Senior Accountant - Denver International Airport

City and County of Denver • Denver, CO

2d • $79,000 - $90,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The City and County of Denver is seeking a Senior Accountant to join their team at Denver International Airport (DEN). This role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to optimize performance and enhance problem-solving capabilities, with a primary focus on managing accounts receivable processes within the Department of Finance. The position offers competitive pay, generous benefits, and opportunities for professional growth in a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration
• Three (3) years of professional level accounting experience reconciling accounting discrepancies, analyzing expenditures, and preparing financial reports
• Three or more years of professional level accounting experience processing invoices, applying customer payments, and reconciling customer account discrepancies
• Experience with reviewing customer contracts for appropriate billing terms
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Efficiently demonstrates excellent time/work management skills
• Work well under pressure and adaptable with flexibility to jump back and forth between tasks
• Strong attention to detail and highly organized
• Dependable and can maintain confidentiality
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team to support both internal and external customers
• FBI criminal background check is required
• Valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with data analytics and reporting software (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
• Leadership skills and experience when working with peers or teams
• Self-motivation and the motivation to help others
• Problem solving that can envision various outcomes and plan accordingly to mitigate risky outcomes

Responsibilities

• Process and send out customer invoices in a timely manner while also ensuring that the billings on those invoices are accurate
• Perform customer account reconciliations, accounts receivable balances maintenance, customer cash receipts applications and journal entries
• Answer and resolve internal and external customer account and billing inquiries
• Review and analyze moderately complex contract documents, review and process contract invoices for payment and ensure supporting documents are included and are accurate
• Perform delinquent account research and collections
• Create reports, spreadsheets, and research as requested or needed
• Monitor and analyze financial information, performance metrics, and other reports related to accounts receivable
• 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 and related ordinance requests and state and federal legislation for appropriate accounting transaction treatment
• Perform other assignments using established and defined procedures, methods and techniques, and receive instruction in the interpretation and application of appropriate fiscal laws, rules, regulations, and procedures
• Assist in responding to internal and external audit requests for information
• Assist with conducting special projects regarding financial transactions by researching and analyzing accounting issues, performing financial calculations, and creating reports by compiling supporting documents for management review
• Ensure compliance and maintenance of fiscal accountability in relation to rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Work with Department of Finance Controller’s Office to resolve discrepancies or problems

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Generous benefits for full-time employees
• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
• 457B Retirement Plan
• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year
• 11 paid holidays
• 1 personal holiday
• 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: Senior