Accounting Supervisor, PWA

Alameda County; Hayward (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Alameda County Public Works Agency seeks an experienced Accounting Supervisor to lead the departmental accounting program, oversee cost accounting, auditing, and reporting across multiple enterprise and trust funds, including Road Fund and Special Revenue Funds.

The role requires advanced accounting knowledge, supervision experience, and the ability to develop and maintain robust accounting systems in a complex agency environment. A California driver’s license is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance from an accredited college; substitution allowed for related experience
• Four years of professional accounting, auditing, or finance experience in public works or multi-program accounting/public finance environment
• CA driver's license or equivalent preferred

Responsibilities

• Supervise and manage the departmental accounting program for Public Works
• Prepare complex accounting, statistical and narrative reports; oversee cost accounting and auditing activities
• Oversee accounting systems for multiple funds including Road Fund and Special Revenue Funds
• Plan, train, and supervise accounting staff and ensure compliance with regulations

Skills

General accounting

Governmental accounting

Public administration

Budgeting

Auditing

Data analysis

Report writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

Introduction

THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this
examination will cancel any existing list and may last approximately one year
but can be extended.

Supplemental Questionnaire: A properly completed Supplemental
Questionnaire must be submitted with each application. Failure to submit the
Application or Supplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.
Applications and
supplemental questionnaires must be in the possession of the Human Resource
Services Department by 5:00:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing.

APPLICATIONS AND
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THIS RECRUITMENT WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED ONLINE.

DESCRIPTION

THE AGENCY
The mission of
Public Works is to enhance the quality of life for the people of Alameda County
by providing a safe, well-maintained, and lasting public works infrastructure
through accessible, responsive and effective services. Public services provided
by the Alameda County Public Works Agency include flood control planning and
design, storm water pollution control, transportation planning and design,
roadway and flood control maintenance and inspection, and construction and
building inspections.

The goals of the
Agency are to keep roads safe and well maintained, provide the highest level of
flood protection, provide service levels that optimize infrastructure life
cycles, minimize deferred maintenance, ensure that development and construction
adhere to applicable State and County rules, optimize disaster preparedness,
response and recover, ensure that the Agency’s operations and services minimize
negative impacts on the environment, and sustain and advance County and Agency
programs through a vital business and administrative support system.

For more information
about the Alameda County Public Works Agency, please visit their website at www.acgov.org/pwa.

THE POSITION
Under general direction, to supervise, plan, and organize the departmental accounting program for Public Works; perform specialized revenue and expenditure accounting, cost accounting & analysis, auditing and other activities, which requires the knowledge and application of advanced accounting principles and practices, and/or the development and management of accounting and cost accounting systems; to supervise staff, which may include professional, paraprofessional and/or clerical subordinates; to prepare a variety of complex accounting statistical and narrative reports; and to perform other related work as required.

Positions in this class are located in the Public Works Agency. Incumbents are responsible for the Public Works Agency accounting functions, varied fiscal record keeping programs, and the financial oversight of the Agency’s complex and multiple enterprise and trust funds, which include the Road Fund, Alameda County Flood Control District Fund, Special Revenue Funds, Assessment Funds and Trust Funds. Incumbents of this class report directly to the Management Services Administrator, PWA who has overall responsibility for the accounting and financial programs of the Public Works Agency and may receive direction from Deputy Directors and/or Division Managers related specifically to the management of program assignments and/or related accounting systems.

For
more detailed information about the job classification, visit: Accounting Supervisor, PWA (#9672)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

TO
QUALIFY FOR THE COMPETITIVE ASSESSMENT PROCESS, YOU MUST MEET THE MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS BY FULFILLING ONE OF THE PATTERNS LISTED BELOW (I or II).



EITHER I



Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university, with a Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, or a closely related field with major coursework in accounting
(Additional related experience comparable to the duties for this position may be substituted for the education on a year-for-year basis).


AND

Experience: The equivalent of four years full-time, increasingly responsible professional accounting auditing, or finance experience preferably accounting and finance functions in a public works agency or similar type of organization performing functions in support of programs, budgets, capital improvement, and/or relatable to a multi-program accounting management system included cost accounting.


OR II

Experience: The equivalent of two years of full-time experience at a level of or higher than the class of Auditor II in the Alameda County classified service. (Non-classified includes District Attorney’s Office, Hospital Authority, and the Consolidated Courts.)

License: Possession of a valid California Motor Vehicle Operator’s license.

NOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify the above Minimum Qualifications in the announcement of an examination.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

The
most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies:

Knowledge of:
• General and governmental accounting principles, theory and practices
• Principles of public administration, personnel management, and business management
• Principles and practices of contract and grant administration
• Financial analysis, record-keeping and auditing practices
• Practices and techniques of administrative analysis, research and report preparation
• Applicable federal, state and local policies and regulations
• Databases, computerized accounting systems used for cost accounting, to track accounting transactions and to generate/retrieve final reports

Ability to:
• Communicate effectively in writing
• Communicate effectively orally
• Make decisions
• Analyze data and draw logical conclusions
• Interpret and apply legal and administrative concepts to accounting functions
• Design and maintain effective accounting systems and procedures
• Perform complex accounting record-keeping activities
• Prepare clear, complete and accurate accounting and statistical reports, correspondences, procedures, policies and other written materials
• Plan, organize and prioritize work and meet critical deadlines
• Exercise sound independent judgment within established policies and guidelines.
• Train and supervise accounting personnel
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work
• Monitor fiscal transactions and audit fiscal records and documentation
• Plan and conduct administrative and operational studies
• Represent the department and the County in meetings with others
• Maintain accurate financial records and audit data

EXAMINATION COMPONENTS

THE EXAMINATION WILL
CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS:



A review of
applicants' application andsupplemental questionnaireto verify possession of minimum requirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum
requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination
process.
An oral examination
which will be weighted as 100% of the candidates' final examination score. The oral examination may be administered
virtually and may contain situational exercises.

