Accounting Analyst III

WHAT WE OFFER

• Educational Incentive An educational incentive of 2.5 for completion of an associates degree 3.5 for completion of a bachelors degree OR 5 for completion of a graduates degree.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Incentive An incentive of 5 of base pay may be paid for an active CPA Certification. An incumbent may receive the educational Incentive or the CPA Incentive whichever is higher. Both cannot be received at the same time.
• Bilingual Incentive Incumbents may also be eligible for bilingual incentive depending upon operational needs and certification skills.
• Vacation Accrual New regular fulltime employees shall receive advanced annual leave credit of 7 biweekly pay periods; this advancement shall be balanced upon completion of 7 biweekly pay periods of service or upon earlier separation. The first 5 years of services annual leave accrues at 8 hours per payment period; beyond 5 years of service it increases to 11.08 hours per pay period with a maximum balance of 880 hours.
• Annual Leave Redemption The ability to cash in or redeem up to 100 hours of vacation accrued in the same year after using 80 hours of vacation in the preceding 12 months.
• Deferred Compensation Eligible to participate in the Countys 401(k) Shared Savings Plan and/or the Section 457 Plan. This position is eligible for up to a 3 match on your 401(k) contributions.
• Health Plans You are afforded a flexible credit allowance for purchasing medical dental and/or vision insurance from a group of authorized plans. Tier one for employee only is $509 per pay period tier two for employee plus one is $779 per pay period and tier three for employee plus family is $983 per pay period.
• Flexible Spending Accounts Choice of participation in the Flexible Spending Accounts which increase spending power through reimbursement of pretax dollars for IRS approved dependent care and health care expenses.
• Pension Plan Both the County and employees contribute to the Countys Retirement Plan and to Social Security. If eligible reciprocity may be established with other public retirement systems such as PERS.
• Holidays 12 paid days per year which includes a scheduled floating holiday.

Duties at the I level are limited in nature initially under close supervision relate to routine tasks and include assisting and/or learning about the fiscal policies procedures systems operations and functions in the Financial Planning Division. At the II level tasks are more complex and performed with more independence.

Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Manages Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) 96 SBITA and/or GASB 87 Lease accounting for the County of Ventura; reviews subscription/lease agreements to determine appropriate accounting treatment; assist in reviewing annual SBITA and Lease survey results;
• Assists in the preparation of the Countys Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) including preparation of fund financial statements and corresponding reconciliations of fund balance related cash and trust entries accrued liabilities deferred revenues and other necessary adjustments;
• Reviews and centrally approves various documents in the Countys financial management system VCFMS including CR JV IET APEB BGRV etc. provides technical advice to Countywide departments to ensure accurate financial reporting in compliance with GAAP Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) statements Government Codes legislation local ordinances Board actions rules and regulations;
• Assigned Financial Management oversight of financial activities of agencies with complex funding streams and operations; responsibilities include but are not limited to reviewing and monitoring of budgets reviewing and monitoring of current financial activities based on current trends and historical data; recommends adjustments if necessary making sure that the financial activities are in compliance with GAAP or GASB and in accordance with existing legislation ordinance or any board actions;
• Reviews and make comments or suggestions on Board Letters taking into consideration the fiscal impact of any recommendation therein and verifying corresponding mandates or legislations referred thereto;
• Interprets new legislations or pronouncements released by authoritative bodies such as GASB state and federal entities ordinances and instructions;
• Reviews proofreads and reconciles draft ACFR for any discrepancies in amounts calculations totals references spellings sources and general presentation prior to publication; reviews and reconciles Department Budget Report of Revenues and Expenditures a report supplementary to ACFR; prepares reconciliation of Countywide inter fund transactions for consolidation to the ACFR;
• Researches and analyzes changes in legislation Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) State Controllers Manual Governmental Accounting Auditing and Financial Reporting Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidelines and the County Budget Act;
• Advises and coordinates with departments/agencies on new accounting structure classifications internal controls and reporting requirements;
• Assigned special projects;
• Lead responsibility for Countywide central cash management and banking functions of the Financial Planning Section including laser check printing state check management stale check reissues wire transfers central cash receipts daily and monthly cash reconciliation; manage quarterly interest apportionment Cash Projections interfund loans and Countywide trust/agency funds;
• Performs other related duties as required.

These are entrance requirements to the examination and assure neither continuance in the process nor placement on the eligible list.

EDUCATION TRAINING and EXPERIENCE
Considerable education and experience which has led to the acquisition of the required knowledge skills and abilities.

The required knowledge skills and abilities can also be obtained by a Bachelors degree with at least eighteen 18 semester units of accounting coursework including:

• Two 2 upperdivision courses of Intermediate Accounting or similar coursework and
• Six 6 units of upperdivision coursework in the business administration field which may include accounting business law economics or other business coursework.

• Financial Accounting using GAAP in a government or businesssector environment;
• Performing variance analysis;
• Reconciling financial data from multiple sources.

• Submit your college transcripts/grade reports from an accredited college or university which shows your name the conferred date of your degree and the major area of study; submit within 3 days of applying to this recruitment.
• Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• If you need additional time to submit transcripts contact the analyst conducting the recruitment for an extension.
• Degree(s) from a foreign institution require an academic credential evaluation to determine the U.S. equivalency.
• If the name on this documentation is different from the name on your application include documents that show the name change (e.g. a marriage certificate).

