Accounting Technician

City of Sacramento•Sacramento, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Department of Public Works, Fleet Management Division, is seeking an Accounting Technician to join the Fleet team. The Accounting Technician is an essential member of the team, supporting daily operations and ensuring accurate, timely processing of fleet-related financial activities. This role is responsible for reviewing, processing, and paying a variety of fleet invoices daily, including but not limited to parts, repairs, fuel, and motor pool charges. This position is the primary point of contact for internal staff across multiple maintenance shops, the Accounting Technician investigates invoice discrepancies and works directly with external vendors to resolve issues efficiently and professionally. This position also assists with fuel transaction monitoring, reimbursement processing, and the maintenance of petty cash logs. The Accounting Technician position plays a crucial role in supporting fleet operations. The ideal candidate will have a basic knowledge of accounting principles, strong attention to detail, and excellent time management to provide accounting support for the division. The ideal candidate will possess the skills to effectively communicate, work well with others, provide exceptional customer service support to internal and external customers, the ability to analyze data and find solutions, and the ability to prioritize workloads in a fast-paced environment. If you thrive in a collaborative team environment and have a passion for precision in accounting, we encourage you to apply for this vital role. To maintain an accounting system and to perform paraprofessional accounting duties.

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

Strong attention to detail
Excellent time management
Effectively communicate
Work well with others
Provide exceptional customer service support to internal and external customers
Ability to analyze data and find solutions
Ability to prioritize workloads in a fast-paced environment
Collaborative team environment
Passion for precision in accounting

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.
Reviewing, processing, and paying a variety of fleet invoices daily, including but not limited to parts, repairs, fuel, and motor pool charges.
Investigating invoice discrepancies and working directly with external vendors to resolve issues efficiently and professionally.
Assisting with fuel transaction monitoring, reimbursement processing, and the maintenance of petty cash logs.