Accountant II Job at City of Los Banos, CA in Los Banos

Overview

Salary: $79,932.00 - $102,024.00 Annually

Location: Los Banos, CA

Job Type: Full-time

Job Number: 09-2025

Department: Finance

Opening Date: 09/19/2025

Closing Date: 10/10/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

Description

POSITION TITLE ACCOUNTANT II

DEPARTMENT FINANCE

EMPLOYMENT CATEGORY REGULAR

EMPLOYMENT LEVEL STAFF

Definition

To perform routine and professional level accounting tasks and duties assigned to classes within the Accountant series including maintaining, developing and analyzing fiscal Statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards: administering policies, procedures and work methods associated with assigned duties; performing other related duties as required.

Supervision

Receives direct supervision from the Finance Director. May receive general supervision from other personnel as assigned. Accountant II's may also exercise general supervision over other personnel as assigned.

Position Description

The Accountant II is the advanced-level position in the professional Accountant series. An Accountant II is expected to perform the full range of professional Accountant I duties. Accountant II is expected to have a thorough knowledge of governmental accounting systems and procedures. This classification is distinguished from the Accountant I position by the performance of the most complex accounting functions including detailed federal and state reporting requirements.

Detailed Work Activities

Examples of Essential Duties

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Participates in and may supervise the posting, balancing, and reconciliation of general, grant and subsidiary accounts; controls budget for various funds and projects determining if funds are available and expenditures properly classified; researches and analyzes transactions to resolve budgetary issues; provides analysis of available funds at management's request; analyzes budgetary transactions.
• Prepares financial statements, schedules, and other statistical and financial reports; prepares work papers, financial statements and various reports for federal and state agencies as well as for internal accounting purposes; prepares fund balance and other projections.
• Performs the most complex accounting transactions such as capital projects, trust and bond inquiries, monitors grants and related costs/expenditures with prescribed governmental accounting systems.
• Conducts departmental or business audits and makes reports regarding findings; audits contracts to ensure fiscal compliance.
• Monitors and controls revenues and expenditures and prepares cash flow projections for managerial/department use.
• Prepares budget reports for department heads.
• Prepares data, schedules, reports, etc. for the annual budgets, including coordinating with other departments and accounting staff.

Knowledge of

• Cost accounting and analysis.
• Principles of supervision, training and performance evaluations.
• Rules and regulations governing federal, state and local programs.

Ability to

• Perform a variety of complex accounting transactions and analysis.
• Perform financial and accounting transactions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and city procedures.
• Prepare, or assist in the preparation of, a variety of budgets, financial statements, reports and analyses.
• Effectively administer a variety of federal, state and local grants.
• Examine and verify a variety of financial documents and reports.
• Recognize and resolve accounting, auditing and internal control situations.
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Supervise, train and evaluate clerical, technical and lower level professional staff as assigned.
• Accurately interpret data processing reports.
• Reconcile financial documents and reports.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be age eighteen (18) by date of application.
• Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade.
• Possession of a valid California Class C driver license.
• Bachelor's degree, from an accredited college or university, in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field or five years of increasingly responsible professional experience in governmental accounting in a public agency.
• Two (2) years of responsible professional accounting experience equivalent to Accountant I or similar position.

The City offers an excellent benefit package that includes: a) Retirement: California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS); b) Health Insurance: City pays approved health insurance premium through CalPERS for employee only and partial dependent costs; c) Dental and Vision Insurance: City pays approved dental and vision insurance premiums for employee only and partial dependent costs; d) Life Insurance: City provides $50,000 life insurance coverage for employee only, buy-up options are available; e) Vacation Allowance: two (2) weeks paid vacation after one (1) year, three (3) weeks after five (5) years, four (4) weeks after fifteen (15) years of employment; f) Sick Leave: Accumulated at a rate of one (1) day per month with no maximum accrual; g) Deferred Compensation: Option to participate in plans through Mass Mutual, Nationwide Solutions, or ICMA-RC.