Senior Accountant

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Volt is Immediately hiring a Senior Accountant for a leading organization in Delano, CA

As a Senior Accountant you will: 

• Review accounting documents to ensure accuracy of information and calculations and makes
  correcting entries.
• Input all general ledger vouchers.
• Analyze various general ledger accounts for accuracy, create new account numbers or make
  changes in account descriptions on City chart of accounts.
• Examine supporting documentation to establish proper authorization and conformance with
  agreements, contracts, and state and federal regulations.
• Keep subsidiary ledgers for various accounts.
• Prepare and maintain control and subsidiary accounting records involving a variety of
  transactions and accounts.
• Prepare trial balances, financial reports, journal entries and periodic reconciliation of general
  ledger, journal, subsidiary accounts and bank statements.
• Compile and prepare financial statements, general and subsidiary ledgers, supporting schedules
  and financial reports for regulatory agencies.
• Conduct bank reconciliation for General Pooled Cash Accounts, RDA, REDIP, RTC Facility, and
  various trust funds as received.
•  Record interest and activity.
• Reconcile and record missed transactions
• Prepare a variety of journal vouchers on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
• Research, certify, and calculate special assessment taxation.
• Participate in the selection of, supervise, evaluate, recommend merit increase, and discipline assigned employees.
•  Assist in budget preparation by producing budgetary worksheets to complete projections of revenue and expenditures, spreadsheets of department employees, salaries, and benefits, and a variety of other spreadsheets and graphs.
•  Maintain expenditure and budgetary control accounts.
• Produce monthly reports for departments and summaries for the City Council.
• Prepare cash transfer and loans between funds.
• Assist in the control of the City's investment account.
• Provide grant accounting on funds received from other agencies and deposited in the City's general fund and trust funds. Review and correct user department quarterly statements.
• Prepare annual financial report for The State Controller's Office.
• Maintain complete accounting record keeping on State, County, and other funding sources.
•  Install new accounting systems and procedures and instruct other in their use.
• Perform cost studies and analyze cost factors.
• Review current accounting practices and procedures and recommends modification and revisions.
• Provide work direction to accounting office staff and train staff in work procedures.
• May make audit schedules, and assist City auditor at year-end.
• Answer and research questions of the auditor concerning procedures and general ledger reports.
• Reconcile accounts at year end.
• Prepare financial statements.
• Enter and retrieve data and formatted reports from an online or personal computer system.
• Distribute reports to the Director of Finance and department heads.
• Prepare and update a variety of periodic and department-requested reports, which may require the use of complex arithmetic calculations.
• Assure proper processing of employee retirement funds.
• Verifies retirement refunds and payments.
• Answer or research questions about retirement from retirees or terminated employees.
•  Enter and retrieve data and prepare reports from an online or personal computer system, following established formats.
• Prepare and update a variety of reports, which may involve complex arithmetic calculations.
• Establish and ensure proper maintenance of City accounting records and office files. Research, analyze, and compile periodic reports from such information for the Assistant Finance Director.
• Reviews special department funds and associated record keeping.
• Perform daily backup of mainframe computer, make minor repairs to computer programming errors. Coordinate mainframe hardware and printer repairs.
• Receives direct supervision and general direction from the Director of Finance and/or Assistant Finance Director.
• Provides direct supervision and general direction to assigned Accounting and clerical personnel.
• Attend City Council meetings, as requested, and represent the City at meetings, as assigned.
• Serve on various City and community committees

 

This is a temporary- 6 Months position

 

Hours 7:30 am to 6:00 pm with 30 minute lunch break (10 hours per day)

Days Mondays thru Thursdays

 

The ideal candidate will have: 

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university with a major in accounting, finance,
  business administration, public administration, or a related field is required
• Masters degree from an accredited college or university in one of the related fields is preferred.
• Three (3) to five (5) years of professional-level accounting experience, preferably in governmental fund accounting or other public agency setting. Masters degree may be substituted for accounting experience on a year for year basis to a maximum of two (2) years.
• Two (2) years of supervisory experience is required.
•  Possess an appropriate California Driver License with a driving record acceptable to the City.
• Be bondable.

 

Pay Rate - $36.53 per hour

*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.

Benefits: Volt offers benefits (based on eligibility) that include the following: health, dental, vision, term life, short term disability, AD&D, 401(k), Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Volt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Volt is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please click here or call (866) -898-0005. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed.

Volt does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1324b. The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

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