Senior Accounting Technician - Limited Term

City of Redlands; Redlands (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Redlands is seeking a detail-oriented and organized Limited-Term Senior Accounting Technician to ensure accuracy in financial transactions, account reconciliations, and journal entries using Microsoft Excel.

This limited-term position is expected to last up to one year from the time of hire and will support accounts payable and receivable operations, prepare reports, resolve discrepancies, and provide timely fiscal information to departments while working under direction with the

Qualifications

• Four years of increasingly responsible advanced technical accounting experience.
• Equivalent to a high school diploma with college level coursework in bookkeeping, accounting, or a related field.
• Ability to work in a standard office environment; travel to different sites as needed.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and reconciles ledgers and accounts; verifies deposits and payments.
• Processes invoices, purchase orders, and other claims for payment.
• Prepares journal entries and monthly reconciliations; prepares reports and schedules.
• Researches discrepancies and provides fiscal information to departments and customers.
• Performs clerical duties and other responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Education

High school diploma with bookkeeping coursework

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

The City of Redlands is seeking a detail-oriented and organized individual for the Limited-Term Senior Accounting Technician position. The ideal candidate will demonstrate accuracy in financial transactions, account reconciliations, and journal entry processing, along with the ability to analyze financial data, resolve discrepancies, and prepare reports using Microsoft Excel.

This is a limited-term position expected to last up to one (1) year from the time of hire.

Under direction, to perform and coordinate City accounts payableand receivableoperations; to perform a variety of technical tasks related to accounts payable and receivables; to perform complex and technical general accounting duties; to prepare financial reports, statements, and special financial analysis; and to provide lead direction. Exercises technical and functional lead direction to technical accounting staff.

Examples of duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Maintains and reconciles a variety of ledgers, reports and account records;

• Verify and reconcile daily cash, check, credit card, ACH, and other payment deposits to reports;
• Examines and corrects accounting transactions to ensure accuracy;
• Researches background information and account histories, resolves discrepancies;
• Prepares journal entries;
• Prepare, review, and process monthly credit card reconciliations and supporting documentation;
• Processes invoices, purchase orders, and other claims for payment;
• Gathers, checks, and tabulates data used in the preparation of records and reports;
• Researches background information and account histories;
• Prepares a variety of routine fiscal reports, statements, and schedules;
• Prepares new year, mid year, and year end reports;
• Assists customers, departments, and employees by providing fiscal information, explaining procedures, answering questions, and resolving problems or complaints;
• Performs a variety of clerical duties including typing, maintaining files and records, processing mail, and ordering supplies; and
• Performs related and other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Experience:

• Four years of increasingly responsible advanced technical accounting experience.

Education:

• Equivalent to a high school diploma supplemented by college level course work in bookkeeping, accounting, or a related field.

Special Requirements:

Essential functions and duties require the following physical abilities and work environment:

• Ability to work in a standard office environment; ability to travel to different sites and locations;
• Regularly required to talk or hear. Required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.