Accountant II

City of Columbia; Columbia Township (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Columbia seeks a second-level professional accountant to perform mid-level accounting duties in accordance with GAAP and city guidelines. Responsibilities include posting and correcting cash entries, reconciling accounts, and maintaining records for pool cash, ACH, and miscellaneous payments.

Key tasks involve complex month-end reconciliations, researching discrepancies, and supporting audit requests while training junior staff and ensuring timely financial reporting for multiple

Qualifications

• Experience with month-end reconciliations in a government context.
• Ability to analyze a large volume of department payments and investigate discrepancies.
• Familiarity with bank reconciliations, journal entries, and internal controls.

Responsibilities

• Perform complex month-end reconciliations and analyze department payments.
• Balance daily bank transactions with pool cash accounts and investigate discrepancies.
• Support PFC, NTD reporting, and audit requests as needed.
• Process city payments for taxes and fees and prepare related journal entries.
• Provide guidance to departments on accounting issues and procedures.
• Train staff on bank reconciliations and related processes.

Skills

Microsoft Excel

GAAP

Government accounting

Job description

This is a second-level professional accounting position. The purpose of this job is to perform mid-level accounting functions according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and guidelines, including posting and correcting cash entries, reconciling complex accounts, and maintaining records for pool cash, ACH, cash, check, and electronic payments for the city.

• Performs complex month-end reconciliations, including analyzing a large volume of department payments, investigating transactions, and monitoring cash deposits and balance reports from multiple systems.
• Balances a large volume of daily bank transactions to the credit card and pool cash accounts, researching and collaborating with departments to correct discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Assists senior accounting staff with Passenger Facility Charges ( PFC), National Transit Database ( NTD) report, Entertainment Tax, monthly cash balancing, and audit requests.
• Processes city payments for miscellaneous taxes and fees, completes related journal entries.
• Provides guidance and assistance to other city departments on accounting issues.
• Provides training to Accountant I staff on bank reconciliations.
• Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function.

Knowledge of:

• Common accounting software applications such as Microsoft Excel.
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), practices, and methods of accounting.
• Basic principles of government accounting, municipal finance, and internal control methods.
• Basic principles of Government Accounting Standards Board rules and procedures.

Skill in:

• Communicating verbally and in writing to meet the needs of the audience.
• Applying active listening and asking questions for understanding.
• Organizing and managing time effectively.
• Typing and/or data entry with minimal errors.
• Collecting, organizing, and analyzing complex and/or technical data.