Accounting Technician III

Salary : $33.59 - $37.08 Hourly

Location : City Hall, AK

Job Type : Full Time

Job Number : 202500029

Department : Finance

Opening Date : 06 / 26 / 2025

The City of Seward is recruiting for an Accounting Technician III

This position is responsible for performing, under general supervision, moderately difficult accounting clerical work. This position is distinguished from Accounting Technician II in that it requires an understanding of fund accounting, the distinction between governmental and proprietary funds, and the proper treatment of transactions that involve multiple funds of the City.

DETAILED WORK ACTIVITIES :

• Performs all duties of Accounting Technician II, AP and Payroll in their absence in addition to :
• Reconciles various government funds, balances general ledger accounts, prepares workpapers and schedules, aids others relative to the proper accounting treatment of various transactions, and responds to auditor inquiries.
• Prepares and balances investment schedules, cash flow, and other such projects as assigned. Reviews records and source documents to identify the sources of discrepancies, determines the entries required to bring accounts in to balance, and identifies significant changes in account balances and the actions that caused the changes.
• Performs a wide variety of regular and recurring accounting procedures including calculating, posting, verifying, preparing, and reconciling designated accounts to ensure completeness, accuracy, and conformance with uniform accounting classifications and generally accepted accounting principles, prepares, verifies, and posts monthly regular and recurring general and budget journal entries, prepares schedules and reports for internal and external distribution.
• Materially participates in the annual audit process and grants management.
• Assists in the preparation of schedules and reports for the annual budget process.
• In order to maintain a high quality of work within the department and to facilitate cross training, brings forward suggestions for policies and procedures to promote efficiency and accountability.
• Coordinates assessment billings with the City Clerk and other related departments, ensuring that bills are consistent with the approved assessment roll.
• Maintains purchase order system, including reviewing account codes on requisitions, ensuring proper authorization, inputting data into the computer system, printing and distributing purchase orders, reconciling encumbrance data.
• Serves as backup to the Utility position, including processing payments, balancing till, answering customer inquiries, communicating with electric linemen regarding job orders.
• Prepares and / or reviews of monthly, quarterly, and annual grant financial reports and other reports required by outside agencies in a timely and accurate manner.
• Maintains the City's fixed asset records, prepares journal entries to properly account for the acquisition, donation, or disposal of such assets, maintains accurate listing of all city-owned property, responsible for learning fixed asset software and for producing fixed asset reports as necessary.
• Provides effective and efficient customer service and promotes and maintains responsive community relations.
• Follows safe work practices.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE :

Associate degree, preferably in accounting-related coursework, supplemented by at least two years of experience in accounting, or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the following knowledge, skills and ability :

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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, talk and hear, use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and / or move up to 10 pounds and sometimes lift and / or move up to 25 pounds.

WORKING CONDITIONS :

Work is performed mostly in an office setting, hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Personal Leave Accrual Rates

Holidays

Bereavement Leave

Health Insurance

Wellness

Air Ambulance

Annual Bonus

Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)

Term Life Insurance (optional)

457 Plans (optional)

Direct Deposit

Benefits May Change at any Time