Accountant I (Specialist) — Journal Entries & Reporting

Join CAL FIRE; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 43,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

CAL FIRE in California seeks an Accountant I (Specialist) to perform accounting tasks including journal entries, ledgers, and trial balances. You will audit claims, gather data for financial reports, and prepare invoices for contracts and interagency agreements while maintaining ledgers and remittance advisories.

The role involves budgeting duties, reviewing deposits, and tracking interest on securities, with responsibilities to manage collections and monthly contractor payments.

Qualifications

• Performs journal entries, postings, trial balances and preliminary reconciliations.
• Gathers data for financial reports requiring accounting principles.
• Compiles less difficult financial reports and analyzes workload and budget data.
• Reviews deposits and remittances, maintains collection accounts, and tracks interest on securities.

Responsibilities

• Makes journal entries, posts ledgers and audits claims.
• Gathers data for financial reports and budgets.
• Compiles and analyzes workload and budget data.
• Reviews deposits from field offices and remittance advisories.
• Keeps track of interest on securities and collections of dishonored checks.
• Prepares invoices for contracts and interagency agreements.
• Issues invoices for overpayments by departmental staff.
• Schedules monthly payments to contractors and reviews lease payments.

Skills

Journal entries

Trial balances

Auditing claims

Budget data analysis

Invoices processing

Job description

CAL FIRE in California seeks an Accountant I (Specialist) to perform accounting tasks including journal entries, ledgers, and trial balances. You will audit claims, gather data for financial reports, and prepare invoices for contracts and interagency agreements while maintaining ledgers and remittance advisories.

The role involves budgeting duties, reviewing deposits, and tracking interest on securities, with responsibilities to manage collections and monthly contractor payments.