain and distribute various assigned roll forward schedules.
• Review incoming journal entries from other departments to ensure transactions comply with the City’s policies and procedures and adhere to General Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Provide professional assistance and support to management and staff as needed.
• Participate in the preliminary and annual fiscal year-end financial audit.
• Prepare various PBC audit schedules as needed in a timely manner.
• Aid in the documentation and monitoring of internal controls.
• Participate in the development or updating of departmental policies and procedures.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Strong understanding of accounting theory and application of general accepted accounting principles and practices.
• Intermediate level hands on knowledge of all accounting functions and related internal controls, including cash, investments and extensive balance sheet reconciliations.
• Governmental accounting principles, applicable laws and regulations, and financial reporting practices.
• Basic Information Systems applications related to accounting functions.
• Ability to Demonstrate a minimum intermediate skills level in excel.
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Perform complex analytical activities.
• Build logical approaches in problem solving.
• Maintain accurate records and make accurate arithmetic calculations.
• Work on several assignments simultaneously, setting priorities, meeting deadlines, and working independently within established guidelines.
• Extensive use of common office software including Microsoft Office and applicable specialized finance software applications.
• Provide detail oriented and organized work.
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees and management to maximize performance, creativity, problem solving, and results.
• Perform proactively and with flexibility.
• Provide outstanding customer satisfaction (internally and externally).

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher from an accredited college in Accounting or a related field; OR an equivalent combination of education, skills, experience, and training.
• Five plus years of responsible, professional experience in working with high-volume and complex accounting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two or more years of working knowledge in Municipal Government Accounting.
• Accounting for cash/intercompany related experience preferred.
• Oracle based accounting software is preferred.