ACCOUNTING ANALYST

Position Title: Accounting Analyst
Department: Finance
Reports to: Director of Finance
Category: Non-Exempt
Pay Grade: 16
$40,146.00 - $58,654.00


Position Summary:
Responsible for operational functions as directed, including payroll, cash reconciliation, sales tax and payroll reporting functions, financial analysis, report preparations and month-end accounting processes. Plays a key role in the internal control process. Provides substantial contribution to annual financial audit, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report and City Budget document.

Tasks:

• Payroll audits and balancing, submitting tax filings, create payroll reports and processing payroll imports to bank.
• Performs general ledger related functions; daily cash reconciliation, month-end close, prepare journal entries, monitors account code structure for all city department operations, prepares sales and payroll tax reports.
• Issues and monitors sales tax exemption certificates.
• Works with enterprise fund accounting software package, performs research and analysis.
• Works closely with other departments related to payroll and financial information needs.
• Performs accounts payable functions and miscellaneous accounts receivable functions as needed.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with other employees, superiors, other agencies, and the public.
• All employees of the City of Winfield are subject to immediate callout when an emergency, disaster or breach of homeland security occurs. Such call to respond and assist may involve those activities to his/her regular job responsibilities and incorporate other non-job-related duties as necessary and required of an employee. An employee’s response to these matters may require the working of unusual, long hours over an extended period with infrequent breaks or rest periods.
• Deals with the public in a manner that positively promotes the image of the City and handles complaints tactfully.
• “This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor.”

Skills:

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Attributes:

• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• Mathematical Reasoning - The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
• Self-Starter - Accomplishes work with very little direct supervision.
• Finger Dexterity—The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

Experience and Education:

• Associates degree in accounting/business required. Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Three years related work experience in an accounting or finance environment required, with municipal government and knowledge of fund accounting principles preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel) software and relational databases required. Working knowledge of GAAP desired.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to perform sedentary physical work and ability to lift to 10 pounds.
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, twist, bend, reach, push and perform a variety of similar body movements.
• Possesses hand/eye coordination adequate to operate radio controls, telephone, and computer keyboards.
• Ability to talk and hear in person and by telephone and two-way radio.
• Ability to see and read reports, print outs, and data on a CRT screen.

Position : 433060001

Type : INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

Grade : GRADE 16 HOURLY

Group : FULLTIME H

Job Class : ACCOUNTING ANALYST

Posting Start : 01/23/2025

Posting End : 12/31/9999

HOURLY RATE RANGE: $19.30-$28.20