City of Sacramento is hiring: Accounting Technician in Sacramento

Overview

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The Youth, Parks, & Community Enrichment (YPCE) Department is seeking an Accounting Technician to join the Fiscal Support team. The Fiscal Support team enters and processes all accounting tasks for YPCE including vouchers, procurement card reconciliations, journals, cash receipts, stipends, reimbursements, and expense reports. This position will interact with the Budget and Procurement Teams for the YPCE Department as needed to accomplish tasks.

With supervisor approval, incumbents may be eligible for intermittent remote work; however, they must physically reside within the Sacramento region or have the ability to regularly report to a City of Sacramento physical worksite with little notice.

Estimate of compensation and location indicators are available in the posting context.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and audit materials requiring analyses of supporting documents insuring that all entries and adjustments are entered properly in the system.
• Identify and resolve problems and inconsistencies, determining corrective entries involved in maintaining accounting controls.
• Examine, reconcile, balance, and adjust accounting records.
• Prepare a variety of State, Federal, and local claims, statements, and reports from a variety of sources including preliminary data, accounting records, and computer printouts.
• Answer questions and advise on procedures in preparing accounting transactions.
• Provide data on monies due, collected, and delinquent for accounting information and annual auditors reports.
• Prepare and submit accounting information for data processing; reconcile any differences between accounting records and data processing reports; request reports and end of year printouts from data processing.
• Coordinate accounting activities with other City departments, divisions, and sections.
• Other related duties may also be performed; not all duties listed are necessarily performed by each individual holding this classification.

Qualifications

Knowledge of

• Principles and practices of financial record keeping.
• Basic accounting principles.
• Modern office procedures and equipment.

Ability To

• Understand and interpret the principles, laws, and procedures involved in fiscal record keeping and accounting functions.
• Prepare financial reports and maintain ledgers and journals.
• Analyze data and draw logical conclusions.

Experience And Education

Any combination of experience and education that would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience

Three years of increasingly responsible experience in the maintenance of financial, fiscal and related statistical records.

Education

Specialized courses in accounting and business practices.

Proof of education should be submitted with your application and will be required at the time of appointment if used to qualify. An applicant with a college degree obtained outside the United States must have education records evaluated by a credentials evaluation service. Evaluation of education records will be due at time of appointment.

Supervision

Direction is provided by a Senior Accounting Technician, professional or management personnel. Responsibilities may include the indirect supervision of accounting clerical and general clerical positions.

Selection Procedure

• Application: All applicants must complete and submit online a City of Sacramento employment application by the final filing deadline; paper applications will not be accepted.
• Employment applications will be considered incomplete and will be disqualified if required information is missing or not provided in the Work Experience section.
• Proof of education, if used to qualify, should be submitted online with your application or at time of appointment as required.
• Position/job titles will not be considered in determining eligibility for meeting the minimum qualifications.
• Veteran’s credit: a copy of your DD214 must be submitted online with your application or emailed to the Employment Office by the final filing deadline.
• Training and Experience Exam: Responses to T&E questions will be rated and scored. The exam determines ranking on the eligible list. Online responses only.
• Eligibility expires one year from the date of notification of a passing score.
• Conditional Hire: If offered, you must complete LiveScan/fingerprinting and may be required to pass a pre-employment medical exam, controlled substance and/or alcohol test, and possess any required licensure or certification prior to start date.

Questions

• Please visit the City of Sacramento application guide for guidance: https://www.governmentjobs.com/Home/ApplicationGuide
• Technical support: Live Applicant Support at (855) 524-5627
• HR employment page: https://www.cityofsacramento.gov/HR/employment
• Employment email: employment@cityofsacramento.org
• HR main line: (916) 808-5726

Additional Information

• Bilingual Pay: The City offers bilingual pay where applicable.
• Pension Reform Act: The City is covered by CalPERS and subject to PEPRA.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: The City is an EEO employer.
• Civil Service Rules, Union Contracts, Salary Schedule: links available in posting.

Note: The posting includes various administrative sections and qualifiers that are standard for City postings.