Candidates must
attain a qualifying rating on each portion of this recruitment.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT
TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED EXAMINATION STEPS.

Alameda County
utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is
competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for
qualified applicants to test in an examination process designed to determine
the qualifications, fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the
vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the
needs of a current vacant position, in which case, the eligible list may be
exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments may be
more broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or for other alternate
jobs with comparable scopes of work.

For more information
on the Civil Service Selection process, please visit the “What You Need to
Know” section of our website, www.acgov.org/hrs.

RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PLAN

Applicants will be
informed via email with reasonable notice in advance of any examination process
which will require their attendance.

The following dates
are tentative and subject to change based on the needs of the Agency:

TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT PLAN
Deadline for Filing:
5:00:00 p.m., Friday, September 4, 2026
Review of Applications & Questionnaire for Minimum Qualifications:
September 14, 2026
Notification to applicants:
September 18, 2026
Civil Service Oral Examination:
Week October 19, 2026
Notification of Exam Results:
1-2 weeks after oral exam
TENTATIVE SELECTION PLAN
Department Selection Process:
TBD
*The combined oral
examination/hiring interview, in addition to establishing an eligibility list,
may serve as the final selection interview for vacancies in this
classification. Candidates selected to participate in the oral exam will
receive an email notification at least 10 business days in advance of the exam
date.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT
TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED RECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT
TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED RECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
Alameda County and the Human Resource Services
Department will make reasonable efforts in the examination and/or selection
process to accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities and/or medical
conditions in accordance/compliance with the California Fair Employment and
Housing Act (FEHA), the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and
Alameda County’s Reasonable Accommodation Policy and applicable statutes. To
request an accommodation due to a disability/medical condition during this or other
phases of the examination/selection process, please contact the assigned Human
Resources Representative listed on the job announcement no later than the recruitment filing deadline. If this is a continuous open recruitment without a filing
deadline, please contact the assigned Human Resources Representative listed on
the job announcement within ten (10) business days of
submitting your application. Unless your disability is
readily apparent (for example, you use a wheelchair and need
wheelchair-accessible spaces), Alameda County requires applicants to provide
supporting documentation to substantiate a request for reasonable
accommodation. In order to qualify for a reasonable accommodation, applicants
must have a disability/medical condition pursuant to the ADA, FEHA and
applicable statutes.
For more information regarding our Reasonable
Accommodation procedures, please visit our website, Reasonable Accommodation | HRS.

BENEFITS

The County offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that affords wide-ranging health care options to meet the different needs of a diverse workforce and their families. We also sponsor many employee discount, fitness and health screening programs focused on overall wellbeing. These benefits include but are not limited to*:
For your Health & Well-Being
Medical – HMO & PPO Plans
Dental – HMO & PPO Plans
Vision or Vision Reimbursement
Share the Savings
Basic Life Insurance
Supplemental Life Insurance (with optional dependent coverage for eligible employees)
Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
County Allowance Credit
Flexible Spending Accounts - Health FSA, Dependent Care and Adoption Assistance
Short-Term Disability Insurance
Long-Term Disability Insurance
Voluntary Benefits - Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Long-Term Care, Hospital Indemnity and Legal Services
Employee Assistance Program
For your Financial Future
Retirement Plan - (Defined Benefit Pension Plan)
Deferred Compensation Plan (457 Plan or Roth Plan)
For your Work/Life Balance
12 paid holidays
Floating Holidays
Vacation and sick leave accrual
Vacation purchase program
Management Paid Leave**
Catastrophic Sick Leave
Pet Insurance
Commuter Benefits Program
Guaranteed Ride Home
Employee Wellness Program (e.g. At Work Fitness, Incentive Based Programs, Gym Membership Discounts)
Employee Discount Program (e.g. theme parks, cell phone, etc.)
Child Care Resources
1stUnited Credit Union
*Eligibility is determined by Alameda County and offerings may vary by collective bargaining agreement. This provides a summary of the benefits offered and can be subject to change.
**Employees in management-designated classifications may be entitled to management paid leave. Refer to the applicable MOU or Salary Ordinance for more information.

DISASTER SERVICE WORKER

All Alameda County
employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local
law. Employment with the County requires
the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to report to work as
ordered in the event of an emergency.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Alameda County has a
diverse workforce, that is representative of the communities we serve and is
proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
All aspects of employment are based on merit, competence, performance
and business need. Alameda County does not discriminate in employment on the
basis of, race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity),
national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status,
disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization,
retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors
protected under federal, state and local law. Alameda County celebrates
diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive, and welcoming workplace
environment.