Project Accountant

Salary $53,813.55 - $67,266.94 Annually Location Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX Job Type Unclassified Job Number U4850-0726 Department POLICE HIDTA GRNT Opening Date 07/29/2026 Closing Date 8/4/2026 11:59 PM Mountain FLSA Exempt Max Number of Applicants 75 DescriptionBenefitsQuestions Requirements MOS Code: 1005 (Navy), 89A (Army) Education and Experience: A Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Business, or Public Administration or a related field, including a concentration of 18 credit hours in accounting, and one (1) year of professional accounting experience. Licenses and Certificates: Some positions may require a valid Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state by the date of appointment. General Purpose Under direction, participate in providing professional accounting, administrative, and advisory services for an assigned project, program, or phase of fiscal support operations. Typical Duties Perform journey-level accounting and basic financial analysis duties as required to ensure accurate recording, updating, and reporting for designated types of transactions. Involves: Balance and reconcile general ledger statements; prepare general journal entries (such as revenues, expenditures) to generate fiscal month and year-to-date revenue and expenditure, changes in fund balance, and cash flow. Analyze and prepare financial statements related to grants or project funds. Perform research and report generation to assist external auditors. Track and report the expenditure of federal grant funds and city projects to ensure that the expenditure of allocated funds meets federal, state, and City grant or project requirements. Maintain and analyze assigned reports of financial and accounting databases and financial management systems. Involves: Enter, retrieve, and review accounting data from the centralized financial management system and personal computers or source documents such as journal entries, invoices, or budget transfers to generate financial reports. Generate periodic accounting or statistical reports to management or regulatory agencies. Analyze expenditure trends and assist in the preparation of the annual operating or capital improvement budget. Identify, prepare, and process wire transfers with proper documentation to manage project cash flow, validate checks for payment. Create and post journal entries, monthly reconciliation of project billing and revenue, identify, research, and resolve project-related problems, communicate findings to supervisor, financial institution representatives, auditors, or others. Perform related duties as required. Involves: Act as immediate supervisor or work leader if assigned a professional, paraprofessional, or clerical support employee as a helper. Substitute for supervisor or coworkers if necessary to ensure continuity of operations during absences. General Information For a complete job specification, click here. Note: This is an unclassified contract position. Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of applications have been received. Note: This is a new advertisement for Project Accountant. You must apply if you are still interested in this position. Please note: Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts, and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information. A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete. To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position. Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position. Determined by agreement 01 Do you have a Bachelor's Degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Business, or Public Administration or a related field, including a concentration of 18 credit hours in accounting? YesNo 02 Do you have a minimum of one (1) year of professional accounting experience? YesNo 03 Do you have a valid USA driver's license? If so, what type of driver's license do you have? Texas Class A - CDL or equivalent from another state.Texas Class B - CDL or equivalent from another state.Texas Class C or equivalent from another state.No, I do not have a valid driver's license. 04 Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Have you had your diploma, transcripts, degree or other required documents translated and evaluated by an agency of NACES? Yes, it has been translated and certified and I can provide documentation upon a job offer.No, I have not had my degree translated and certified.N/A - my degree is from an accredited U.S. university or college. 05 Candidates will be evaluated based on the information provided on the application and the completeness of the responses to the Supplemental Questions. The following will disqualify you from moving forward in the recruitment process. -Failure to fully detail all work experience and job duties. -Failure to fully detail all lead, supervisory and managerial experience and duties if required. -Overlapping dates of work experience. -Copying and pasting directly from the job specification. -Responses referring to your résumé. I acknowledge I have read and understand the above information. Required Question Employer City of El Paso Address 300 N. Campbell El Paso, Texas, 79901 Phone 915-212-0045 Website http://www.elpasotexas.gov