POSITION DESCRIPTION

Come and join the City of Fresno in achieving our mission of Building a Better Fresno!

Under direction, performs complex professional accounting work; maintains and audits accounts; and provides supervision and training to subordinate staff. Work involves supervising the day-to-day operation of a section or sections engaged in accounting, accounts payable or auditing of fiscal operations. Incumbents receive complex and varied accounting and/or auditing assignments requiring the application of judgment to work situations where standard procedure does not apply. Oversees the AP section in the Accounting Unit. Performs complex accounting and financial analysis, supervise AP staff, facilitate controls and compliance within generally accepted accounting principles, and support City departments on proper procedures.

Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Supervises and participates in the preparation of a variety of accounting and accounts payable reports and prepares complex financial reports on special assignments.

• Assists in accomplishing the functions of the division by providing supervision and training for subordinate staff.

• Performs difficult and special accounting and/or auditing work as part of normal work assignments and as directed by a superior; maintains general and subsidiary ledgers; and effects periodic reconciliations of a variety of machine reports.

• Supervises and participates in the work of a section engaged in the maintenance of financial records for budgetary, revenue, payroll, accounts payable, and inventory accountability.

• Reviews and analyzes the sections workflow and recommends revisions to facilitate and expedite the accounting and accounts payable processes.

• Prepares formal financial statements, financial statistical reports, and other reports related to accounts payable.

• Prepares and reviews audit reports of findings and makes recommendations for improvements. Confers with department personnel, other agencies, government representatives and special districts on general and specific financial audit, accounting, and accounts payable matters.

• Conducts financial reviews for analysis of capital projects, operations, and investment opportunities.

• Reviews changes in legal procedures for fiscal operations affecting accounting and accounts payable processes.

Performs related duties as required. An incumbent may not be assigned all duties listed, nor do the examples cover all duties which may be assigned.

Full job specification available to be viewed at:

https://www.fresno.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/JS-Senior-Accountant-Auditor.pdf

The current vacancies exist in the Finance Department.

However, this class exists in multiple departments and the list generated from this recruitment will be used to fill future vacancies.

Immediate and future vacancies will be filled from this eligible list for a period of three (3) months from the date the eligible list is created, with the option of extending that period at the City's discretion. If the examination process is suspended for this recruitment, the eligible list may be limited to three (3) months.

T

HE REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications on or before the posted filing deadline in order to qualify for the examination and does not assure placement on the eligible list.

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration or a closely related field, which included, or was supplemented by, twenty (20) semester units of accounting course work

AND

Three (3) years of professional accounting or auditing work experience.

Applicants MUST ATTACH A COPY OF TRANSCRIPTS for education verification (instructions below on how to attach documents). Applications lacking the attachment may be rejected.

Possession and continued maintenance of a valid

California Dri ers License may be required at the time of appointment. Applicants possessing a valid California Drivers License must complete the License and Certificates section with their driver's license information.

Candidates considered for hire may be required to provide proof of a valid driver's license and a current copy of their driving record.

The selected eligible candidates certified will be required to successfully pass a Department interview and a Department of Justice fingerprint prior to employment with the City of Fresno.

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