Project Accountant

City of El Paso•Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX

15h

About The Position

Under direction, participate in providing professional accounting, administrative, and advisory services for an assigned project, program, or phase of fiscal support operations. This role involves performing journey-level accounting and basic financial analysis duties to ensure accurate recording, updating, and reporting for designated types of transactions. The position requires balancing and reconciling general ledger statements, preparing journal entries, and analyzing financial statements related to grants or project funds. Responsibilities also include assisting external auditors, tracking federal grant fund expenditures, maintaining and analyzing financial databases, and generating periodic reports. The role may involve analyzing expenditure trends, assisting with budget preparation, processing wire transfers, and resolving project-related problems. Additionally, the position may involve acting as a supervisor or work leader for support staff and substituting for supervisors or coworkers as needed.

Requirements

A Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Business, or Public Administration or a related field.
A concentration of 18 credit hours in accounting.
One (1) year of professional accounting experience.
MOS Code: 1005 (Navy), 89A (Army)

Nice To Haves

Some positions may require a valid Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state by the date of appointment.

Responsibilities

Perform journey-level accounting and basic financial analysis duties.
Balance and reconcile general ledger statements.
Prepare general journal entries (such as revenues, expenditures) to generate fiscal month and year-to-date revenue and expenditure, changes in fund balance, and cash flow.
Analyze and prepare financial statements related to grants or project funds.
Perform research and report generation to assist external auditors.
Track and report the expenditure of federal grant funds and city projects to ensure compliance with federal, state, and City grant or project requirements.
Maintain and analyze assigned reports of financial and accounting databases and financial management systems.
Enter, retrieve, and review accounting data from the centralized financial management system and personal computers or source documents such as journal entries, invoices, or budget transfers to generate financial reports.
Generate periodic accounting or statistical reports to management or regulatory agencies.
Analyze expenditure trends and assist in the preparation of the annual operating or capital improvement budget.
Identify, prepare, and process wire transfers with proper documentation to manage project cash flow.
Validate checks for payment.
Create and post journal entries.
Perform monthly reconciliation of project billing and revenue.
Identify, research, and resolve project-related problems.
Communicate findings to supervisor, financial institution representatives, auditors, or others.
Act as immediate supervisor or work leader if assigned a professional, paraprofessional, or clerical support employee as a helper.
Substitute for supervisor or coworkers if necessary to ensure continuity of operations during absences.