Senior Accounting Technician (Public Works)

Senior Accounting Technician

The Public Works Department is seeking a Senior Accounting Technician to join the Fiscal Support team within Engineering Services. This position is responsible for performing complex accounting and fiscal tasks, including processing and reviewing transactions, reconciling accounts, and supporting capital project tracking. This position works under the direction of the Senior Accountant Auditor and is responsible for reviewing and approving fiscal transactions, including vouchers, requisitions, journal entries, and other accounting documents.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in accounting principles and governmental finance, with the ability to manage and analyze data using spreadsheets and databases. They will be confident in their communication skills and capable of providing financial insight and support to project managers and leadership. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment and can successfully manage multiple projects and competing deadlines. Proficiency in Excel and data extraction tools is highly desirable. Key attributes include :

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team
• Strong attention to detail; able to identify discrepancies and ensure transactions are properly documented
• Proficiency in account reconciliation, error detection, and analyzing financial data across multiple funds or projects
• Comfortable with technology and able to extract and analyze data from financial systems
• Experience working with government financial systems

To provide supervision and direction to assigned personnel and to perform the more complex and paraprofessional accounting duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Typical duties include : planning, scheduling, and assigning work to subordinate accounting and clerical personnel; reviewing the work of assigned personnel to determine accuracy of accounting records; supervising and participating in the preparation and auditing of materials requiring analyses of supporting documents; identifying and resolving problems and inconsistencies, determining corrective entries involved in maintaining accounting controls; examining, reconciling, balancing, and adjusting accounting records; supervising and participating in the preparation of a variety of State, Federal, and local claims, statements, and reports from various sources; answering questions and advising on procedures in preparing accounting transactions; providing data on monies due, collected, and delinquent for accounting information and annual auditors reports; preparing and submitting accounting information for data processing; reconciling any differences between accounting records and data processing reports; coordinating accounting activities with other City departments, divisions, and sections; and training assigned personnel. Other related duties may also be performed; not all duties listed are necessarily performed by each individual holding this classification.

Qualifications

Knowledge of principles and practices of financial record keeping, basic accounting principles, modern office procedures and equipment, and principles of supervision and training. Ability to understand and interpret the principles, laws, and procedures involved in fiscal record keeping and accounting functions; prepare financial reports and maintain ledgers and journals; analyze data and draw logical conclusions; supervise and train assigned personnel. Experience and education that would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be : experience performing financial and statistical record keeping including one year at the paraprofessional level maintaining an accounting system, or specialized courses in accounting and business practices.

Proof of education such as, but not limited to, university / college transcripts and degrees should be submitted with your application and will be required at the time of appointment. An applicant with a college degree obtained outside the United States must have education records evaluated by a credentials evaluation service. Evaluation of education records will be due at time of appointment.

The Selection Procedure

The City of Sacramento's preferred method of communication with applicants is via e-mail. As such, please ensure you verify the e-mail address on your application, and check your e-mail frequently, including your spam and junk folders. All e-mail notifications can also be accessed through the governmentjobs.com applicant inbox.

1. Application : (Pass / Fail) All applicants must complete and submit online a City of Sacramento employment application by the final filing deadline.

2. Training and Experience Exam : (Weighted 100%) The questions located at the end of the application are the Training and Experience (T&E) Exam. Responses to the T&E questions will be rated and scored. This exam will evaluate the relevance, level, and progression of a candidate's education, training and experience. The exam score will determine your ranking on the eligible list for this job.

3. Eligibility : Candidates who pass the Training and Experience Test will be placed on the eligible list. The hiring department may contact candidates for interview at any time during the life of the one-year list. Candidates' eligibility expires one year from the date of notification of a passing score for the Senior Accounting Technician examination.

4. Screening Committee : (Pass / Fail) All candidates that pass the examination and are in one of the top three ranks will have their application forwarded to the hiring department for review. The hiring department will select the most competitive applications for further consideration. Human Resources will only evaluate employment applications for the minimum qualifications, as stated on the job announcement, for applications selected by the hiring department.

5. Conditional Hire : Upon receipt of a conditional offer, the selected candidate must complete and pass Live Scan / fingerprinting. If applicable, candidates may also need to pass a pre-employment medical exam, controlled substance and / or alcohol test, and possess any required licensure or certification prior to receiving a start date from the Department. Failure to meet these prerequisites will be grounds for withdrawal of your conditional offer of employment.

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