Accountant

City-of-Bentonville,-Ar-; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Bentonville is seeking an experienced Accountant to oversee all non-payroll disbursements and ensure payments comply with city policies.

You will assist the Accounting Manager with reconciliations, journal entries, and year-end tasks while supervising 2-3 Accounting Specialists in a fast-paced municipal environment.

Strong attention to detail, tax compliance, and timely reporting are essential to support city operations and external vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field.
• Minimum six years of accounting experience.
• Ability to read and interpret reports; write routine reports.
• Strong written and verbal communication with vendors and staff.

Responsibilities

• Oversee accounts payable processing for city disbursements.
• Prepare monthly tax filings and ensure compliance.
• Supervise AP staff, ensure accuracy and timeliness.
• Perform monthly reconciliations and journal entries.
• Assist with year-end 1099 forms and P-Card reconciliation.
• Reconcile revenues; review daily deposits and AR payments.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Financial reporting

Accounts payable

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Job description

Safety/Security Status: Security

SUMMARY

The Accountant will oversee the processing of all disbursements made by the City, excluding payroll. This individual is responsible for ensuring that all outgoing payments are made in accordance with City policies and procedures. This position will also assist the Accounting Manager with reconciliations and other tasks. This position works to actively promote ideas that strengthen and streamline departmental operations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

include the following reporting relationships, work assignments, and work schedules may be subject to change in order to meet City needs or operational requirements. Attendance at work and the ability to get along with the public, supervisors, and co-workers are essential elements of this position. This position requires a large volume of communication (both written and verbal) with employees and vendors and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-volume environment while managing multiple priorities and meeting established deadlines. Other duties and special projects may be assigned.

Accounts Payable (50%)

• Prepare monthly sales and use tax filing. Stay up to date on state sales and use tax laws and ensure that all invoices that need to be included with our monthly filing are documented.
• Supervise and provide direction to the Accounts Payable Department, ensuring accurate, efficient, and timely processing of invoices and vendor payments in accordance with established policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Review invoices submitted by departments, prepare requisition forms and process invoices for payment from the City’s $266 million bond, as well as capital projects funded by other outside funding sources.
• Perform monthly reconciliation of Accounts Payable to the general ledger.
• Manage the City’s P-Card program and reconcile the monthly statement.
• Prepare and enter journal entries.
• Prepare yearly 1099 forms and review data for accuracy.
• Manages Accounts Payable year-end process ensuring that expenses are paid out of the correct year.

Revenues (50%)

• Perform the daily revenue import, postings and reconciliation.
• Reconcile all bank accounts that are not involved in the check issuing process.
• Review the daily deposit and validate amounts.
• Review incoming Accounts Receivable payments and code them to the appropriate customer or general ledger account.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

2-3 Accounting Specialists.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field and six (6) years’ experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Must be able to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. Ability to correspond with co-workers and the public in a professional manner.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

None.

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; use hands to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.