ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR

San Bernardino Superior Court; San Bernardino (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Welfare Benefits

Leave Allowances

Retirement and Deferred Compensation

Additional Benefits

Job summary

San Bernardino Superior Court is seeking an Accounting Supervisor to lead a skilled finance team and ensure accuracy across daily accounting operations. The role focuses on supervising staff, enforcing GAAP, and guiding financial reporting in a high‑volume court environment.

Responsibilities include coordinating budget activities, auditing, and preparing year‑end financial statements while maintaining strong internal controls and adherence to FIN guidelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business administration or closely related field.
• Five years of professional accounting experience, including one year in a lead or supervisory capacity.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, supervise, and review the work of accounting staff.
• Ensure compliance with regulations, standards, and procedures; prepare reports.
• Develop internal controls and assist with budget preparation and reporting.
• Oversee journal entries, balance sheets, and financial reconciliations.
• Monitor expenditures, revenues, and allocations; prepare custom reports.
• Coordinate with court departments and external agencies on financial matters.

Skills

Supervisory leadership

GAAP knowledge

Financial analysis

Budgeting and reporting

Auditing

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance/business administration

CPA preferred

Job description

Salary: $95,742.92 - $123,734.00 Annually

Location: San Bernardino Justice Center-247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA, CA

Job Type: Regular

Job Number: 27-018

Division: Finance Division

Department: Accounting Services

Opening Date: 09/18/2026

Closing Date: 10/11/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

FLSA: Exempt

Bargaining Unit: Teamsters - Supervisory

Max Number of Applicants: 300

WE ARE HIRING: ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR

The San Bernardino Superior Court is seeking a detail-oriented and highly organized ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR to join our team.

Are you ready to lead a high-performing team and ensure the highest standards of financial accuracy and compliance? As our next Accounting Supervisor, you'll oversee daily accounting operations, guide staff toward excellence, and implement best practices that support strong financial stewardship across the Court.

COMPENSATION UPDATE:

Effective October 1, 2026, the salary range for this position will increase by 2%. Candidates hired on or after October 3, 2026, will be hired at the updated rate.

DEFINITION

Under general direction, plans, schedules, assigns, and reviews the work of assigned accounting staff within the Finance Department; performs complex and varied technical and professional accounting work, including auditing, analyzing, and reconciling various accounts, preparing financial and statistical reports, assisting in budget preparation, preparing year‑end audit reports and schedules, and developing financial analysis and reporting and internal control practices; researches, interprets, and analyzes Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Trial Court Financial Policies and Procedures (FIN) guidelines; performs related work as required.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED

Receives general direction from an assigned Finance Manager. Exercises direct and general supervision over assigned staff.

CLASS CHARACTERISTICS

This is the full supervisory-level class in the professional accountant series responsible for planning, organizing, supervising, reviewing, and evaluating the work of assigned staff in the Finance Department. Performance of the work requires the use of considerable independence, initiative, and discretion within established guidelines. Responsibilities include performing diverse, specialized, and complex work involving significant accountability and decision‑making responsibility, involving frequent contact with the public. This class is distinguished from the Finance Manager in the latter has overall responsibility and oversight of assigned accounting and financial programs and services.

Essential Functions

EXAMPLES OF TYPICAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only)

Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.

