ACCOUNTANT II - EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT (HOMELESSNESS)

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Requirements

• Performs a variety of staff, systems, and accounting assignments in connection with the overall operation of a complex accounting system.
• Reviews and performs a wide variety of accounting assignments occurring within the annual accounting cycle including the annual setup and maintenance of accounting records, the classification of revenue and expenditure transactions, journalizing accounting transactions, taking trial balances and preparing closing period adjustments.
• Interprets the accounting and other financial provisions of a variety of laws, regulations and standards, and recommends steps for their implementation.
• Conducts cost surveys, revenue analyses, and accounting systems and procedural studies, and writes reports of findings.
• Compiles, evaluates and reconciles complex operating statements, final accounting for construction and other projects, and claims for reimbursement from other government agencies or private contractors.
• Evaluates and reconciles complex operating systems for cost reporting and claims processing reimbursements from other government agencies.
• Prepares balance sheets, statements of revenue, fund balance statements, cost accounting reports, revenue and expenditure estimates, and other specialized financial reports.
• Compiles expenditure and revenue reports and prepares periodic financial statements of federal and state grants for review.
• Performs routine audits of the financial records of grant operated agencies, business firms, charitable and nonprofit organizations, other governmental agencies, or private contractors; writes audit reports and makes recommendations.
• Coordinates audits with internal and external auditors and prepares supporting work papers and provides other assistance.
• Reviews audit reports and writes summaries of findings and recommendations. Presents audit findings to department management and monitors implementation of audit recommendations.
• Reviews and recommends improvements to internal controls or accounting practices. May serve as the department Internal Control Certification Program (ICCP) coordinator.
• Analyzes established cost accounting systems to determine if the bases and techniques provide realistic estimates of actual costs. Recommends modification of the cost bases and procedures used to improve their reliability.
• Serves as liaison with other County departments or governmental agencies concerning accounting matters.
• Participates in the installation of systems and procedures.
• May supervise a small supporting accounting technical and clerical staff.

Qualifications

**You may still qualify even if your job title isn’t exactly the same as the ones listed. What matters is that your experience is at a similar level — meaning your job involves similar responsibilities, requires comparable skills and knowledge, and takes place within a similar organizational structure. Please provide a clear explanation of your experience to demonstrate that it is at the appropriate level.

***Experience at the level of Accountant I is defined as performing a variety of entry level accounting assignments in preparation, analysis, review, maintenance, reconciliation, and control of financial records and fiscal revenue and expenditures forecasting.

****Experience at the level of Accounting Technician II is defined as under general supervision, supervising and performing paraprofessional accounting work in preparing, processing, reconciling and maintaining fiscal records requiring a substantive knowledge of general accounting procedures.

• Experience working for a public homelessness services agency, such as LAHSA, within the last 6 months.
• Six (6) months of experience in governmental/fund accounting.
• Six (6) months of experience in financial analysis and reconciliation.
• Experience analyzing large sets of data.
• Advanced experience using Microsoft Excel, including sorting, filtering, creating and editing tables, and using formulas.
• Six (6) months of experience in general supervision -OR- Six (6) months of experience leading accounting projects.

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