What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accountant position at The City of Fort Worth?
Pay Range: $68,981 – $77,979 annual compensation
Job Posting Closing on: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities. Find out More!
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
An Accountant job is available with The City of Fort Worth Financial Management Services Department within its Central Revenue Division. This challenging position will be counted on to provide expert, driven solutions to complex problems associated with the billing and collection of vital revenue sources, while providing exceptional customer service to both internal and external customers. In addition, this position will play a key role in supporting the implementation of a unified City-wide Accounts Receivable/Billing and Point of Sale system.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in accounting, finance, business administration or a related field
- Two (2) years of increasingly responsible accounting experience.
- Valid Texas driver's license.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Three (3) or more years of progressively responsible finance/accounting experience
- Strong problem solving, strategic, and analytic skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks while maintaining strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to adapt to a fast-pace environment and learn and retain new and evolving information and procedures
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including advanced Excel skills
The Accountant job responsibilities include:
- Maintain ERP billing and Inovah POS system(s) to ensure all billing and revenue process deadlines are executed and in strict compliance with City policies and procedures.
- Manage the reconciliations of various accounts which also include recording and reconciling miscellaneous deposit entries
- Perform extensive research analysis across all AR and Billing modules and resolve complex customer service requests and disputes
- Review and perform various AR activities that will include billing, payment application, refunds, write offs, customer maintenance, etc.
- Maintain and monitor aging of accounts and coordinate and execute collection activities
- Become subject matter expert on all ERP billing and Inovah POS system(s) functions to help support various Revenue roles and assist with monitoring daily operations
- Collaborate with various internal departments and third-party agencies to continually evaluate and implement opportunities to enhance the efficiency of billing and collection related processes and procedures.
- Perform administrative duties and manage special projects, as assigned/required.
Conditions of Employment
The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.
Salary : $68,981 - $77,979