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Sacramento, CA - USA

Yearly Salary drjobs

$ 53105 - 74725

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

THE POSITION

With supervisor approval incumbents may be eligible for intermittent remote work;however they must physicallyresidewithin the Sacramento region orhave the ability toregularly report to a City of Sacramento physical worksite with little notice.


The City of Sacramentos Community Development Department Administrative Services Division is seeking a Senior Accounting Technician to join the accounting section. This position plays a key role in overseeing the departments accounts receivable operations including billing revenue tracking refund processing and financial compliance. This position supervises technicians and clerk-level staff and serves as the primary day-to-day contact for internal CDD staff other City departments and the public. While the primary focus is accounts receivable this position may also support accounts payable functions and project-related financial transactions as needed. This position requires strong organizational and communication skills to ensure timely and accurate processing effective staff support and alignment with the departments goals.

IDEAL CANDIDATE STATEMENT

The ideal candidate for the Senior Accounting Technician will be a detailed-oriented accounting professional with a strong foundation in accounts receivable. The ideal candidate will have the ability and drive to supervise and guide staff support team collaboration and contribute to a high standard of accuracy and service. Supervisory experience is preferred; and the ability to lead with confidence professionalism and willingness to learn is equally valued. A successful candidate will be able to work effectively in a dynamic and evolving environment build positive working relationships and provide thoughtful solution-oriented customer service to both internal and external stakeholders. The candidate will be organized proactive able to exercise sound judgement and able to manage multiple responsibilities while supporting the departments fiscal operations. A commitment to the Citys values of excellence integrity and service is essential. Experience with governmental accounting is preferred.

To provide supervision and direction to assigned personnel and to perform the more complex and paraprofessional accounting duties.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

The Senior Accounting Technician is given independent responsibility for the completion of paraprofessional accounting duties. This class is distinguished from an Accounting Technician in that the Senior Accounting Technician is required to exercise independent judgment and initiative and to supervise schedule assign and coordinate the work of assigned personnel.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED

Direction is provided by professional or management personnel. Responsibilities include the direct supervision of paraprofessional accounting and general clerical personnel.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

TYPICAL DUTIES

- Plan schedule and assign work to subordinate accounting and clerical personnel.
- Review the work of assigned personnel to determine accuracy of accounting records.
- Supervise and participate in the preparation and auditing of materials requiring analyses of supporting documents insuring that all entries and adjustments are entered properly in the system.
- Identify and resolve problems and inconsistencies determining corrective entries involved in maintaining accounting controls.
- Examine reconcile balance and adjust accounting records.
- Supervise and participate in the preparation of a variety of State Federal and local claims statements and reports from various sources.
- Answer questions and advise on procedures in preparing accounting transactions.
- Provide data on monies due collected and delinquent for accounting information and annual auditors reports.
- Prepare and submit accounting information for data processing; reconcile any differences between accounting records and data processing reports; request reports and end-of-year printouts from data processing.
- Coordinate accounting activities with other City departments divisions and sections.
- Train assigned personnel.
- Other related duties may also be performed; not all duties listed are necessarily performed by each individual holding this classification.

QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge of:

- Principles and practices of financial record keeping.
- Basic accounting principles.
- Modern office procedures and equipment.
- Principles of supervision and training.

Ability to:

- Understand and interpret the principles laws and procedures involved in fiscal record keeping and accounting functions.
- Prepare financial reports and maintain ledgers and journals.
- Analyze data and draw logical conclusions.
- Supervise and train assigned personnel.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

Any combination of experience and education that would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience:

Four years of experience performing financial and statistical record keeping including one year at the paraprofessional level maintaining an accounting system.

Education:

Specialized courses in accounting and business practices.

PROOF OF EDUCATION

Should education be used to qualify for this position then proof of education such as but not limited to university/college transcripts and degrees should besubmittedwith your application andwill beat the time of appointment. Unofficial documents and/or copies are acceptable.

An applicant with a college degree obtained outside the United States must have education records evaluated by acredentialsevaluation service.Evaluation of education records will be due at time of appointment.

THE SELECTION PROCEDURE

Please note the City of Sacramentos preferred method of communication with applicants is via e-mail. As such please ensure you verify the e-mail address on your application and check your e-mailfrequently including your spam and junk folders. All e-mail notifications can also be accessed through the applicant inbox.

1. Application:(Pass/Fail) All applicants must complete andsubmitonlinea City of Sacramento employment applicationby the final filingdeadline;

  • Employment applications must besubmittedonline; paper applications will not be accepted.

  • Employment applicationswill be considered incomplete and will be disqualified:

  • If applicants do not list current and/or past job-related experience in theduties area of theWork Experience section.Note: Qualifying experience is based on full-time experience (40 hours per week). Qualifying experience is calculated to the full-time equivalent (pro-rated if less than 40 hours/week).

  • If see resume is noted in the Work Experience section; a resume will not substitute for the informationin the Work Experience section.

  • Proof of education such as but not limited to university/college transcripts and degreesshouldbesubmittedonlinewith your application.Proof of educationwill beat time of appointment.

  • Position/job titles will not be considered indeterminingeligibility for meeting the minimum qualifications for this position.

  • Ifyourerequesting Veterans credit a copy of your DD214 must besubmittedonlinewith your application oremailedto the Employment Officeby the final filing deadline.Informationregardingthe use of Veterans credit can be found in the Civil Service Board rules under rule4.9C.




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Employment Type

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