• Plans, organizes, assigns, supervises, and reviews the work of assigned staff; determines and recommends staffing needs; selects, trains, motivates, and evaluates assigned staff, mentors and provides feedback to correct deficiencies, engages in succession planning and leadership development, and implements discipline and termination procedures.
• Ensures compliance with all applicable regulations, standards, policies and procedures; develops and implements internal mechanisms for the continuing review of services administered, recommends improvements and modifications and prepares various reports on staff activities and projects.
• Develops and implements goals, objectives, policies, procedures, work standards, and internal control systems; ensures compliance with local, state, and federal laws and regulations as well as governmental accounting and auditing standards.
• Provides advice and analyses in the administration and implementation of the Court's financial, auditing, budget, and accounting programs; analyzes various financial reports.
• Participates in the preparation of Court budget; explains, interprets, and enforces budget policies and procedures; participates in new project/program feasibility discussions and analyses; establishes and prepares indirect cost allocations and conducts presentations as needed.
• Supervises and monitors expenditures, revenues, and budget allocations to determine the Court's financial status and prepares custom reports, graphs, and schedules as needed; reviews and approves journal entries and reconciles balance sheets and accounts.
• Performs the more complex accounting, financial, and statistical analysis; prepares, review, and approves financial documents and transaction in accounting system; create complex billing statements and invoices; stays abreast of changing regulatory and judicial reporting requirements.
• Ensures encumbrances and payments are correct and in full compliance with all applicable fiscal and program contract requirements; tracks and monitors all charges made to designated program funds; prepares funding source requisitions and transfers; prepares periodic reports to funding sources; closes out completed programs, reconciling total expenses to authorized funding; approves the electronic draw down of authorized funds.
• Oversees Court's trust accounts including deposits, disbursements, and reconciliation to ensure the integrity of the accounts and to safeguard against fraud and misappropriation.
• Oversees year-end accounting activities including analytical review of the year-end work papers, trial balances, and general ledger account balances; assists with preparation of notes to the Judicial Council (JCC) and affiliates' financial statements, reviews and comments on draft audits, and follows through with audit inquiries.
• Supervises the maintenance of fixed asset and other subsidiary ledgers; prepares journal entries for the acquisition and disposal of fixed assets; tracks fixed asset purchases against budget; periodically reconciles fixed asset and special fund schedules to accounting records.
• Oversees the preparation of a wide variety of financial and statistical reports, including financial statements, year-end, audit, cash position, and budget reports.
• Conducts special research assignments, gathers and analyzes data, and prepares reports for consideration by management.
• Works directly with staff from other areas within the court to resolve technical accounting and reporting issues and problems.
• Establishes and maintains contact and working relationships with all Court departments, local, state, and federal agencies for acquisition of necessary information, and/or for the implementation of cooperative programs and activities.
• Performs related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience:

Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

Education

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited four‑year college or university with major coursework in accounting, finance, or business administration, or a closely related field.

Experience

• Five (5) years of increasingly responsible professional accounting experience, including one (1) year in a lead or supervisory capacity.

Licenses and Certifications

• Possession of a valid California Driver's License, a satisfactory driving record, and a properly registered and insured vehicle, to be maintained throughout employment.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is preferred.

QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge of:

• Principles and practices of employee supervision, including work planning, assignment, review and evaluation, discipline, and the training of staff in work procedures.
• Accounting, auditing, financial analysis, and budget principles and procedures and their application to a variety of accounting transactions and problems.
• Financial statements and elements (such as, but not limited to assets, liabilities, equity, income, and expenses).
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws and Agency resolutions, policies, and procedures relevant to assigned area of responsibility.
• Recent and on-going developments, current literature, and sources of information related to the operations of the assigned programs.
• Record-keeping principles and procedures.
• Techniques for providing a high level of customer service by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, and Court staff.
• Court and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols.
• The structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations as well as industry standards and best practices pertinent to the assigned area of responsibility.
• Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions and program, project, and task coordination, including computers and software programs relevant to work performed.

Ability to:

• Assist in the development of goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and work standards.
• Supervise, train, plan, organize, schedule, assign, review, and evaluate the work of staff.
• Understand, interpret, and apply all pertinent laws, codes, regulations, policies and procedures, and standards relevant to work performed.
• Effectively represent the department and the Court in meetings with governmental agencies; community groups; various business, professional, and regulatory organizations; and in meetings with individuals.
• Use tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within general policy and procedural guidelines.
• Conduct complex research projects on a wide variety of accounting, financial, and budgetary issues, evaluate alternatives, make sound recommendations, and prepare effective reports.
• Independently organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and follow‑up on assignments.
• Research, interpret, summarize, and present financial and programmatic information and data in an effective manner communicating clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, using appropriate English grammar and syntax.
• Establish, maintain, and foster positive and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Effectively use computer systems, software applications relevant to work performed, and modern business equipment to perform a variety of work tasks.

Physical Characteristics

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person, before groups, and over the telephone. This is primarily a sedentary office classification although standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects up to 20 pounds.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions, and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.

