Municipal Accounting Specialist: Audits, Reports & Payables

City of Beaumont California; Beaumont (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Beaumont California is seeking a detail-oriented accounting professional to perform technical accounting duties, maintain financial records, and support accounts payable and payroll processes. The role requires strong data entry, budgeting awareness, and effective customer service within a municipal setting.

Candidate should have a high school diploma with accounting coursework and at least two years of relevant experience, plus a valid California driver’s license.

Qualifications

• Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade supplemented by college level course work in accounting, bookkeeping, finance, or a related field.
• Two years of increasingly responsible technical accounting experience.
• Must possess a valid California Class C Driver's License and maintain possession of such license during the course of employment.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of responsible technical accounting and financial office support duties in support of assigned accounting system, function, or program area.
• Audits claims, warrants, computer source documents and other accounts and records for proper accuracy, authorizations, certifications and distribution of charges.
• Prepares, maintains, reviews and verifies a variety of accounting, financial, and statistical records, ledgers, logs, and files; gathers, assembles, tabulates, enters, checks, verifies, balances, adjusts, records, and files financial data; codes data according to prescribed accounting procedures; reviews information to ensure accurate reporting; resolves discrepancies; establishes and maintains various files and records.
• Posts, adjusts, reconciles internal accounts and balances to centralized accounting records.
• Utilizes various computer programs; enters and maintains data; posts information to ledgers, journals, logs, and reports; generates reports from a database or in-house system; creates spreadsheets and generates reports using spreadsheet software; creates documents using word processing software.
• Performs duties in support of the City’s accounts payable function; receives incoming invoices for payment and reviews accuracy, proper authorizations, and account coding; researches discrepancies; prepares batches for data entry; ensures that payments are included and processed in a timely manner.
• Processes and inputs daily cash receipts; ensures all cash receipts post to the general ledger; resolves discrepancies; prepares necessary reports.
• Performs a full range of customer service duties related to area of assignment; provides information to the public, other government agencies, and City staff within the area assignment; resolves complaints in an efficient and timely manner.
• Prepares reports of findings and recommendations.
• Conducts special investigations/projects as assigned.
• Prepares year end accruals, reconciliations, and supporting schedules for the annual audit process.
• Reviews and performs various reconciliations.
• Records internal service vehicle allocations.
• Monitors and records UUT and TOT including mailing of late notices.
• Performs a variety of general office support functions including typing, record keeping, proofreading, and forms and report generation; sorts and distributes department mail; creates and maintains filing systems.
• Prepares check warrants, invoices, requisitions, purchase orders and other similar documents.
• Prepares a variety of weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports.
• Performs related duties, as assigned.

Skills

Technical accounting

Accounts payable

Data entry

Customer service

Excel

Education

High school diploma

Accounting coursework

Tools

Accounting software

Excel

Word

Job description

City of Beaumont California is seeking a detail-oriented accounting professional to perform technical accounting duties, maintain financial records, and support accounts payable and payroll processes. The role requires strong data entry, budgeting awareness, and effective customer service within a municipal setting.

Candidate should have a high school diploma with accounting coursework and at least two years of relevant experience, plus a valid California driver’s license.