FINANCIAL ANALYST III (Accounts Payable)

City of Houston, TX • Houston, TX

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About The Position

The City of Houston's Department of Housing and Community Development (HCDD) seeks to create a city in which every resident has an affordable home in a community where they can thrive. Partnering with non-profit, governmental, and local entities, HCDD seeks to strengthen Houston's neighborhoods, provide true housing choice and execute the Mayor's vision for One Houston with complete communities throughout. Since Hurricane Harvey, HCDD is managing more than one billion dollars that are dedicated to helping low and moderate-income families recover. To achieve this vision, HCDD is seeking an Financial Analyst III to join its team. In this position, you will be responsible for accounts payable processes, payments and journal entries.

Requirements

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a closely related field.
• Four years of professional experience in finance, economics, budget analysis or a closely related area are required.
• A Master's degree in Business Administration, Accounting or a closely related field may be substituted for two years of the above experience requirement.
• SAP experience
• Strong Excel
• High level of organizational, time management and prioritization skills
• Detail oriented
• Innovative problem-solving skills
• Detail Oriented: Job requires a high level of organizational, time management and prioritizing skills, attention to detail and innovative problem solving.
• Motivated: Must be a self-starter who is well organized with strong analytical skills and works well in a team environment.
• Computer Literate: Must be highly skilled in Excel and be able to create and generate reports in Word and Excel. Must be fluent in MS Office suite.

Responsibilities

• Account payable processing: Verify, review, process and upload payment documentation; prioritize payment and initiate procedures for errors; constant communication between internal and external vendors
• Process Purchase Order payments: Checking purchase order balances and communicating with other departments for assistance; getting receivers for processing
• Miscellaneous payments: Administer funding requests to different budgeting members of staff for funding and know who the difference between entitlements; TIRZ; and DR grants
• Complete finance processor: Queue in OnBase for submittal of documents; have documents available for scanning and indexing; follow through on email inquiries; clean report on processed payments
• P-Card holder: Process travel accommodations; obtaining equipment and material for the department; office supplies
• Backup for other accounts payables staff; petty cash alternate; office coverage

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees