Senior Accountant-26250507

County of San Diego•San Diego, CA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The County of San Diego has current openings for SENIOR ACCOUNTANT. Senior Accountants are responsible for performing accounting and/or auditing duties involving financial statements, records and reports, and may also supervise others performing clerical, paraprofessional and/or professional accounting work. Senior Accountants are responsible for the most difficult accounting projects involving the analysis of budgetary, revenue, cost, and other financial records. The current vacancy is with the Auditor and Controller Department, however, the list established from this recruitment may be used for vacancies in various County of San Diego departments.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree from an accredited U.S. college or university, or a certified foreign studies equivalency in accounting or a closely related field such as finance, business administration, or economics, with at least 12 semester or 18 quarter units of accounting from among the following courses: Principles of Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Advanced Accounting, Fund Accounting, Cost Accounting, or Auditing.
At least three (3) years of professional accounting experience.
A California CPA Certificate will be considered as meeting the education requirement.
A master's degree from an accredited U.S. college or university, or a certified foreign studies equivalency in accounting may substitute for one (1) year of the required experience.
Positions may involve necessary and timely transportation for field travel, requiring the ability to arrange transportation to different worksites, meetings, or field work.

Responsibilities

Performing accounting and/or auditing duties involving financial statements, records and reports.
Supervising others performing clerical, paraprofessional and/or professional accounting work.
Performing the most difficult accounting projects involving the analysis of budgetary, revenue, cost, and other financial records.