Corporate Accountant I (12738, Grade 18)

This position is in the Department of Finance, Corporate Accounting Division, Accounts Payable Section, reporting to the Corporate Accounts Payable Manager.

Responsibilities

• Processes contract payments and maintains related retainage records.
• Processes other payment types (e.g., purchase orders, expense reports, employee advances, petty cash, utilities, land acquisitions).
• Verifies and reconciles utility data interfaced to the accounting system.
• Prepares cash requirements report for scheduled vendor payments.
• Participates in weekly payment runs.
• Processes and submits positive pay and ACH files to the bank and verifies totals.
• Prepares and posts journal entries.
• Prepares account reconciliations.
• Develops and maintains procedures.
• Responsible for financial statements, schedules, and responding to inquiries and data requests for the annual audit.
• Researches and resolves issues with vendors and operations staff.
• Responds to customer inquiries.
• Maintains account codes and vendor updates in subsidiary systems.
• Participates in software implementations, system upgrades, and testing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Management, Public Administration, or a related field.
• One (1) year of experience in accounting that includes work in the range of duties and responsibilities listed above.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience totaling 5 years may be substituted.

Skills

• Ability to perform account analysis.
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft Excel.
• Good interpersonal and customer service skills with the ability to effectively interact with others.
• Effective communication and problem-solving skills across various staff levels.
• Ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work with Enterprise System software, online financial systems, and other specialized software.

May be subject to medical, drug, and alcohol testing.