Accountant III Police Department Finance

Incumbent performs general to highly complex professional accountant work assignments, including specialized or general analysis in one or more accounting functions: Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Cost Accounting, Asset Management, Capital Expenditures, or General Accounting.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and analyzes journal vouchers, accounting classifications, and other accounting/financial statements, records, and reports.
• Prepares balance sheets, making adjustments and closing entries; prepares financial reports, statements, inventory, receipts, and disbursements.
• Computes and distributes labor, material, and overhead costs.
• Reviews, audits, and maintains journal entries and accounting ledgers; reconciles and analyzes cost account ledgers.
• Designs and implements new formats, programs, or procedures, and revises existing ones to improve accounting, budgeting, and financial statement preparation processes.
• Maintains both general and special ledgers of divisional receipts and expenditures.
• Computes and bills specialized accounts, and initiates collection procedures on delinquencies.
• Conducts internal audits and prepares reports supporting budget requests.
• Provides input for and assists in annual budget preparation.
• Prepares periodic closing statements and various reports for management and outside agencies.
• Develops and completes annual financial reports.
• Audits concessionaires and other agencies with which the city has contracted agreements; may submit billings to such agencies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in Accounting plus related work experience (four to eight years for Accountant III).
• Education and work experience may be substituted one for the other on a year-for-year basis.
• Ability to apply professional judgment in the application of standard and advanced accounting techniques and principles.
• Proficiency in making accurate mathematical calculations and operating a 10-key calculator.
• Knowledge of laws, ordinances, and regulations governing financial operations of the City and experience in municipal accounting/auditing may be required.
• Basic typing skills and knowledge of personal computer operation, including proficiency with office software applications such as MS Word and Excel.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and/or written policies, procedures, and instructions.
• Ability to perform a wide variety of duties and responsibilities with accuracy and speed under time-sensitive deadlines.
• Must be bondable at standard rates.

Working Conditions

• Light physical effort with some discomfort associated with prolonged periods at a workstation, concentrating on figures, computer reports, and video display screens.
• Low-level exposure to stressful situations resulting from human behavior.

Pay

$63,938 - $110,630

Schedule

• Full-time
• 40 scheduled hours per week