Senior Accountant, Government & Higher Education

Foothill De Anza; Los Altos Hills (CA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Foothill-De Anza Community College District is accepting applications for a Senior Accountant in Accounting Services. This is a full-time, classified position located in District, CA, with a starting salary of $8,799.19 per month and a full range of $8,799.19–$11,808.57 per month.

The Senior Accountant provides complex accounting support, prepares journal entries, analyzes balance sheets, and supports audits and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Provides complex professional and technical assistance in administration and implementation of the District's financial, auditing, and accounting programs, including financial statement preparation, periodic and ad hoc external and internal compliance reporting, budget preparation and administration, forecasting, and contracts and grants.
• Coordinates and administers a wide variety of financial and accounting programs, including those for extramural grants, categorical funding, capital projects, retail operations, and debt service.
• Participates in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for assigned programs; recommends and administers policies and procedures.
• Develops and recommends improvements in operations, procedures, policies, or methods.
• Participates in the preparation and administration of grant or program budgets by analyzing budget history, reviewing and suggesting modifications to budget proposals, providing revenue and expense projections, preparing and updating cash flow and projections, and monitoring expenditures to ensure compliance with adopted budget.
• Analyzes balance sheet and expenditure and revenue accounts and prepares a wide variety of financial statements and reports, including monthly and quarterly statements and fiscal year-end, state-mandated, general ledger, and budget reports.
• Coordinates the preparation of audit schedules and the compilation of financial records and other data for external auditors.
• Researches and analyzes technical transactions to resolve questions and validate data; ensures fiscal accountability and fund integrity for transactions and supporting documentation.
• Records and reconciles revenues, expenditures, deferrals, and technical transactions in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, and regulations and District rules and policies.
• Conducts and prepares special studies and reports, legal documents, management analyses, and various memos and letters.
• Prepares journal entries and reconciles general ledger and subsidiary accounts related to postings from extramural grants, general obligation bonds, student accounts, cash receipts, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.
• Analyzes and reconciles expenditure and revenue accounts to verify availability of funds and classification of expenditures.
• Prepares monthly, quarterly, and year-end journal vouchers for a wide variety of financial programs.
• Files quarterly returns and annual tax withholdings with the California Franchise Tax Board.
• Reconciles and prepares debt service payments according to schedule.
• Serves as an administrator for the District's financial ERP, ensuring appropriate access for staff and establishing and maintaining work flows for approvals and other accounting processes.
• Maintains and monitors the District's grant funds and ensures compliance with rules and regulations governing the use of each grant.
• Helps ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, and regulations and District rules and policies by advising District faculty and staff on accounting practices and financial compliance rules and guidelines, staying up-to-date on relevant financial regulations, and recommending processes or procedures for improved compliance.
• Assigns, prioritizes, reviews, and approves the work of, and provides training in accounting processes and procedures to, other accounting staff.
• Records and maintains appropriate controls for fixed assets.
• Attends meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions, and reviews publications to remain current on principles, practices, and new developments in the field of accounting.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Job description

Foothill-De Anza Community College District is accepting applications for a Senior Accountant in Accounting Services. This is a full-time, classified position located in District, CA, with a starting salary of $8,799.19 per month and a full range of $8,799.19–$11,808.57 per month.

The Senior Accountant provides complex accounting support, prepares journal entries, analyzes balance sheets, and supports audits and reporting.