Senior Accountant – Operations

Milwaukee County•Milwaukee, WI

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Milwaukee County oversees operations from our Airport, Behavioral Health, Child Support, Combined Court Operations, Sheriff's Department, Community Reintegration Center, Human Services, Parks, Public Safety, Public Works, Fleet Operations, Transportation, and at the Zoo. Our departments are also dedicated to our Seniors and those with Disabilities in Aging and Disability Services, and Veterans in Veterans Services. Our employees also remain committed to serving the cultural, human, recreational, and social needs of the entire community. Milwaukee County offers a wide variety of interesting jobs for people who want to make a difference in our community. Milwaukee County provides a competitive benefit package and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are searching for Changemakers to come and join our team and discover our diverse and versatile community of independent spirits and unique talents, we are redefining the way you think about Milwaukee County!

Requirements

Must be a current resident of the State of Wisconsin.
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, plus at least three (3) years of experience in bookkeeping, accounting, or finance; OR
Associate degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, plus at least four (4) years of experience in bookkeeping, accounting, or finance.

Nice To Haves

Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel

Responsibilities

Compilation, calculation, and billing of both airline and concession charges, in accordance with each tenant’s contract and the applicable current rates and charges.
Tenant Concession Billing, and annual true-up using annual audit reports for car rental, food and beverage, gift and novelties, advertising, and other miscellaneous revenue streams.
Performs Direct Billing of miscellaneous services to airlines, provisions billing rules into the Airport Operations Data Base (AODB, currently ABRM).
Completes revenue journal entries and reclasses as needed.
Assist in monitoring the MKE Accounting email billing inquiry inbox and making phone calls for issue resolution.
Analytical projects and other duties as assigned, including year-end duties, including the airline Fees Paid annual report, which is used by management to generate the annual settlement with signatory airlines.
Compiles and compares airline self-reporting to Passur reporting file and calculates and invoices signatory and non-signatory airlines for landing fees, rent, common use, security, supplemental aircraft parking, and utilities (water, gas, and electric).
Input and feedback on all current and proposed rate structures.
Responsible for the quarterly review of airline seats and dimensions.
Prepares monthly invoices for concession rent and percentage of sales, fuel/oil flowage, badging, hanger rent, landside other building rent, airline rent, Fixed Based Operator (FBO) for two airports, and MKE office park tenant rent.
Completes year-end reconciliations for audit, reviews each period close during the year-end process, and completes other Miscellaneous analytical projects and tasks as assigned.
Monitor, reply, route, and resolve all accounting mailbox emails.
Regularly other analytical requests are assigned to perform tenant revenue or space analysis.
Invoicing for direct additional special cost items such as bus service during diversions, etc.
Work with properties and others for regular ABRM AODB review and clean-up of both billing and properties provisions.
Coordinate implementation of timing for new annual rates for rent and airline fees.
Other miscellaneous adjustments relating to revenue are researched and entered in financial system ABRM as necessary.
Conducts an internal audit of concessions, car rental, and advertising tenants, resulting in a true-up of base vs. sales-based rent.
Based on external tenant audit results, the internal audit is conducted, and the tenant is notified, and either an invoice or a credit memo is issued if necessary.
Researches and resolves all general tenant inquiries.