REVENUE- A / R ACCOUNTANT

Professional Accounting Position

This is an exempt position that is professional accounting work within the City's Financial Services Department. It entails the reviewing and recoding of complex financial accounting transactions in the Financial Operations area of the Financial Services Department. Work is performed under the supervision of the Financial Operations Manager.

Under general supervision, the employee in this classification is required to organize, maintain, record and systematically review, financial transactions related to the area of Accounts Receivables, Revenue Collections and Grant Awards. The work requires a high attention to detail, strong initiative and independent judgment in examining and evaluating the reliability and integrity of financial information. The employee is required to have an understanding and application of complex accounting theories and practices and a full understanding of governmental accounting as promulgated by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Employees are hired as AT WILL EMPLOYEES that serve at the pleasure of the City and may be terminated at any time with or without cause.

Examples of Duties

Daily preparation and review of Utility Billing integrations.

Daily review and posting of receivables batches.

Daily review and signature of Lien Searches letters.

Daily monitor of receivables in general (payments received by mail, wires, ACH, etc.)

Periodic review and preparation of aging report for documents to be send to collection agency.

Monthly preparation of Finance Charges.

Monthly preparation of Account Statements.

Monthly preparation of complex journal entries for accounts receivables and general ledger system.

Monthly coordination of the month end closing process within the Receivable and Revenues area.

Monthly review and preparation of reconciliations and schedules for the Receivables and Revenue area.

Monthly review and preparation of Grant reconciliations and schedules.

Work with Financial Operations Manager and Budget Manager on a monthly basis to monitor the revenues indicators on all revenue streams.

Monthly review and monitoring of all revenue sources; including but not limited to, State & Local Revenue Sharing for Taxes, Warranties and Franchise Fees for Gas and Electricity.

Annually participate in the year end audit process for the Revenues / Receivables / Grants area.

Record complex year end accrual entries and reporting analysis for Receivables, Revenues, and Grants area.

Assist the Financial Operations Manager with the required year end reporting / schedules to be included in the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR).

Assist external auditors with questions and provide audit schedules as needed.

Apply self-initiative and independent judgement in analyzing and evaluating financial information and generate complex entries / reports to ensure reliability and integrity of financial records.

Assist the Financial Services Department in general with financial analysis and account reconciliations as needed.

Work on AD-Hoc projects as assigned by the Financial Operations Manager or Financial Services Director.

Perform other related office duties as required and directed.

Typical Qualifications

Working knowledge of governmental accounting and budgeting principles and procedures.

Working knowledge of accounting terms and basic accounting principles.

Working knowledge of GASB and GAAP.

Working Knowledge of modern office practices and procedures.

Medium to high working knowledge of data processing application as it relates to accounting, and proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially in Excel, Word and Outlook.

Ability to review, analyze and interpret fiscal and financial records.

Ability to maintain records and to prepare and submit neat and clear reports or schedules.

Ability to prepare complex journal entries.

Ability to understand and analyze revenue and billing records.

Ability to prepare various state reports and forms.

Ability to analyze and perform research on computerized and manual records.

Ability to express ideas effectively orally and writing.

Ability to operate standard office machines (copier, scan, fax machine).

Proficient with a 10-key adding machine.

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING Requirement : Graduated from an accredited four (4) year college or university with a Bachelor degree in Accounting.

• Experience with Governmental Accounting.
• Experience working with Microsoft Office especially Excel & Word. (Experience in MS Great Plains, Infor, and Rec Trac is a plus).
• Experience in processing, analyzing and reviewing Revenues, Accounts Receivables and Billing.
• Experience in working with Grants.
• Excellent customer service.
• Strong Financial analysis background.
• Experience in reviewing, analyzing and interpreting fiscal, financial and legal records.
• Experience reconciling and maintaining ledgers, spreadsheets for monthly / quarterly / annually reconciliations.
• Excellent self-starting attitude, pleasant, positive, dependable, with business like personality.
• Strong orientation towards attention to detail, accuracy and organizational skills.
• Excellent work presentation, with strong initiative.
• High and positive attitude towards work and environment, as well as high team work orientation.
• Professional, ethical with pleasant personality.
• Working knowledge of governmental accounting and budgeting principles and procedures.
• Knowledge of general modern office practices and procedures.

Any equivalent combination of education, experience and training may be considered.

Work Environment

This is a designated "Recovery" classification in the City's Emergency Operations Plan and will require the employee occupying this position to work for declared emergencies. Attendance at National Incident Management System (NIMS) training at the appropriate level is mandatory.