Senior Accountant - Department of Housing Stability

City and County of Denver; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lifetime pension

457B plan

PTO + holidays

Medical, dental, vision

EcoPass

Job summary

The City and County of Denver seeks a Senior Accountant to join the HOST Finance team. You will manage general ledger activities, reconciling funds, journal entries, and drawdowns for federal and state grants, while maintaining chart fields and preparing ad hoc reports.

You will monitor expenditures, prepare financial statements, oversee grant processes, audit records, and compile annual reports to support fiscal accountability and decision making for city-wide programs.

Qualifications

• At least two (2) years of experience with HUD or other Federal Grant programs.
• Strong knowledge of Federal grants regulated under Uniform Guidance.
• Excellent approach to customer service.
• High integrity and work ethic, with a drive to learn and improve.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and track expenditures and revenues, analyze financial performance, prepare financial reports, forecast expenditures, guide management in fiscal compliance and analytical planning, and anticipate potential problems.
• Prepare customized accounting reports, spreadsheets, and financial statements, research and compile data, create quarterly and annual reports, and assist client groups with data submissions and compliance reporting.
• Manage and oversee grant processes for client groups, review grant applications and terms for financial impacts to the City, audit grant records and transactions, research and analyze expenditures and revenues, create annual grant reports, and close out grants within financial systems.
• Reconcile complex discrepancies with regard to journal and accounting transactions, review, research, and analyze reporting errors, create reports and compile supporting documents for corrections within accounting systems, and guide management through corrective actions.
• Conduct special projects with regard to financial transactions, research and analyze accounting issues, perform complex financial calculations, and create reports and compile supporting documents for management review.
• Support documentation, and ensure assets are properly depreciated within accounting systems.
• Ensure compliance and maintain fiscal accountability with regard to GAAP, work with stakeholders, respond to inquiries, provide specialized information, and guide decision making.

Skills

HUD grants experience

Grant management

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Job description

About Our Job

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

What We Offer

The City and County of Denver offers competitive pay commensurate with education and experience. New hires are typically brought into the organization between $68,773 -$102,000 based on experience and education. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
• 457B Retirement Plan
• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 12 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 Wellness Day and 1 volunteer day per year
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date
• EcoPass (unlimited free RTD bus/train rides)

Location & Schedule

The City and County of Denver utilizes a hybrid model workplace that balances the responsibilities of public service with the benefits of a flexible work environment. Employees work where needed, at a city site and/or in the field several days a week and telecommute at a designated workplace within the State of Colorado the remaining days.

In this position you can expect to work on site at least 3 days a week at the Wellington Webb Municipal Building, 201 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80202.

Who We Are & What You’ll Do

At the Department of Housing Stability, we are committed to support Denver residents as healthy, housed and connected. We invest resources, create policy, and partner with various organizations to help keep residents in the homes that they already live in, quickly resolve an experience of homelessness, and connect residents to new housing opportunities. To support these efforts, the department helps to:

• Stabilize residents at risk of involuntary displacement and connect residents to housing resources such as home repairs, rent and utility assistance, and legal support. This work is led by our Homelessness Resolution and Housing Stability Division
• Support residents experiencing a crisis and connect them to housing, shelter and other services to get stabilized quickly. This work is led by our Homelessness Resolution and Housing Stability Division
• Create and preserve existing affordable housing and connect residents at any income level to new housing opportunities through programs such as down-payment assistance or counseling services. This work is led by our Housing Opportunity Division
• Support financial services, contracting and procurement, data analysis and strategic planning, administrative resources, and communications across the housing continuum. This work is led by our Operations Division

We are seeking detail-oriented, proactive, and analytical Senior Accountant on our HOST Finance team. This position will be responsible for general ledger accounting including reconciling funds (expenditures and revenues), preparing adjusting journal entries, reconciling and preparing drawdowns for federal, State and private grants. This position will also manage chart field setups, budget adjustments, and prepare ad hoc reports.

Specifically, as the Senior Accountant, you will:

• Monitor and track expenditures and revenues, analyzes financial performance, prepares financial reports, forecasts expenditures, guides management in fiscal compliance and analytical planning, and anticipates potential problems
• Prepare customized accounting reports, spreadsheets, and financial statements, researches and compiles data, creates quarterly and annual reports, and assists client groups with data submissions and compliance reporting
• Manage and oversee grant processes for client groups, reviews grant applications and terms for financial impacts to the City, audits grant records and transactions, researches and analyzes expenditures and revenues, creates annual grant reports, and closes out grants within financial systems
• Reconcile complex discrepancies with regard to journal and accounting transactions, reviews, researches, and analyzes reporting errors, creates reports and compiles supporting documents for corrections within accounting systems, and guides management through corrective actions
• Conduct special projects with regard to financial transactions, researches and analyzes accounting issues, performs complex financial calculations, and creates reports and compiles supporting documents for management review.
• Supporting documentation, and ensures assets are properly depreciated within accounting systems
• Ensure compliance and maintains fiscal accountability with regard to rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Works with stakeholders both internal and external to the City, respond to inquiries, provides specialized and complex information and assistance with regard to specific accounting transactions, and works with client groups to resolve accounting discrepancies and guide decision making
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

What You’ll Bring

We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You’ll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships, embrace new challenges, and push yourself, your work, and the people around you to the next level.

Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:

• At least two (2) years of experience with HUD or other Federal Grant programs
• Strong knowledge of Federal grants regulated under OMB Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly called “Uniform Guidance”)
• Excellent approach to customer service
• High integrity and work ethic, with a drive to learn and improve

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education Requirement: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration
• Experience Requirement:Three (3) years of professional level accounting experience reconciling accounting discrepancies, analyzing expenditures, and preparing financial reports
• Education/Experience Equivalency:No substitution of experience for education is permitted. Additional appropriate education may be substituted for experience requirements
• Licensure: None

Application Deadline

This posting will remain open through Monday, November 2, 2026.

About Everything Else

Job Profile

CV2021 Accountant Senior

Position Type

Unlimited

Position Salary Range

$68,773.00 - $113,476.00

Target Pay

$68,773 -$102,000 based on experience and education

Agency

Department of Housing Stability

Redeployment during Citywide Emergencies

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