SPECIAL PROJECTS ACCOUNTANT

at  Tuolumne County

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• Principles, practices, and methods of public and governmental accounting and financing, including program budgeting and auditing and their application to operations.
• General principles and practices of data processing and its applicability to accounting operations.
• Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulatory codes, ordinances, and procedures relevant to government financial operations.
• Principles and procedures related to budgetary preparation, control, and development.
• Principles and practices of financial analysis, auditing, and reporting.
• Principles and practices of business organization and public administration.
• Principles and procedures of financial record keeping.
• Modern office practices, methods, and computer equipment and applications related to accounting applications, including word processing and spreadsheet software.
• English usage, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and punctuation.
• Techniques for providing a high level of customer service by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, and County staff.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college or university with a degree in accounting or a closely related field and two years of experience in governmental accounting at a level equivalent to the classification of Accountant I with Tuolumne County.

RELIEF POSITIONS DO NOT QUALIFY FOR BENEFITS

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Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.

• Provides responsible professional and technical assistance in the administration and implementation of the County’s financial, auditing, and accounting programs to staff, other department personnel including department heads, The County Administrative Office, members of the public and outside audit firms.
• Prepares a wide variety of financial and statistical reports, including year-end reporting, budgetary reports, assisting in the preparation of the annual report, and preparing other legal documents and management analysis.
• Monitors expenditures, revenues, and budget allocations to determine the County’s financial status and prepares custom reports, graphs, and schedules as needed.
• Prepares journal entries and reconciles general ledger and subsidiary accounts related to postings from payroll, accounts payable, cash receipts, and accounts receivable; prepares monthly financial statements, including distributing monthly revenue and expenditure reports to departments; prepares numerous monthly financial reports.
• Analyzes and reconciles expenditure and revenue accounts; reviews and processes appropriation transfer requests between accounts; reconciles bank statements to the general ledger.
• Participates in and assumes responsibility for various departmental programs including financial statements, general ledger, monthly statements, and special projects accounting; conducts and prepares special studies and reports.
• Records and maintains appropriate controls for fixed assets including the scheduling of surplus asset sales; assists in the County’s purchase orders and accounts payable system, auditing and financial analysis, grant accounting, and special reports.
• Maintains and monitors the County’s grant funds and ensures compliance with rules and regulations governing the use of each grant.
• Directs accounting for all County fixed assets. Schedules auctions for the sale of surplus assets; maintains related records.
• Prepares daily, weekly and/or monthly spreadsheets for use in analyzing financial activities and conditions.
• Performs general accounting work as assigned, which may include processing accounts payable and receivable, posting journal entries, auditing and verifying the accuracy of invoices for payment, balancing cash receipts, reconciling bank statements, etc.
• Assists with budget maintenance and review.
• Responds to inquiries, requests for assistance and complaints pertaining to areas of responsibility.
• Maintains cost accounting system.
• Prepare annual County A-87 cost plan.
• Balances accounts with the Auditor’s Office including but not limited to general fund contingency, outstanding warrants month balance, year end balance sheet accounts.
• Prepare State Controller’s reports for Special Districts.
• Completes year-end closing procedures.
• Attends meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions, and reviews publications to remain current on principles, practices, and new developments in the field of accounting.
• Provides training and leadership of lower-level accountants and technical staff as assigned.
• Performs general administrative / clerical work as required, including typing reports and correspondence, copying and filing documents, maintaining logs and lists, entering and retrieving computer data, preparing spreadsheets, sending and receiving faxes, answering the telephone, processing mail, assisting customers, etc.
• Performs other related duties as assigned