Asset Management Accountant

Housing Authority of New Orleans•New Orleans, LA

About The Position

Reporting to the Acting Deputy Director of Administration/Chief Financial Officer, the Asset Management Accountant will perform professional accounting, budget analysis and reviews, and provide comprehensive fiscal knowledge, account/fiscal support, and technical assistance for departments, sites, and/or programs of the Housing Authority of New Orleans; to monitor fiscal solvency and ensure funding compliance; to develop, prepare, audit, revise, and/or maintain a variety of accounting, budget, and financial reports, statements, transactions and records in accordance with applicable laws, codes, statues, rules, regulations and ordinances; and to perform related duties as assigned. This position is responsible for accurate and timely accounting, budget, and fiscal production work under stringent timelines.

Requirements

Knowledge of accounting principles and practices; computer software applications of accounting procedures; and basic math.
Ability to analyze fiscal data and draw logical conclusions; define accounting problems and recommend effective solutions; detect possible weaknesses of internal control and standard accounting procedures and recommend revisions.
Verbally communicate accounting procedures and policies clearly to others; use personal computer applications including spreadsheet software; write memos and reports clearly and concisely;
Organize work and set priorities to meet deadlines; read, understand, and apply legal requirements and administrative policies to departmental accounting functions; establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; plan, initiate, and complete work assignments with a minimum of direction; and perform basic mathematical calculations.
Knowledge of principles and procedures of governmental accounting.
Ability to interpret and analyze complex fiscal data and draw valid conclusions; and use personal computer applications including word processing and database software.
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in accounting, auditing, business law or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience with at least one year of work experience in professional accounting and fiscal control work or five years of progressively responsible financial or fiscal control work in a government office or related public agency.
Skilled in the use of fiscal accounting software; Microsoft Excel, Word, Access and database software.

Responsibilities

Responsible for all aspects of maintaining proper asset management accounting.
Works closely with other staff in Finance, responsible for the assigned AMPs that includes all balance sheet and income statement accounts.
Prepares journal entries, account work papers, complex bank reconciliation, schedules, charts, complex spreadsheets, and database work papers in the performance of complex accounting, budget, and financial analysis work.
Monitors, analyzes, and/or reviews financial summary and detailed reports, internal/external reports, mandated reports, documents, studies, or records for accuracy, proper account and charges, coding, and compliance, implementing corrections and fund transfers, resolving discrepancies as necessary, and/or processing documents for input into automated systems.
Analyzes, reconciles, and/or evaluates the accuracy of general ledger, accounting details, revenues, expenditures, accounting/budget/financial reports, and agency cash balances, ensuring proper amounts, receipt, and classification, processing documents for input, and/or posting year end deferred revenue and accounts receivable as necessary.
Maintain all work papers related to component units and assist with the tax credit audit for LLCs.
Approve requisitions in accordance with the approved annual budgets.
Coordinate budget modifications with the Budget Analyst.
Ensure that necessary accruals and reversals of accruals are processed in a routine manner.
Prepares fund balance projections and/or year-end budget closing and journal entries, monitoring and reporting on the status of revenues and balances, and/or bringing ending balances forward to the next fiscal year.
Reconciles and spread operating subsidy.
Maintains all necessary utility expense levels needed to calculate operating subsidy.
Reviews and enters data for non HANO owned properties.
Ensure that financial data related to third party managed properties is timely recorded in HANO’s general ledger.
Plan, organize, and prioritize work assignments to meet requirements and facilitate workflow.
Identify problem areas or situations, evaluate problem causes, and take appropriate action to resolve identified problems.
Make arithmetical calculations quickly and accurately and identify and correct errors in arithmetical calculations made by others.
Establish and maintain a cooperative working relationship with those contacted in the course of assigned responsibilities.
Performs other duties as assigned.