What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Accountant position at City of Union City Government?
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Under direction of the Accounting Manager, the Senior Accountant performs complex and responsible professional level accounting duties in the City’s Finance Department,
- Record, report, and analyze financial transactions; assisting in budget preparation; monitoring budgetary control for assigned areas of responsibility
- Prepare and assist in monthly financial statement preparation, monthly reconciliations, reports, and analysis for the month-end close process
- Prepare journal entries for revenue collections, capital assets, fixed assets, investments, grants, debt activities, balance sheet and bank reconciliations and budget adjustments
- Maintain current and accurate balances of the general and subsidiary ledgers and supporting schedules for a variety of accounts; analysis transactions and prepare journal entries
- Maintain accounting system controls; participate in systematic measures like separation of duties, access controls, regular reconciliations, authorization protocols, data backups and monitoring accounting records to endure the accuracy of financial information, fraud prevention, and comply with local/state/federal regulations
- Prepare and maintain grant and capital project reporting and tracking, including monitoring budget of respective grants and capital projects
- Perform capital project accounting functions to ensure correct setup, posting of all capital project transactions and project codes
- Perform grant accounting functions to ensure the correct posting of all grant accounting transactions and request reimbursements from federal and state agencies; maintain files, reports, and schedules for all federal and state grants
- Monitor daily bank account balances; maintains schedules of cash and investment accounts and record all transactions
- Monitor revenue and expenditure accounts; maintain schedules and perform trend analysis
- Monitor and perform monthly analysis of accounts receivable collections of governmental funds and proprietary funds
- Monitor capital projects ad debt activities
- Reconcile all balance sheets accounts monthly and make any necessary adjustments
- Reconcile the Court Fund monthly including the court bonds
- Prepare monthly budget to actual variance reports for departments
- Perform monthly general ledger maintenance
- Prepare complex monthly bank reconciliations
- Prepare and assist in preparation of City’s annual financial audit by preparing audit request and schedules, work papers, support documents and analyze account balances
- Assist in the property tax process
- Assist in the preparation of the City’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR)
- Prepare special reports and financial analysis as requested by the Finance management
- Participate in the preparation, development, and administration of the City’s annual budget
- Maintain City’s capital asset records, including analysis, preparation and recording of all capital asset transactions, inventory reconciliations and required reporting
- Assist with preparation and monitoring of policies and procedures, department goals, objectives, and staff training
- Cross train to become fully proficient in all aspects of the accounting processes so you can seamlessly step in and help responsibilities in case the primary operator is unavailable (i.e. property tax and alcohol business license, etc.)
- Analyze and forecasts revenues
- Monitor records and reports on debt activities; ensures that all scheduled debt payments are made
- Help manage components of the City’s financial software system
- Make recommendations for Finance process improvements
- Provide minimal direction and guidance to assigned staff; and performs related duties as assigned
- Review and manage escalated Finance Department customer concerns
- Provide support to other staff by answering questions, inquiries and instructional guidance
- Any other duties as assigned