• Reviewing analyzing and interpreting changes in legislation affecting governmental financial operations;
• Project management;
• Leading building training and coaching teams;
• Time management setting priorities planning and organizing work and delegating when necessary.

• Operations services and activities in assigned fiscal program area;
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP);
• Laws and regulations affecting governmental financial operations;
• Application of automated systems for financial reporting and accounting purposes;
• Financial analysis control methods;
• Budgeting methods techniques and processes;
• ACFR processes;
• Cash management and control methods techniques and processes;
• Project management methods and processes.

• Applying financial principles and regulations to assigned fiscal program area;
• Reconciling financial statements bank statements and other accounts;
• Preparing financial statements and other reports;
• Use of computers and related technology including software applications specific to work performed such as Microsoft Office applications including Word and Excel;
• Time management setting priorities planning and organizing work and delegating when necessary.

• Perform complex analytical and critical examination of fiscal operations and activities;
• Train users in the operation of financial systems;
• Exercise sound judgment;
• Understand interrelationships among financial records and documents;
• Analyze financial/accounting data and draw logical conclusions;
• Analyze and evaluate administrative and abstract accounting concepts and procedures;
• Review analyze and interpret changes in legislation;
• Understand interpret and apply professional principles standards and procedural requirements;
• Evaluate and reconcile financial data from multiple financial accounting systems and other sources;
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing;
• Conduct meetings to obtain agreement;
• Resolve issues and transfer knowledge in areas of responsibility;
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse group of people and work effectively with accounting staff Countywide.

FINAL FILING DATE:This is a continuous recruitment and may close at any time; therefore apply as soon as possible if you are interested in it. Your application must be received by County of Ventura Human Resources no later than 5:00 p.m. on the closing date.

To apply online please refer to our web site atwww.ventura/jobs. A paper application can be obtained by calling. Our address is County of Ventura Human Resources Division 800 South Victoria Avenue L1970 Ventura CA 93009.

Note to Applicants: Sufficient information must be provided under the Education/Work Experience portions of the application and supplemental questionnaire to thoroughly and accurately demonstrate your qualifications to determine eligibility. A resume may be attached to supplement your responses in the above sections; however it may not be submitted in lieu of the application.

NOTE: If presently permanently employed in another merit or civil service public agency/entity in the same or substantively similar position as is advertised and if appointed to that position by successful performance in a merit or civil service style examination then appointment by Lateral Transfer may be possible. If interested please clickhere for additional information.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE qualifying
All applicants are required to complete and submit the questionnaire for this exam at the time of filing. This questionnaire may be used throughout the examination process to assist in determining each applicants qualifications and acceptability for the position. Failure to complete and submit the questionnaire may result in removal of the application from further consideration.

APPLICATION EVALUATION qualifying
All applications will be reviewed to determine whether the stated requirements are met. Applicants meeting the stated requirements will be invited to continue to the next step in the recruitment process.

TRAINING and EXPERIENCE EVALUATION:A Training and Experience Evaluation (T&E) is a structured evaluation of the job application materials submitted by a candidate including the written responses to the supplemental questionnaire. The T&E is NOT a determination of whether the candidate meets the stated requirements; rather the T&E is one method for determining who are the better qualified among those who have shown that they meet the stated requirements. In a T&E applications are either scored or rank ordered according to criteria that most closely meet the business needs of the department. Candidates are typically scored/ranked in relation to one another; consequently when the pool of candidates is exceptionally strong many qualified candidates may receive a score or rank which is moderate or even low resulting in them not being advanced in the process.

NOTE:The selection process will likely consist of an Oral Exam which may be preceded by or replaced with a score from a Training and Experience Evaluation (T&E) contingent upon the size and quality of the candidate pool. In a typical T&E your training and experience are evaluated in relation to the background experience and factors identified for successful job performance during a job analysis. For this reason it is recommended that your application materials clearly show your relevant background and specialized knowledge skills and abilities. It is also highly recommended that the supplemental questions within the application are completed with care and diligence. Candidates must earn a score of seventy percent 70 or higher to qualify for placement on the eligible list.

ORAL EXAMINATION 100:A jobrelated oral examination may be conducted to evaluate and compare participating candidates knowledge skills and abilities in relation to those factors which job analysis has determined to be essential for successful performance of the job. Candidates must earn a score of seventy percent 70 or higher to qualify for placement on the eligible list.

If there are three 3 or fewer qualified applicants an examination will not be conducted. Instead a score of seventy percent 70 will be assigned to each application and each applicant will be placed on the eligible list.

ELIGIBLE LIST
Candidates successfully completing the examination process may be placed on an eligible list for a period of one 1 year.

The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill present and future Regular (including Temporary and Fixedterm) Extra Help and Intermittent vacancies for this position and similar positions only. There is currently one1 Regular vacancy within the AuditorControllers Office.

BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION
The selected candidate may be subjected to a thorough postoffer preemployment background investigation which may include inquiry into past employment education criminal background information and driving record.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
The County of Ventura is an equal opportunity employer to all regardless of age ancestry color disability (mental and physical) exercising the right to family care and medical leave gender gender expression gender identity genetic information marital status medical condition military or veteran status national origin political affiliation race religious creed sex (includes pregnancy childbirth breastfeeding and related medical conditions) and sexual orientation.

For further information about this recruitment please contact Esmeralda Oseguera by email at or by telephone at.