Accountant

City of Bentonville•Bentonville, AR

31d•Onsite

About The Position

The Accountant will oversee the processing of all disbursements made by the City, excluding payroll. This individual is responsible for ensuring that all outgoing payments are made in accordance with City policies and procedures. This position will also assist the Accounting Manager with reconciliations and other tasks. This position works to actively promote ideas that strengthen and streamline departmental operations. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following reporting relationships, work assignments, and work schedules may be subject to change in order to meet City needs or operational requirements. Attendance at work and the ability to get along with the public, supervisors, and co-workers are essential elements of this position. This position requires a large volume of communication (both written and verbal) with employees and vendors and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-volume environment while managing multiple priorities and meeting established deadlines. Other duties and special projects may be assigned.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field and six (6) years’ experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Must be able to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Ability to correspond with co-workers and the public in a professional manner.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Responsibilities

Prepare monthly sales and use tax filing.
Stay up to date on state sales and use tax laws and ensure that all invoices that need to be included with our monthly filing are documented.
Supervise and provide direction to the Accounts Payable Department, ensuring accurate, efficient, and timely processing of invoices and vendor payments in accordance with established policies, procedures, and internal controls.
Review invoices submitted by departments, prepare requisition forms and process invoices for payment from the City’s $266 million bond, as well as capital projects funded by other outside funding sources.
Perform monthly reconciliation of Accounts Payable to the general ledger.
Manage the City’s P-Card program and reconcile the monthly statement.
Prepare and enter journal entries.
Prepare yearly 1099 forms and review data for accuracy.
Manages Accounts Payable year-end process ensuring that expenses are paid out of the correct year.
Perform the daily revenue import, postings and reconciliation.
Reconcile all bank accounts that are not involved in the check issuing process.
Review the daily deposit and validate amounts.
Review incoming Accounts Receivable payments and code them to the appropriate customer or general ledger account.