Remote Accountant Jobs in Norwalk, CA

Accounting Position

City of Hawaiian Gardens offers a full-time management position with a salary range of $38.49 - $46.79 hourly, located in Hawaiian Gardens, California.

This position is within the Finance department and is non-exempt under the FLSA. The role involves a variety of complex accounting tasks and functions, requiring a degree in accounting. While it provides technical advice to others in the department, it is not a supervisory position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential duties and responsibilities include :

• Preparing, calculating, and processing the City-wide payroll
• Preparing PERS retirement contributions of all vested qualified employees on a biweekly basis
• Preparing and posting all payroll journal entries
• Drafting and distributing allocations and posting journal entries according to Bargaining Unit MOUs or approved employment agreements
• Remitting and filing payroll taxes and all other city-wide tax reporting requirements
• Monitoring and updating the daily cash position of the City
• Maintaining general and subsidiary ledgers, journals, budgetary and cost accounting records in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices
• Maintaining budgetary controls
• Maintaining records for insurance enrollments, retirement funds, pay rates, hours worked and other related functions
• Reconciling health insurance invoices and preparing them for processing
• Posting, maintaining, and analyzing records for various accounts and funds
• Assisting with preparation of records and documents for state, local, and federal reporting processes and requirements
• Auditing invoices, purchase orders, payrolls, and warrants; reconciling subsidiary and control accounts, bank ledgers, and fiscal statements
• Examining and verifying financial documents with books of entry
• Preparing various financial reports
• Classifying and coding accounting source data, making adjustments, and closing entries
• Providing information regarding status of financial statements and accounts
• Performing related duties as assigned

Typical Qualifications

The minimum qualifications include :

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

The essential duties of this position are performed in a standard office environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in indoor conditions and regularly works near video display. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.