Accounting Technician - Confidential

About the role

The City of La Mesa is seeking an Accounting Technician-Confidential in the Finance Department. This is an in-person position located at La Mesa City Hall. The position works a 9/80 schedule: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and alternating Fridays 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. La Mesa City Hall is closed on alternating Fridays.

Responsibilities

• Process and review payroll transactions
• Maintain payroll records
• Prepare and reconcile quarterly and annual payroll tax returns
• Balance payroll reports
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and labor agreements
• Confer with City departments and individuals regarding changes and corrections
• Provide technical information and instruction to departmental personnel regarding procedures and methods
• Interpret and explain rules and regulations
• Identify and resolve problems and inconsistencies, determining corrective entries involved in maintaining accounting controls
• Prepare a variety of statements, reports and tax returns from a variety of data and records
• Prepare and submit account information for input into computerized system; reconcile differences between accounting records and computerized reports
• Cookordination accounting activities with other City departments, divisions and sections; provide statistical data upon request
• Prepare, reconcile, balance and submit a variety of monthly, quarterly and annual reports; maintain necessary records and logs
• Respond to inquiries from internal and external sources in a courteous manner; provide information within the area of assignment; resolve complaints in an efficient and timely manner
• Aid in supervision of lower-level accounting clerical staff; provide training in City procedures; answer questions; assist in resolution of more difficult problems

Requirements

• Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade, including or supplemented by courses in accounting and business practices
• Four years of increasingly responsible experience in the maintenance of financial, fiscal and related statistical records

Qualifications

• Understand, interpret, and apply principles, laws, and procedures involved in fiscal record keeping and accounting functions
• Prepare large-scale payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable and financial reports; maintain ledgers and journals
• Analyze data and draw sound conclusions
• Reconcile financial and bank statements
• Meet firm deadlines
• Collect, compile, and research information and data
• Maintain confidentiality
• Work independently in the absence of supervision
• Operate a calculator quickly and accurately
• Operate a variety of office equipment including a computer and related software applications
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work

Skills

• To understand, interpret, and apply principles, laws, and procedures involved in fiscal record keeping and accounting functions
• To prepare large-scale payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable and financial reports; maintain ledgers and journals
• To analyze data and draw sound conclusions
• To reconcile financial and bank statements
• To meet firm deadlines
• To collect, compile, and research information and data
• To maintain confidentiality
• To work independently in the absence of supervision
• To operate a calculator quickly and accurately
• To operate a variety of office equipment including a computer and related software applications
• To communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• To establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

Not specified

Schedule

9/80 schedule: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and alternating Fridays 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. La Mesa City Hall is closed on alternating Fridays.