Senior Accountant

City of Placentia•Placentia, CA

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The City of Placentia's Finance Department is seeking a dedicated, detail-oriented, and hardworking Senior Accountant. This role operates on a 4/10 work schedule, Monday through Thursday, from 7:15 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. The Senior Accountant performs varied and difficult professional accounting work, administering the general ledger and chart of accounts. Responsibilities include balancing and reconciling monthly accounting reports and statements for accounts payable, accounts receivable, and fund accounting. The position also provides technical direction to accounting staff, ensures and develops procedures according to GASB and GAAP, and monitors internal control procedures. This role is distinguished from the Senior Accountant II by its focus on implementing more structured general ledger accounting and reporting processes, whereas the Senior Accountant II requires more specialized knowledge and higher problem-solving skills.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a closely related field.
Three or more years of varied professional and technical accounting experience, preferably including local government work.
Valid, current driver’s license.

Responsibilities

Prepares, reviews, and reconciles monthly accounting statements and tracks actual revenues and expenditures and variance to budget by department.
Audits, balances, and adjusts accounts payable and accounts receivable journals to ensure consistency with the general ledger given exceptions; reviews accounts payables warrant register for completeness and accuracy.
Develops accounting and statistical reports for management use and specialized analyses.
Reconciles monthly bank statements to properly recognize revenues and expenditures in comparison with the general ledger.
Administers the Chart of Accounts and proposes and implements changes in accounting classifications to facilitate proper reporting of accounting transactions.
Keeps current on new regulations and professional standards of the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and other regulatory bodies and recommends the adoption of new internal accounting procedures.
Prepares and reviews accounting statements, tax records, and monthly financial reports.
May provide technical direction to lower-level accounting personnel by explaining accounting procedures and answering related questions; audits transactions for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with accounting standards.
Oversees and audits the work of employees responsible for cash control.
Prepares the annual audit including completion of all work in connection with the annual audit with outside auditors; prepares the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report in accordance with GFOA award standards; assists in preparing the MD&A and note sections.
Advises city departments on city financial and accounting practices, policies, procedures, and data.
Performs other related duties as assigned to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit and the City.