Senior Accountant

City of Pomona; Pomona (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4/10 work schedule (Fridays off)

6% education incentive pay

80 hours Executive Leave

5% salary increase Oct 2026

Job summary

The City of Pomona is seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to join the Finance Department. This role performs advanced accounting duties across revenues, grants, debt service, and enterprise funds, oversees key processes, conducts complex analyses, and supports budget preparation.

The ideal candidate has strong knowledge of governmental accounting, reporting, and compliance with laws. Five years' experience, Bachelor's in accounting, and a valid driver's license are preferred; the position

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field.
• Five years of responsible accounting experience.
• Experience with grants, enterprise activities, accounts receivable, debt service, payroll accounting, and governmental financial reporting is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide staff support to Finance Management and oversee assigned accounting processes.
• Conduct complex financial analyses and assist with budget preparation and monitoring.
• Prepare financial reports including state taxes and city reports; reconcile revenue accounts.
• Process payroll and coding for the general ledger; initiate journal entries.

Skills

Analytical skills

Grant administration

Budget monitoring

Financial reporting

Public sector accounting

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Job description

The City of Pomona is seeking an experienced and detail-oriented accounting professional to join the Finance Department as a Senior Accountant. This recruitment is open to both external applicants and eligible City employees.

In this key role, the Senior Accountant performs advanced journey-level accounting duties involving City revenues, grants, special projects, debt service funds, and enterprise funds. The position also oversees assigned accounting processes and programs, conducts complex financial analyses, assists with budget preparation and monitoring, and provides highly responsible staff support to Finance Management.

This is an exciting opportunity to apply your accounting expertise while supporting the City's financial operations and promoting the accurate and responsible management of public resources.

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess extensive knowledge of general and governmental accounting principles, financial reporting, budgeting, auditing, grants administration, and enterprise fund accounting. Successful candidates will demonstrate strong analytical skills and the ability to reconcile complex accounts, evaluate financial data, prepare accurate reports, and ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local requirements.

The ideal candidate will also be a resourceful and collaborative professional who exercises sound judgment, takes initiative, and can independently manage complex accounting and administrative assignments. Experience with grants, enterprise activities, accounts receivable, debt service, payroll accounting, and governmental financial reporting is highly desirable.

Why Pomona

The City of Pomona offers meaningful public service work, opportunities for professional growth, and an excellent benefits package, including:

• 4/10 work schedule (Fridays off)
• 6% education incentive pay for a master's degree or higher
• 80 hours of Executive Leave in addition to vacation and sick leave
• Competitive salary with a 5% increase effective October 1, 2026

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

Education

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in accounting or a related field.

Experience

• Five years of responsible accounting experience.

License or Certificate

• A valid class C driver's license is required at the time of application.

• Provide professional advanced journey level staff assistance and coordination in support of assigned accounting functions and programs including revenue, various grants, special projects, debt service funds, and enterprise funds.
• Participate in the development and implementation of new or revised accounting programs, systems, procedures, and methods of operation.
• Participate in the preparation, coordination, and monitoring of assigned budgets; provide fiscal forecasting; maintain and monitor appropriate budgeting and expenditure controls.
• Research, collect, compile, and analyze information from various sources on a variety of specialized accounting topics; prepare comprehensive accounting records, reports, and summaries to present and interpret data, identify alternatives, and make and justify recommendations.
• Perform analysis of various enterprise activities such as reconciling enterprise inventory to respective sub ledger and reconcile enterprise debt activity on a monthly basis.
• Conduct analysis of accounts receivables including invoicing, coding, collection, deposits, and billing.
• Prepare a variety of financial reports including State gas tax, and a portion of the City State Controller's report; prepare the monthly property tax apportionment cash receipt; reconcile recorded property tax revenue accounts to County's apportionment report.
• Process payroll and coding for general ledger.
• Develop financial statements; audit accounting documents; analyze accounting and reporting requirements of reports; establish appropriate accounting procedures; prepare accounting-related reports. Initiate journal entries to record transactions; collect and compile information for assigned studies; prepare summaries, reports and recommendations.
• Initiate journal entries to record transactions; collect and compile information for assigned studies; prepare summaries, reports and recommendations.
• Perform related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Essential duties require the following physical skills and work environment:

Ability to work in a standard office environment; ability to travel to different sites and locations.

Open & Promotional Recruitment

This recruitment is open to external candidates as well as any City of Pomona employee not serving an initial probationary period and any other hourly City employee.

Examination Procedure

Screening of qualifications and "most qualified" is based on the information provided on the official City Application. A resume may be attached to your application, but will not substitute for the completion of your application. Applications that are not entirely completed may be rejected. This recruitment may also establish a list for future vacancies.

Supplemental Questions

To complete your application for this position you will be prompted to respond to supplemental questions. Incomplete responses, false statements, omission, or partial information may result in disqualification from the selection process. Your responses should be consistent with the information provided on your application. The information will be used as part of the application screening and selection process and is designed to help you present your qualifications for this position. This may include a selection step in which your application and supplemental questions are reviewed and scored by a panel of raters familiar with this position.