Senior Accountant I or Accountant

About the role

The Treasurer’s Office in Goldendale, WA is seeking a Senior Accountant I or Accountant to join our team. This position is full-time, 40 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate financial compliance and operational audits of departments, agencies and other county entities; interpret audit reports and prepare suggested corrective action plans when appropriate.
• Review, establish and administer internal operating policies and procedures governing processing of data entry and controls through the Treasurer’s Office, including the review and entry of all cash journal transactions each month.
• Evaluate financial system process and procedures in providing countywide financial and accounting services.
• Obtain, review, and distribute information generated by various governing authorities such as timber taxes, leasehold excise tax and school apportionments.
• Review, analyze and report information as requested by the County Treasurer.
• Maintain detailed accounting transactions in an integrated computer accounting system.
• Provide financial support to lower level accounting staff and departments utilizing the financial system, Junior Districts throughout the County and will assist with schedules necessary for the Annual Report.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports and provide financial support for all departments and Districts, which consists of over 45 funds, as directed by the Treasurer.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements/Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles); BARS (Budgeting, Accounting & Reporting System); GASB (Governmental Accounting Standards Board); financial theories and principles including audit functions; laws and regulations governing area of assignment; practices & principles of project management.
• Experience with fund accounting and activity based costing.
• Confidentiality is also a requirement.
• A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be: An undergraduate degree from a four-year college or university in accounting, finance, or related field and four (4) to six (6) years of administrative accounting experience or an Associate degree in accounting and eight (8) to ten (10) years of progressively responsible bookkeeping in a public agency utilizing fund accounting and/or in a public accounting firm servicing clients who use fund accounting.
• Knowledge of principles, practices, and techniques and related tools/equipment to accomplish the basic function of this position, including any safety and/or legal requirements. Includes specialized skills and knowledge in generally accepted accounting principles.
• A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be an AA in accounting and two years of progressively responsible bookkeeping.

Benefits

Klickitat County offers a generous benefit package which includes: Vacation, sick and paid holiday leave along with medical, dental, vision and life and LTD insurance and substantial County contributions towards premiums and a retirement package through the Washington State Department of Retirement System. Additionally, employees are offered a flexible spending account, two Deferred Compensation programs, voluntary life and LTD insurance, AFLAC coverage and a variety of on-going training programs. To learn more details, visit our website.