Senior Accountant/CPA

City of Sioux Falls; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits

Regular weekday schedule

Job summary

City of Sioux Falls seeks a Senior Accountant/CPA to support citywide accounting and grant administration. The role emphasizes complex reconciliations, financial reporting, and compliance with GAAP and federal grant requirements.

You will partner with departments to ensure timely and accurate financial information. The position emphasizes excellent benefits, a regular weekday schedule, and opportunities to contribute to the city’s financial integrity and accountability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, economics, or business administration with at least 3 years of accounting experience.
• CPA designation is mandatory for the C43 level position.

Responsibilities

• Perform complex and routine accounting and financial activities across AR, AP, grants, cash receipts, assets, inventory, and debt.
• Maintain general and subsidiary ledgers per GAAP; prepare journal entries and ensure proper accounting treatment.
• Oversee and complete detailed reconciliations between systems and external sources.
• Ensure compliance with accounting, budget, and applicable laws; audit documents and entries; advise on controls.
• Compile and interpret financial and budgetary reports for annual budget, CAFR, and audit processes.
• Support computer-based accounting applications; test system modifications; train users.
• Assist departments on financial and grant management, including DBE and federal requirements; provide decision-support data.
• Lead special projects and represent Finance in meetings to provide financial information.
• Perform other duties as outlined in the position description.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Financial reporting

Excel proficiency

Communication skills

Independent worker

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance/economics/business administration

Tools

Accounting software

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Senior Accountant/CPA in City of Sioux Falls, SD

City of Sioux Falls

Location

City of Sioux Falls, SD

Midmanagement

Job Number

202600167

Finance

Opening Date

10/21/2026

Closing Date

11/5/2026 at 5:00 PM Central Time (US & Canada)

If you thrive in a team environment, enjoy working directly with others, and want to be part of helping shape how our city serves the community this is a place for you. We are looking for a self-motivated, technology-focused, relationship driven professional who is ready to help power the work that maintains financial trust to our community.

The Senior Accountant plays a critical role in ensuring accurate financials by supporting the City’s accounting and business functions; including a strong focus on grant administration and compliance, managing complex reconciliations, preparing financial and grant reports, and supporting accounts receivable activities. You’ll partner directly with departmental staff across the organization to ensure financial integrity and deliver accurate and timely financial information.

Our team values excellence, a team-first mindset, and growth through learning. We offer a regular weekday schedule, no travel, competitive pay, and excellent benefits.

Job Responsibilities

1. Perform complex and routine accounting and financial activities in support of the citywide financial system including, but not limited to, the following: accounts receivable, accounts payable, special assessments, cash receipts, capital assets, inventory, fleet and work orders, treasury, tax, investments, grants, construction-in-progress, and debt.
2. Maintain the general and subsidiary ledgers of the City in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Evaluate transactions and determine appropriate accounting treatment. Prepare journal entries to accurately record the financial activities and business transactions of the City. Research proper accounting and financial treatment of various transactions and related reporting.
3. Independently oversee and complete detailed and complex reconciliations to ensure proper balancing between ancillary financial systems, external sources, and the City financial system.
4. Ensure transactions comply with proper accounting, budget, and other applicable laws and policies for all revenue, expenditure, balance sheet, grant, treasury, tax, and debt entries. Substantiate financial transactions by auditing documents, accounts, and entries. Provide feedback to management on proper controls and procedures necessary to ensure that applicable laws and guidelines are met.
5. Compile, interpret, analyze, prepare, and communicate financial/budgetary reports and statements detailing the financial operations of the City, including monthly financial reports and annual financial/budget statements in support of the annual budget process, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, and annual audit.
6. Support implementation of computer-based accounting and financial applications including testing system modifications ensuring financial entries are being recorded with timeliness and accuracy. Submit enhancements for team review and complete user workflow setup. Train and assist users in performing financial activities within the various financial applications.
7. Provide assistance and make recommendations related to proper financial and accounting processes and procedures internally and externally. Prepare reports and other financial information necessary to support the financial decision-making process within City departments. Assist and lead departments on a wide variety of financial and grant management activities including DBE and other federal program requirements.
8. Conduct special projects as assigned. Represent the Finance department at various meetings to provide advice, feedback, and financial information as necessary.
9. Perform other such duties and functions as are outlined for this position in the departmental position result description and performance standard.

Minimum Qualifications

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, or business administration and a minimum of three (3) years’ experience in accounting; or any such combination of education, experience, and training as may be acceptable to the hiring authority.

CPA (certified public accountant) designation is mandatory for the C43 level position.

Supplemental Information

• Skill and ability to understand complex financial transactions and/or activities and logically solve accounting problems.
• Knowledge of accounting and finance principles and their application to financial statements.
• Demonstrated knowledge in the use of accounting/financial software and personal computer business software applications, especially Microsoft Excel, and the flexibility to work within different software systems.
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and their application, specifically for accounting and financial reporting.
• Ability to determine appropriate accounting and financial reporting treatment of accounting balances and business activities.
• Skill to research, comprehend, and determine applicability of accounting standards and laws and regulations related to accounting and financial reporting and interpret balances and activities within accounts.
• Knowledge of Federal OMB Uniform Guidance and its application to federal, state, and local grants.
• Knowledge of the DBE (Disadvantaged Business Enterprise) program and understanding of policy compliance.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to prepare general accounting and financial statements and reports.
• Ability to make accurate mathematical and statistical calculations.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to analyze financial statements and other related documents.