LEAD ACCOUNTANT

Number of positions: 1 (additional vacancies possible pending budget approval). Open to the public and current City employees covered under the City’s collective bargaining agreement with AFSCME – Bargaining Unit 1, 3, 4 & 5.

About the role

Under general supervision, performs professional accounting work of the most complex nature, typically requiring the application of advanced accounting knowledge, and/or functions as a working supervisor over a small accounting staff while maintaining own accounts.

Responsibilities

• Performs and supervises the work of professional accountants engaged in the management of financial accounts.
• Develops and accesses new or existing computer applications or spreadsheets and records, verifies, and analyzes journal entries for assigned accounts and those managed by subordinates.
• Develops work standards and conducts staff performance evaluations.
• Conducts audits of financial documents (e.g., internal accounting records performed by private audit firms) and reviews those conducted by subordinates to ensure entries are accurate, appropriately allocated to accounts, and comply with contract and funding guidelines. Documents errors and reconciles accounts, as required.
• Monitors the balances of assigned accounts and those of subordinates and adjusts spending levels and fund re-allocations to ensure the availability of funds to cover expenditures.
• Prepares various reports (e.g., program and operating budgets with tiered funding structures, financial statements, balance sheets, financial reports) of a complex nature and reviews those prepared by subordinates.
• Coordinates the analyses of historical records and anticipated economic trends and forecasts future expenses and revenues.
• Coordinates the compilation of complex financial schedules and reports.
• Interprets general accounting principles and financial procedures to management.
• Trains staff on accounting procedures.
• Functions as a liaison on accounting-related issues to the Office of Budget and Management, City Comptroller's Office, and government and delegate agencies.
• Assists in designing and implementing computerized accounting systems and internal controls.
• Processes and reviews invoice payments and purchase orders for various parties (e.g., refunds and payment voids, accounts payables issues, status of purchase orders and payment vouchers).
• Calculates and prepares grant/project revenue collection reimbursement.
• Reviews grant/project applications and awards.
• Examines sub-grant agreements for any fiscal related requirements.
• Reviews departmental requests for appropriating funds, authorizing grant/project obligations, monitoring and reporting grant/project expenditures, recording receivables and collections, and closing out grant/project awards.
• Capital Program Management (CPM): Ability to generate new funding requests and CPR-1 submissions, establish links between FMPS and CPM, and accurately select funds, cost centers, appropriations, and project numbers. Proficiency in managing capital construction projects and fixed assets, ensuring effective tracking and oversight.
• Coordinates and submits final close-out reports to various grantors.
• Maintains and reports in-kind awards and expenditures incurred by the sub-grantees.
• Additional duties as required.

Qualifications

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting plus three (3) years of professional accounting experience. Should the above criteria not be fulfilled, the following options are acceptable:

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in a directly related field of Accounting with 15 semester hours in Accounting, plus three (3) years of professional accounting experience.
• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master’s degree or higher in Accounting, plus two (2) years of professional accounting experience.
• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master's degree in a directly related field of Accounting with 15 semester hours in Accounting, plus two (2) years of professional accounting experience.

If you received your degree internationally, all international transcripts/diploma must be accompanied by a Foreign Credential Evaluation.

Skills

• Previous work experience analyzing data and applying auditing techniques.
• Previous accounting experience in grants management.
• Previous work experience working with budgetary procedures.
• Previous work experience using generally accepted accounting principles and governmental accounting standards.
• Proficiency in a position requiring auditing techniques; financial management; budget & cost analysis; forecasting principles.
• Previous work experience in municipal accounting; reconciliation & maintaining maintenance of ledgers; preparation of financial statements.
• Proficiency in a position requiring knowledge of financial reporting.

Pay

Starting salary: $90,144.

Schedule

8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.

Benefits

For information on employee benefits, visit the benefits website.