Accountant - Financial Controls & Reporting

City of Maypearl; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Maypearl is seeking a finance professional responsible to the Controller for monitoring accounts and ensuring proper expenditure of funds, with emphasis on maintaining internal controls.

Responsibilities include reconciling assets, reviewing revenues and expenditures, generating financial reports, and assisting with year-end construction accounting journal entries as needed by the CFO.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting.

Responsibilities

• Review accounting records and transactions to assure conformance to statutes, statewide fiscal rules and accounting system procedures, policies and procedures, and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Maintain and review fixed assets, inventory audits and reconciliations to the General Ledger. Verifies the existence and proper identification of assets at the plant sites.
• Review financial system revenues and expenditures for proper classification and analyze transactions to resolve problems. Propose corrections and adjustments as needed.
• Reconcile bond funds sources and uses of funds and GL to Activities and prepares monthly Bond Status Report.
• Prepare accurate and timely financial reports including fund and grant reporting.
• Review, balance and prepare monthly General Ledger closures.
• Review budget to actual and take necessary action for budget amendments.
• Corresponds with representatives from internal departments, local, regional, state, and federal agencies regarding matters involving status of projects, funding, reporting, and requirements.
• Determines proper capitalization on completed construction projects. Assists in year-end construction accounting journal entries.
• Perform related duties and responsibilities as needed by the Chief Financial Officer.

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Job description

The City of Maypearl is seeking a finance professional responsible to the Controller for monitoring accounts and ensuring proper expenditure of funds, with emphasis on maintaining internal controls.

Responsibilities include reconciling assets, reviewing revenues and expenditures, generating financial reports, and assisting with year-end construction accounting journal entries as needed by the CFO.