Accounting Technician

City of Sacramento • Sacramento, CA

7h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Community Development Department’s Administrative Services Division is seeking an Accounting Technician to support fiscal operations for multiple divisions. The Accounting Technician processes accounts payable invoices, tracks purchase order spending, audits vendor payments, and assists with accounts receivable tasks such as creating invoices and verifying fees. Additional duties include preparing daily cash deposits, performing ledger reconciliations, and entering journal transactions in the City’s financial system, ensuring all financial activity is accurate, timely, and compliant. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, detail-oriented with strong written and verbal communication skills. They will think independently, resolve issues proactively, and provide thoughtful recommendations in a fast-paced environment. Exceptional customer service, solid understanding of basic accounting principles, comfort using financial systems, and strong Excel skills are key. Governmental accounting experience is a plus.

Requirements

• Principles and practices of financial record keeping.
• Basic accounting principles.
• Modern office procedures and equipment.
• Understand and interpret the principles, laws, and procedures involved in fiscal record keeping and accounting functions.
• Prepare financial reports and maintain ledgers and journals.
• Analyze data and draw logical conclusions.
• Three years of increasingly responsible experience in the maintenance of financial, fiscal and related statistical records.
• Specialized courses in accounting and business practices.

Nice To Haves

• Governmental accounting experience

Responsibilities

• Prepare and audit materials requiring analyses of supporting documents insuring that all entries and adjustments are entered properly in the system.
• Identify and resolve problems and inconsistencies, determining corrective entries involved in maintaining accounting controls.
• Examine, reconcile, balance, and adjust accounting records.
• Prepare a variety of State, Federal, and local claims, statements, and reports from a variety of sources including preliminary data, accounting records, and computer printouts.
• Answer questions and advise on procedures in preparing accounting transactions.
• Provide data on monies due, collected, and delinquent for accounting information and annual auditors reports.
• Prepare and submit accounting information for data processing; reconcile any differences between accounting records and data processing reports; request reports and end of year printouts from data processing.
• Coordinate accounting activities with other City departments, divisions, and sections.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree