1654 Accountant III - Capital Finance - Recreation and Park Department

City and County of San Francisco•San Francisco, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Under general direction, this 1654 Accountant III will serve as the lead accountant for the Embarcadero Plaza Project, the Jackson Playground renovation, and the Kezar Pavilion renovation. The lead accountant will be responsible for project reconciliations, grant reimbursements, dispatching purchase orders and tracking payments to primary and subcontractors, reviewing and processing construction invoices for payment, and performing traditional accounting duties, including but not limited to year-end closing, quarterly reconciliations, annual audits, and project closeouts.

Requirements

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, preferably with major course work in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field.
Eighteen (18) semester units or twenty-four (24) quarter units of coursework in accounting.
Four (4) years of professional accounting which includes analysis or problem solving.
Experience must include: Working with an automated financial system, (preferably a government system) performing difficult and responsible accounting, as well as preparing financial records and reports.
City and County of San Francisco Employees with four (4) years of professional accounting experience including experience as a 1652 Accountant II.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing grants and contracts.
Experience working in the City's Financial System.
Advanced understanding and knowledge of the City’s Financial System Project (F$P).
Familiarity with Oracle BI and the ability to extract data from the database to generate a variety of reports for Capital projects.
Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Pivot Tables.
Strong work ethic, interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
Excellent analytical, reconciliation, and organizational skills.
Self-starter, a team player, and detailed oriented.
Ability to prioritize multiple and competing assignments to meet deadlines.
Flexibility and adaptability.
A Master's degree in accounting, business administration, computer information systems, public policy, or a closely related field may be substituted for one year of work experience.

Responsibilities

Reviews, prepares, reconciles, and supervises the preparation of complex financial reports derived from the City's financial reporting system.
Reviews, reconciles, and audits accounting records of capital project grant expenditures, receivables, and encumbrances to ensure fiscal accuracy and control.
Identifies, creates, and maintains task profile IDs.
Performs quarterly and fiscal year-end closing activities. Activities include but are not limited to capital project reconciliations, accruals, and fixed assets reporting.
Provides accounting analysis, reasoning, and recommendations to the Capital Finance Manager, grants manager, and Departmental capital project managers.
Meets with project managers to discuss and manage capital project funding sources and expenditures. Provide project managers with analysis regarding expenditure projections, project and construction contingencies, and additional financial support as needed.
Creates and maintains accounting chartfield and structures to ensure accurate recording, reporting and control in financial systems.
Identifies, initiates, and coordinates interdepartmental grant and capital accounting entries, reconciliations, and project closures.
Performs analysis and reconciliation of all General Ledger (GL) accounts related to capital funds.
Close-out and/or de-obligate appropriation and estimated revenue for project and its associated fund.
Submits grant reimbursement requests in coordination with the grants manager. Monitors and conforms to all applicable grant agreement guidelines and deadlines.
Analyze fund balances and reconcile and correct abnormal fund balances.
Provides financial and accounting support on other Recreation and Parks Capital projects.
May supervise subordinate staff by delegating, planning, directing and assigning accounting work. Includes training, coaching, and evaluating staff performance.
Maintains current knowledge of applicable ordinances, rules, regulations, policies and standards related to grant and capital accounting.
Performs special projects, other and related duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Incumbents in this classification may be required to perform duties as listed in the class specification 1654 Accountant III | City and County of San Francisco (sf.gov).