Senior Accounting Technician

The Public Works Department, Engineering Services Division is seeking a Senior Accounting Technician to join the Fiscal Support team. The ideal candidate will manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and work independently. They should be highly motivated, detail-oriented, have strong communication skills, work in a team environment, provide excellent and timely customer service to internal/external customers, and excel in a fast-paced work environment. Additionally, the ideal candidate will have strong fiscal and accounting experience, including experience with data extraction from various information technology systems. Governmental experience and Excel skills are desirable.
 
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.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.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 be submitted with your application and will be required at 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 a credentials evaluation service. Evaluation of education records will be due at time of appointment.

Please note, the City of Sacramento's 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-mail frequently, including your spam and junk folders. All e-mail notifications can also be accessed through the governmentjobs.com applicant inbox.   

1. Application: (Pass/Fail) – All applicants must complete and submit online a City of Sacramento employment application by the final filing deadline; 

• Employment applications must be submitted online; paper applications will not be accepted. 
• Employment applications will be considered incomplete and will be disqualified:
  • If applicants do not list current and/or past job-related experience in the duties area of the "Work 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 information required in the "Work Experience" section. 
• Proof of education such as, but not limited to, university/college transcripts and degrees should be submitted online with your application. Proof of education will be required at time of appointment.
• Position/job titles will not be considered in determining eligibility for meeting the minimum qualifications for this position. 
• If you’re requesting Veteran’s credit, a copy of your DD214 must be submitted online with your application or emailed to the Employment Office by the final filing deadline. Information regarding the use of Veteran’s credit can be found in the Civil Service Board rules under rule 4.9C.
• Applicants are responsible for attaching a copy of their DD214 to each position for which they apply.

2. Training and Experience Exam: (Weighted 100%) – The questions located at the end of the application are the Training and Experience (T&E) Exam. Responses to the T&E questions will be rated and scored. This exam will evaluate the relevance, level, and progression of a candidate's education, training and experience. The exam score will determine your ranking on the eligible list for this job. When completing the T&E questions, please note: 

• Responses to the T&E questions must be submitted online; paper questionnaires will not be accepted. 
• A resume will not substitute for the information required in the T&E questions. 

3.  Eligibility: Candidates who pass the Training and Experience Test will be placed on the eligible list. The hiring department may contact candidates for interview at any time during the life of the one-year list. Candidate’s eligibility expires one year from the date of notification of a passing score for the Senior Accounting Technician examination.  

4. Screening Committee: (Pass/Fail)– All candidates that pass the examination and are in one of the top three ranks will have their application forwarded to the hiring department for review. The hiring department will select the most competitive applications for further consideration. Human Resources will only evaluate employment applications for the minimum qualifications, as stated on the job announcement, for applications selected by the hiring department.   

5. Conditional Hire: Upon receipt of a conditional offer, the selected candidate must complete and pass Live Scan/fingerprinting. If applicable, candidates may also need to pass a pre-employment medical exam, controlled substance and/or alcohol test, and possess any required licensure or certification prior to receiving a start date from the Department. Failure to meet these prerequisites will be grounds for withdrawal of your conditional offer of employment. 

 

QUESTIONS: 

For questions concerning this job announcement and the application process:  

• Please visit https://www.governmentjobs.com/Home/ApplicationGuide for a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to the application process. 
• For technical support between 6 AM - 5 PM PT, contact Live Applicant Support at (855) 524-5627. 
• Visit the City of Sacramento Human Resources Department website at https://www.cityofsacramento.gov/HR/employment; 
• Send an email to employment@cityofsacramento.org; or
• Call the Human Resources Department at (916) 808-5726

Salary : $53,106 - $74,725