Antioch, IL – Senior Accountant

Village of Antioch; Antioch (IL); On-site; USD 78,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits package

Job summary

The Village of Antioch is seeking a detailed, experienced Senior Accountant to maintain financial integrity for a growing municipal organization located on the Illinois–Wisconsin border. The position reports to the Director of Finance and supports accounting, internal controls, reporting, annual audit prep, and the budget process.

Responsibilities include monthly closes, bank reconciliations, debt management, grant tracking, payroll oversight, and compiling the budget book.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in public administration, accounting, finance, or related field.
• Minimum of three years’ experience in municipal finance.
• Minimum of two to three years municipal finance experience in finance-related functions.
• Minimum of two to three years management or supervisory experience preferred.
• Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to successfully perform the essential job functions of this position.

Responsibilities

• Review monthly transactions in payroll, receivables, payables, billing, cash receipts, and disbursements.
• Maintain and reconcile general ledger and subsidiary ledgers monthly.
• Perform bank reconciliations with Finance Director oversight.
• Prepare monthly reports and perform data analysis.
• Coordinate annual budget book assembly and printing.
• Prepare year-end journal entries and assist with audits.
• Monitor cash, investments, FDIC coverage, and collateral requirements.
• Maintain debt payment schedules.
• Assist with grant tracking and reporting.
• Oversee payroll processing in-house and serve as backup.
• Assist in data gathering for public presentations.

Skills

Accounting skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Supervisory experience

Education

Bachelors degree in Public Administration/Accounting/Finance

Job description

Overview:

The Village of Antioch is seeking a detail-oriented, experienced Senior Accountant to play a key role in maintaining the financial integrity of a growing municipal organization. Located on the Illinois–Wisconsin border, midway between Chicago and Milwaukee, Antioch is a non-home rule community of approximately 15,000 residents with an annual operating budget of approximately $15 million.

Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Senior Accountant supports Finance Department operations including accounting, internal controls, financial and regulatory reporting, annual audit preparation, and the budget process, while helping ensure accurate financial records and compliance with Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) requirements and Village financial policies, rules, and regulations.

The position provides backup support to the Finance Director and other Finance Department staff and may assist with overseeing department activities and staff at the Director’s direction or during the Director’s absence. The successful candidate will possess strong technical and analytical accounting skills, sound judgment, confidentiality, excellent written and verbal communication abilities, and the capacity to work effectively with Village staff, department directors, elected officials, vendors, outside agencies, and the public. Position description available upon request.

Essential Functions:

• Understanding of all Finance Department staff functions and processing procedures. Promote efficiency and recommend improvements.


• Manage the department activities and staff at the Director’s direction and when absent.


• Assist in developing personnel goals and annual evaluations.


• Reviews monthly transactions to ensure that all financial transactions are recorded correctly and in a timely manner, including payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, billing, cash receipts, and disbursements.


• Maintains and reconciles general ledger and subsidiary ledgers accurately and proficiently every month.


• Performs bank reconciliations of all Village accounts with Finance Director oversight. In conjunction with finance staff, ensures all Village accounts are reconciled timely monthly.


• Prepares a variety of monthly reports, performs data analysis, and ensures timely distribution.


• Coordinates the annual budget book assembly and printing.


• Prepares year end journal entries, assists with audit preparation and requests for information.


• Monitors cash, investments, FDIC coverage, and collateral requirements


• Maintains debt payment schedules.


• Assists with grant tracking and reporting.


• Oversees credit card management- including customer payments as well as Village purchases.


• Maintains capital asset records and participates in periodic inventory.


• Assure financial policies and procedures are followed.


• Works as the backup to the Accounting Assistant and Accountant.


• Oversees the payroll processing in house and works as the backup.


• Assists the Finance Director with the gathering of data for public presentations.


• Works effectively with department directors and Finance team.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors’ Degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Public Administration, Accounting, Finance or related field preferred.


• Minimum of three years’ (3) experience in municipal finance.


• Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in a municipal finance performing finance-related functions.


• Minimum of three (2) years Management or Supervisory experience preferred.


• Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to successfully perform the essential job functions of this position.

Salary & Benefits:

The annual hiring range is $77,625 – $91,324.26 with a full salary range from $77,625-$100,456.07 and is DOQ. An excellent benefits package is available.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

The Village of Antioch provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.