BENEFITS SUMMARY

Health and Welfare Benefits

MEDICAL: The Court offers a variety of comprehensive health plan options to fit individual employee needs. The Court contributes up to $250.00 in benefit plan dollars each pay period to help full‑time employees pay for health premiums. In addition, the health plan subsidy the court contributes toward the employee cost is 59% to 63% based on plan selection and level of coverage.

DENTAL: The dental subsidy is equivalent to 100% of the employee only DPPO coverage plan (but not less than twenty‑three dollars and two cents {$23.02} per pay period.)

VISION: Court‑paid plan for employees. No co‑pay/deductible for eye exams; frames and standard lenses or contact lenses (in lieu of standard lenses) every twelve (12) months.

SHORT‑TERM DISABILITY: Court‑paid benefit that provides partial income replacement in the event that an employee is unable to work due to a non‑work related disability.

LIFE INSURANCE: Court‑paid basic life insurance benefit of $50,000. Additional supplemental life and AD&D insurance benefits may be purchased voluntarily.

MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNT: Flexible Spending Account (FSA) that helps participating employees lower their taxable income. Under this plan, employees elect to set aside pre‑tax money each pay period to pay for eligible out‑of‑pocket medical expenses for themselves and their eligible dependents that are not paid by insurance or reimbursed by any other benefit plan.

DEPENDENT CARE ASSISTANCE PLAN: This is a type of Flexible Spending Account (FSA) that helps participating eligible employees lower their taxable income. Under this plan, employees may set aside pre‑tax dollars to pay for qualified childcare or dependent care expenses that are necessary for the employee and/or spouse to continue working.

Leave Allowances

VACATION: After completion of the requisite hours of continuous service (based on the bargaining unit), employees are eligible to use accrued vacation allowance. Depending on length of service, employees may accrue from 80 to 176 hours annually.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAVE: Forty (40) hours of additional leave to be used during the calendar year, prorated depending on start date.

ANNUAL LEAVE: Forty (40) hours of additional leave to be used during the calendar year, prorated depending on start date.

HOLIDAY: Fourteen (14) paid recognized holidays and the accrual of two (2) floating holidays annually.

SICK LEAVE: Employees in regular positions accrue approximately 3.39 hours of sick leave per pay period to use during instances of authorized absence due to illness, injury, or medically related appointments.

BEREAVEMENT LEAVE: ALL employees are eligible to receive a maximum of thirty‑two (32) hours of paid leave per occurrence for bereavement leave due to the death of a person in the immediate family.

Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans

RETIREMENT: The Court is a 1937 Act employer. More detailed information may be found by contacting SBCERA at (909) 885‑7980 or toll‑free at 1‑877‑722‑3721 or by visiting the website at San Bernardino County Retirement Association. The Court does not pay into the Social Security system; however, it does contribute to Medicare.

Retirement benefits subject to change.

DEFERRED COMPENSATION: Employees are eligible to participate in the Court's 457 Deferred Compensation Plan. This is the supplemental retirement plan that permits employees to defer a certain portion of their pre or post tax salary, within certain Internal Revenue Service (IRS) limits, to an account maintained by an investment service provider. Participating employees in the pre‑tax option postpone paying taxes on the deferred portion of their income.

RETIREMENT MEDICAL TRUST: This plan helps with the high cost of health care expenses after retirement. Participation is for those with ten (10) or more years of participation in the SBCERA or where the individual contributed to a public sector retirement system or system(s) over a ten (10) year period and did not withdraw the contribution form the retirement system(s). Under this plan, eligible retired participants pay for qualified expenses on a non‑tax basis. All contributions, earnings, and reimbursements are tax free. The trust is funded by the eligible cash value of the participant's sick leave upon separation of service and Court contributions.

Additional Benefits

TUITION BENEFIT: Employees with at least twelve (12) months of service will be allowed a maximum of $600.00 each fiscal year. These monies may be used for job related education or career development, book fees or to reimburse membership dues in professional organizations.

FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULE: The Court recognizes the importance of work/life balance. Employees may request alternative work scheduling or flexible work schedules when classifications meet the requirements.

CAR ALLOWANCE: Use of Court Vehicle.

COMMUTER SERVICES: This program assists with providing information on carpools, rideshare matching, and public transportation options. The Court offers incentives for employees eligible to participating in Ridesharing activities.

The Human Resources Department reserves the right to modify the benefit programs in accordance with the Personnel Rules and Regulations.