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Principal Accountant
County of Riverside
Probation
Location
Riverside, California, 92502-1569
Salary
$42.25 - $69.59
per hour
Type
Full Time
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February 6, 2026
Job Description
Summary
This role involves leading accounting operations for the Riverside County Probation Department, including creating and tracking budgets, reviewing financial reports, and guiding a team of accountants.
It suits experienced finance professionals who enjoy supervising others, handling complex budgets with various funding sources, and ensuring everything follows rules and laws.
Ideal candidates are detail-oriented leaders comfortable with financial software and team coordination.
Key Requirements
- Experience in developing and monitoring budgets, especially with multiple funding sources
- Supervisory experience over professional accountants and fiscal staff
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Access, and Power BI
- Knowledge of accounting principles and procedures for departmental operations
- Ability to conduct and supervise specialized audits of fiscal records
- Skills in evaluating and implementing computer applications for accounting systems
- Familiarity with laws, legislation, and policies impacting accounting practices
Full Job Description
The Riverside County Probation Department has an opportunity for a Principal Accountant in Riverside.
The incumbent will develop and monitor budgets as well as oversee the monthly review of financial activity, supervise professional accountants, and perform other related duties as required.
Seeking candidates with experience in developing and monitoring budgets. Seeking candidates with experience in developing and monitoring budgets, as well as working with multiple funding sources. Experience utilizing Microsoft Excel, Access, and Power BI is preferred.
The incumbent will develop and monitor budgets as well as oversee the monthly review of financial activity, supervise professional accountants, and perform other related duties as required.
Seeking candidates with experience in developing and monitoring budgets. Seeking candidates with experience in developing and monitoring budgets, as well as working with multiple funding sources. Experience utilizing Microsoft Excel, Access, and Power BI is preferred.
Meet the Team!
The Riverside County Probation Department is a progressive criminal justice agency that believes in continuous improvement, searching and applying evidence-based and best practices, using measurable outcomes to evaluate programs, and doing our utmost to fulfill our mission and make Riverside County a safe and law-abiding community for its citizens. We recognize the value of a qualified, professional, dynamic, and diverse workforce and in building an organization that reflects the progressive community we serve.
Requirements
• Plan, organize, direct, and coordinate through subordinate supervisors the establishment, review, revision, and daily operation of a departmental accounting function or a major division of the Auditor-Controller's Office.
• Determine how the departmental or division accounting management program should be structured and how accounting principles should be applied.
• Supervise specialized audits in the Auditor-Controller's Office of the fiscal records and accounting procedures in various County departments, divisions, and agencies.
• Participate in the selection, training, and evaluation of subordinate professional accounting and fiscal clerical personnel; coordinate accounting functions with data processing systems.
• Evaluate, develop, recommend, and coordinate implementation of computer applications to accounting systems and procedures.
• Supervise and participate in the development and maintenance of systems forms for fiscal transactions, recordkeeping and budgetary controls; supervise and perform analysis of complex fiscal recordkeeping systems and procedures.
• Provide technical guidance, direction, and training to subordinate staff performing complex accounting and auditing work, including computer applications.
• Review laws, legislation, and policies to ensure compliance and to determine impact on accounting procedures and recommend changes where appropriate.
• Coordinate the work of subordinate staff with other sections, departments, or outside fiscal intermediaries; assist in the budget preparation process.
• Confer with and advise department and other officials on a variety of accounting and budgetary matters.
Qualifications
OPTION I
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in accounting, or another field of study that included at least 18 semester or 27 quarter units in accounting, finance, auditing, taxation, financial reporting, business finance, financial statement analysis, or external and internal reporting, or closely related coursework. (One year as a professional accountant with the County of Riverside may substitute for the 18 semester or 27 quarter units of specialized coursework.)
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in accounting, or another field of study that included at least 18 semester or 27 quarter units in accounting, finance, auditing, taxation, financial reporting, business finance, financial statement analysis, or external and internal reporting, or closely related coursework. (One year as a professional accountant with the County of Riverside may substitute for the 18 semester or 27 quarter units of specialized coursework.)
Experience: Three years as a professional accountant, including one year in a supervisory or lead capacity over other professional accountants.
OPTION II
Certificate: Possession of a valid certificate as a Certified Public Accountant or Certified Internal Auditor.
Certificate: Possession of a valid certificate as a Certified Public Accountant or Certified Internal Auditor.
Experience: Three years as a professional accountant, including one year in a supervisory or lead capacity over other professional accountants.
ALL OPTIONS
Knowledge of: The principles and techniques of supervision; the theory, principles, and practices of general and governmental accounting, budgeting, and auditing; state and local codes, rules, and regulations influencing County fiscal operations; data processing systems and their application to accounting operations; the methods of developing systems forms for various types of accounting records and reports; the principles, methods, and techniques of public administration, personnel, and business office management.
Knowledge of: The principles and techniques of supervision; the theory, principles, and practices of general and governmental accounting, budgeting, and auditing; state and local codes, rules, and regulations influencing County fiscal operations; data processing systems and their application to accounting operations; the methods of developing systems forms for various types of accounting records and reports; the principles, methods, and techniques of public administration, personnel, and business office management.
Ability to: Plan, organize, and direct a complex accounting or auditing program; evaluate and supervise the work of subordinate staff; apply legal and administrative accounting policies to general County accounting systems; analyze data, draw logical conclusions, and recommend effective courses of action; communicate effectively in oral and written form; establish and maintain effective working relationships.
Additional Information
What’s Next?
This recruitment is open to all applicants.
Applicants who are current County of Riverside employees may be considered before other applicants, depending on the volume of applications received.
For questions regarding this recruitment:
Contact the recruiter, Mary Miller, at 951-955-3454 or via email at mmiller@rivco.org.
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