Accounting Specialist (TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIAL SERVICES)

Description Be a Part of the City You Love! The Office of the Chief Financial Officer - ODFS Public Safety Fire division is seeking to fill an Accounting Specialist (TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIAL SERVICES) position. Job Summary The Accountant class performs professional accounting work requiring application of accounting theories, concepts, principles, and standards. Accountants in this class complete or oversee a variety of professional assignments involving the design, maintenance, and implementation of accounting systems, the systematic classification and assessment of accounting data, and the preparation of related managerial and financial reports. Accountants in this class are responsible for accounting tasks involved in preparing, analyzing, interpreting and presenting accounting data; operating, maintaining, and modifying accounting systems; using accounting information to recommend solutions to management problems and structuring of organization programs; managing, operating, and analyzing cost accounting systems in relation to business activities, and designing, implementing, and assessing internal control processes and systems. ~ THIS IS A TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIAL SERVICES POSITION (TASS) ~ Examples of Duties • Performs complex accounting functions consistent with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), standardized bookkeeping processes, accounting terminology, accounting techniques, and other financial rules and regulations. • Researches, analyzes, and implements accounting rules and regulations as stipulated by Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) or other regulatory agencies • Conducts searches and complex examinations of budget and financial records to provide factual data on the amount and type of funds available for submission to others within the employing entity who will use the data to prepare budget estimates and reprogramming actions • Prepares, examines, or analyzes accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards • Maintains ledger and computer systems required to conduct payroll and financial reporting • Assists in the preparation of the Consolidated Annual Financial Report (CAFR) • Provides experience in using the specific procedures of automated systems to find, review, or change accounting data in transaction files, ledgers, accounts, summary reports, and financial statements • Designs new and changing system and program environments due to new laws, regulations, and standards • Resolves issues where governing laws and regulations are highly interpretive and/or precedents are non-existent, obscure or conflicting • Develops and applies unique or extensive probing and analysis techniques and methods • Identifies accounting problems such as inadequate maintenance of fund controls, inaccurate records and reports, improper methods for document control, and lack of documentary evidence to support performance of regulatory reconciliations • Posts journal entries, reconciles dates, and manages inter-agency billings and transfers required to support financial reporting • Checks data and compares reports or transactions to source documents, or authorizations against transactions to ensure their acceptability for further processing • Drafts simple instructions to describe internal accounting procedures for a procedure’s manual • Assists in executing portions of an audit plan that tracks process flow, verifies reported data, or assures that functional operating instructions generate desired results • Reports to management regarding the finances of establishment • Compiles centrally requested cost reports and reports of variance from standards. Develops reports comparing actual results to plans and budgets • Serves as an expert or authority in some aspect of accounting or in the application of accounting to some mission-related program(s) •Maintain timely accounts payable receiving process for invoice processing in ERP system • Performs special projects and other duties as assigned Minimum Qualifications Education For all Accountants, it is a requirement to have completed a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, with major course of work in accounting, finance, business administration, or a closely related field. Such education must include at least twenty-four (24) semester (36 terms) credits of coursework in accounting and statistics (21 hours in accounting and 3 hours in statistics). Experience For entry into the Accountant position, no work experience is required; however, the minimum education requirements must be met. One year of professional experience performing and evaluation of accounting data and the preparation of related financial and managerial reports is preferred but not required. Accountants must demonstrate proficiency with integrated word processing and spreadsheet functions.

Salary : $31,200 - $49,982