Senior Accountant

AgUpdate; Camarillo (CA); Vor Ort; USD 95.000 - 131.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Ventura County Community College District is seeking a Senior Accountant for district-wide financial operations, reporting to the Supervisor of Accounting. The role focuses on maintaining fiscal records, monitoring internal controls, and ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations, GAAP and GASB.

The vacancy is full-time (12 months/year, 40 hours/week) at the District Administrative Center in Camarillo; a robust benefits package and advancement opportunities are offered.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or business administration with significant coursework in accounting.
• Four (4) years of professional accounting, financial analyses, or auditing experience with general ledger analyses and financial statement preparation.
• A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license is desirable.

Aufgaben

• Perform complex and technical account analyses.
• Maintain account detail, either individually or through the work of others.
• Prepare complex and technical journal entries to record or correct transactions.
• Maintain the District's Chart of Accounts and ensure proper classification of financial transactions; recommend procedural changes.
• Prepare and interpret interim and annual financial statements and reports including the CAFR and MD&A.
• Gather, review, and analyze data for compliance with statutes, regulations, and internal controls.
• Coordinate monthly and fiscal year-end schedules and deadlines for accounting activity.
• Ensure financial reports reflect the District's financial position monthly and at year-end.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP and GASB; recommend procedural changes.
• Perform operational or financial audits to analyze activity and ensure internal controls.
• Coordinate preparation of the annual external financial and compliance audit.
• Develop procedures and train staff in compliance and analysis techniques.
• Assist in testing and implementation of financial systems or upgrades.
• Collaborate with faculty, staff, students, and diverse stakeholders; demonstrate equity-mindedness.

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in accounting or business administration with significant accounting coursework

Four (4) years of professional accounting, financial analysis, or auditing experience

CPA license desirable

Jobbeschreibung

Senior Accountant

Ventura County Community College District

Salary: $94,728.00 - $130,668.00 Annually

Job Type: Classified

Job Number: 2026-00286

Location: Districtwide (Ventura County CA), CA

Department: Districtwide

Closing: 11/9/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Under the direction of the Supervisor of Accounting, coordinate and perform professional and technical responsibilities related to the District's financial operations; assist in maintaining control over fiscal information systems by monitoring and analyzing financial records; recommending accounting procedures and controls; preparing and interpreting monthly and annual financial reports including the District's Consolidated Annual Financial Report (CAFR); and ensuring that the District is complying with District, State and federal policies, procedures and regulations, as well as GAAP and GASB.

There is currently one full-time (12 months/year, 40 hours/week) vacancy located at the District Administrative Center.

This recruitment is being conducted to establish a list of eligible candidates that will be used to fill district-wide, current and upcoming, non-bilingual and bilingual, temporary and regular vacancies for the duration of the list, not to exceed one year.

WHERE YOU'LL WORK

The District Administrative Center, centrally located in Camarillo, oversees administrative functions, and provides leadership and services to the three colleges in support of VCCCD's mission.

WHO WE ARE

The Ventura County Community College District (VCCCD) is a public community college district serving residents throughout Ventura County.

VCCCD's three colleges - Moorpark College, Oxnard College, and Ventura College - offer programs for transfer to four-year colleges and universities; career technical training, basic skills instruction; as well as community service, economic development, and continuing education for cultural growth, life enrichment, and skills improvement.

The Ventura County Community College District recognizes that a diverse community of faculty, staff, and administrators promotes academic excellence and creates an inclusive educational and work environment for its employees, contractors, students, and the community it serves. With the understanding that a diverse community fosters multi-cultural awareness, promotes mutual understanding and respect, and provides role models for all students, VCCCD is committed to recruiting and employing a diverse and qualified group of administrators, faculty, and staff members who are dedicated to the success of all college students.

The Ventura County Community College District does not engage in any employment practice that discriminates against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of ethnic group identification, race, color, language, accent, immigration status, ancestry, national origin, political beliefs, age, gender, sex, religion, transgender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, and/or physical or mental disability.

SALARY PLACEMENT

Generally, salary placement is on the first step of the salary range. Advanced step placement may be granted depending on related education and experience.

Current Employees: An employee who is promoted will be placed on the salary step of the new range of the appropriate salary schedule that provides a minimum increase comparable to a one-step increase in salary.

Representative Duties

• Perform complex and technical account analyses. E
• Maintain account detail, either individually or through the work of others. E
• Prepare complex and technical journal entries to record or correct transactions. E
• Maintain the District's Chart of Accounts in compliance with the California Community College Budget and Accounting Manual, and ensure the appropriate classification and recording of financial transactions; recommend changes in procedures when appropriate. E
• Prepare and interpret interim and annual financial statements and reports including the District's Consolidated Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A). E
• Gather, review, and analyze data pertinent to compliance of fiscal procedures with applicable statutes, regulations, and internal control standards. E
• Coordinate monthly and fiscal year-end schedules and associated deadlines for accounting activity. E
• Ensure financial reports accurately reflect the District's financial position monthly and at fiscal year-end. E
• Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), and recommend changes in procedures when appropriate. E
• Perform operational or financial audits as required to analyze financial activity and ensure appropriate internal controls E.
• Coordinate the preparation of the annual external financial and compliance audit. E
• Develop procedures and train staff in appropriate compliance and in techniques of analysis and reconciliation.
• Assist in the determination of specifications testing and implementation of financial systems or upgrades.
• Work collaboratively and professionally with faculty, staff, students, and stakeholders from diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, and ethnic communities. E
• Demonstrate cultural humility, sensitivity, and equity-mindedness in working with individuals from diverse communities; model inclusive behaviors; and achieve equity in assignment-related outcomes.E
• Perform related duties as assigned.

E = Essential duties.

Minimum Qualifications

Any combination equivalent to:

• Education: A bachelor's degree from a recognized accredited college or university in accounting, business administration with significant course work in accounting, or a related field.
• Experience: Four (4) years of professional experience in accounting, financial analyses, or auditing with significant responsibility with general ledger analyses and financial statement preparation and interpretation.
• A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license is desirable.