Senior Accountant: GL Mastery & Financial Reporting

North County Transit - San Diego Railroad; Oceanside (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

North County Transit - San Diego Railroad in Oceanside, CA seeks a Senior Accountant under the Controller to prepare complex general ledger entries and reconciliations, and to help ensure the integrity of the District’s general ledger.

You will work with the Controller to analyze accounts, support monthly/quarterly/annual financial statements, assist with audits, fixed assets, project accounting, and cash controls, and you may supervise on a limited basis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting or related field, with a minimum coursework of 24 units in accounting.
• Minimum five (5) years directly relevant experience in accounting.
• Possession of and ability to maintain a California driver's license, Class C, with constraints as specified.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain access to Marine Corp Base Camp Pendleton.

Responsibilities

• Prepares complex journal entries and reconciliations.
• Analyzes general ledger documents, researches and resolves discrepancies.
• Prepares adjusting/recurring journal entries as needed.
• Assists in the preparation and/or prepares monthly/quarterly/annual financial statement reports.
• Balances subsidiary ledgers with general ledger and resolves discrepancies.
• Assists with financial audits by preparing schedules, reports, and retrieving backup documentation.
• Prepares and enters fixed asset entries for the District’s capital projects, including setting capital assets and recording disposals.
• Tracks sales proceeds and gain/loss from District’s fixed assets disposals.
• Performs projects and grants accounting, billing, journal entries, reporting, and other duties as needed.
• Supports fare collection processes including, but not limited to, physical counts of cash/tickets collected, ordering coin/currency services from armored services, disputing chargebacks, ordering supplies, accounting entries and reconciliations, and reviewing validity of customer refunds.
• Performs year-end physical counts of parts inventories at various sites.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Multi-tasking

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting

Tools

Microsoft Office

Accounting software

Job description

North County Transit - San Diego Railroad in Oceanside, CA seeks a Senior Accountant under the Controller to prepare complex general ledger entries and reconciliations, and to help ensure the integrity of the District’s general ledger.

You will work with the Controller to analyze accounts, support monthly/quarterly/annual financial statements, assist with audits, fixed assets, project accounting, and cash controls, and you may supervise on a limited basis.