What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Accountant position at City of El Paso?
MOS Codes: 89A (Army), 441 (Coast Guard), 1005 (Navy), 0111 (Marine Corps)
Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.
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 semester credit hours in accounting.
Licenses and Certificates: None.
Under general supervision, assist with providing professional accounting administrative and advisory services for an assigned program or phase of fiscal support operations.
Perform basic accountant and financial reporting duties. Involves: Compile specified details used in preparation of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). Balance and reconcile designated portions of general ledger statements, prepare selected general journal entries (such as revenues, expenditures and depreciation) to generate fiscal month and year-to-date balance sheets, and identify changes in fund balance and cash flow financial statements. Analyze and prepare portions of financial statements related to debt service, property tax distributions and other transactions such as payroll, disbursements, revenues or accounts payable. Support payroll operations, prepare year-end accruals and schedules, calculate and wire transfer funds for payroll taxes or pension contributions, and research employee concerns as assigned. Research and generate specific reports to assist external auditors with accounting to track bond issues and other debt instruments relating to capital projects fund or construction projects, or to verify fund availability for change orders to construction contracts. Participate in accounting for fixed assets including acquisitions, disposals and transfers, depreciation and updating the assets schedules. Prepare, enter and post selected journal entries for capital purchases, depreciation, construction work in progress, retainage, accruals and transfers between accounts, funds or departments. Track and report expenditure of designated federal grant funds and monitor assigned sub-recipient agencies to ensure expenditure of allocated funds meet grant requirements; prepare specified Internal Revenue Service (IRS) forms for subcontractors.
Assist in maintaining and analyzing selected aspects of financial and accounting database and financial management system. Involves: Enter, retrieve and review specific 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 specific periodic accounting or statistical reports to management or regulatory agencies. Correct and post designated batch errors from City cashiers. Assist in analysis of expenditure trends and compilation of detailed used in preparation of the annual operating or capital improvement budget.
Perform related duties as required. Involves: Perform duties of supervisor or coworkers if necessary to ensure continuity of operations during absences. Advise supervisor in a timely manner of situations or issues that have or could lead to deviation from expected results and recommend appropriate solutions or options.
Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.
Please note: Applicants with a foreign degree 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.
Important Note: The required Supplemental Questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score.
Applicants are being tested on a conditional basis pending a review of minimum qualifications. Applications will be reviewed for applicants who pass the Supplemental Questions exam.
Per CSC Rules & Regulations, after review of the minimum qualifications for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions exam, a passing score, combined with applicable seniority points and veteran points, will be used to create a list of candidates.
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, the 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.
Salary : $43,370 - $65,370
