Sandoval County, NM
Salary : $70,116.80 - $84,136.00 Annually
Location : Bernalillo, NM
Job Type: Classified Full Time
Job Number: 2025-00097
Division: Finance
Department: Finance
Opening Date: 08/08/2025
Closing Date: 8/22/2025 11:59 PM Mountain
General Purpose
Under general direction, the Accountant, Senior performs complex accounting and financial functions to include Federal and State fund / grant reconciliations and reporting, data entry, and processing reimbursements, payments, large journal entries, and budget resolutions. Provides back-up assistance to Accounts Payable and performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience:
Sandoval County offers benefits to full-time and part-time employees working 20 hours or more a week including: Health Care, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Account, Life Insurance, Long-Term and Short-Term disability insurance, Holiday pay, Vacation and Sick Leave, Deferred Compensation Plan.
Sandoval County non-union, non-safety positions are part of the Municipal Plan 2. Contributing 16.55% and employees contributing 3.65% to to the Public Employee Retirement Plan. (PERA)
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Which of the following best describes your level of education in the related field for this position?
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Do you have five (5) years of professional public accounting experience for a medium to large employer or governmental entity?
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Briefly describe when and where you obtained your experience stated above.
04
I understand that if I do not attach a copy of my High School Diploma/GED Certificate, Degree or transcripts from an accredited institution showing degree conferred/awarded that my application will not be considered.
Required Question
Location : Bernalillo, NM
Job Type: Classified Full Time
Job Number: 2025-00097
Division: Finance
Department: Finance
Opening Date: 08/08/2025
Closing Date: 8/22/2025 11:59 PM Mountain
General Purpose
Under general direction, the Accountant, Senior performs complex accounting and financial functions to include Federal and State fund / grant reconciliations and reporting, data entry, and processing reimbursements, payments, large journal entries, and budget resolutions. Provides back-up assistance to Accounts Payable and performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Public Administration, Business Administration or related field and five years of professional public accounting experience for a medium to large employer or governmental entity, OR an equivalent combination of education and experience. CPA preferred, but not required.
- Valid New Mexico driver's license or ability to obtain a valid New Mexico driver's license within 30 days of hire.
- Must have or obtain a Chief Procurement Officer certification within one year after hire and maintain it throughout employment.
- Responsible for all active contracts within the County; assists in the implementation and upkeep of the contracts database.
- Monitors the County's debt service obligations and assists finance director with budgeting and reporting requirements.
- Tracks and reports all activity with revenues received from Gross Receipt tax distribution, as well as special revenues received that require special and complex reporting.
- Prepares for financial audits; prepares special financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends; provides data, spreadsheets and other documents in response to internal audit requests and external audit requests from the State and other entities including, but not limited to DFA, NMFA, PTD, STIC, and BOF; completes W-9 requests.
- Monitors, tracks and prepares GASB-87 required reporting for annual audits that pertain to real estate and equipment leases, GASB-96 requiring IT software agreements; updates, maintains and reconciles required software.
- Works with audit firms during annual audit and prepares complex required reports and miscellaneous data as needed.
- Compiles, processes, and completes complex journal entries.
- Assists with daily data input and vendor payments as needed for Accounts Payable.
- Works with departments on all outstanding checks to get them cleared. Reconciles, voids, and submits all stale dated checks to the state as unclaimed cash on an annual basis.
- Researches, gathers and compiles information related to complex accounting discrepancies that occur and explains research results in order to resolve issues.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Sandoval County offers benefits to full-time and part-time employees working 20 hours or more a week including: Health Care, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Account, Life Insurance, Long-Term and Short-Term disability insurance, Holiday pay, Vacation and Sick Leave, Deferred Compensation Plan.
Sandoval County non-union, non-safety positions are part of the Municipal Plan 2. Contributing 16.55% and employees contributing 3.65% to to the Public Employee Retirement Plan. (PERA)
01
Which of the following best describes your level of education in the related field for this position?
- No High School Diploma or GED
- High School Diploma or GED
- Associates Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Master's Degree
- Ph.D./PsyD/Ed.D/M.D./D.O/Doctorate
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Do you have five (5) years of professional public accounting experience for a medium to large employer or governmental entity?
- Yes
- No
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Briefly describe when and where you obtained your experience stated above.
04
I understand that if I do not attach a copy of my High School Diploma/GED Certificate, Degree or transcripts from an accredited institution showing degree conferred/awarded that my application will not be considered.
- I Understand
Required Question