Associate Accountant - Denver International Airport

City and County of Denver • Denver, CO

20h • Hybrid

About The Position

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver. The Department of Finance at Denver International Airport is seeking a qualified Associate Accountant to support the Accounts Receivable team. This position is responsible for managing customer accounts, analyzing account balances and financial trends, and contributing to the accuracy and efficiency of receivables processes. The role requires strong collaboration skills to work effectively with colleagues, management, and both internal and external stakeholders in achieving departmental goals and driving continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• One (1) year of professional level accounting experience reconciling accounting discrepancies, analyzing expenditures, and preparing financial reports.

Nice To Haves

• Skill in interpreting and applying written guidelines, precedents, and work practices to standardized work situations or specific cases
• Knowledge Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) sufficient to be able to establish, maintain, understand, and interpret various accounting transactions
• Familiarity with Government Accounting Standards (GASB) or the ability to research issues in applicable accounting standards
• Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations
• Has a basic understanding of the Accounts Receivable cycle, including customer contracts, accounts receivable cash processes, and customer billing processes
• Has the ability to perform reconciliations of customer receivable accounts, some of which may be complex
• Is willing to learn specific accounting systems and procedures utilized for recording customer transactions
• Can work independently and is able to problem solve and takes initiative when necessary
• Has intermediate experience with Microsoft Excel and is able to build basic analysis spreadsheets

Responsibilities

• Perform assignments which can be routine and restricted in intricacy using well established and well-defined procedures, methods and techniques, and receives instruction in the interpretation and application of appropriate fiscal laws, rules, regulations, and procedures
• Performs complex reconciliations, ledger maintenance, delinquent account collections, customer cash receipts applications and journal entries
• Monitoring and analyzing financial information, performance metrics and other reports within our functional area
• Assist with the review of subsidiary and general ledgers to identify accounting data problems, errors in coding or trends in revenues/expenditures and assists in the implementation of corrective action
• Assist with the review of customer contract terms, grant applications, ordinance requests and state and federal legislation for appropriate accounting transaction treatment
• Answer and resolve internal and external accounts receivable inquiries
• Creates reports, spreadsheets, does research and compiles data as requested or needed

Benefits

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
• 457B Retirement Plan
• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 12 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 Wellness Day and 1 volunteer day per year
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level