Accountant I – Housing Authority

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Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply below.

The Accountant I position will be assigned to the Housing Authority located in Riverside. The Accountant I assists higher level accountants to establish, review, revise, and maintain controls on fiscal record-keeping functions.

The Accountant I class is the first working level in the professional Accountant series. Incumbents are directly supervised by a Supervising Accountant or given lead direction by a Senior Accountant and may perform either accounting or auditing functions. Although no prior work experience in accounting or auditing is required, incumbents are expected to have a broad knowledge of the principles and practices related to these functions in order to facilitate fiscal control and analysis, and to assume working level duties of limited difficulty.

The class of Accountant I is distinguished from Accountant II in that the latter is the fully qualified journey level in the series, having greater scope of responsibility and requiring the exercise of independent judgment in performing complex accounting and auditing tasks.

The Accountant I class is a natural progression underfill for the Accountant II. Incumbents are expected to promote to Accountant II after obtaining one year of experience as an Accountant I, meeting the education requirement, and obtaining a satisfactory performance evaluation. Failure to promote to the Accountant II class will result in incumbents being returned to their former County classification or new hires being released prior to the end of their probationary period.

Qualified applicants may be considered for future vacancies throughout the agency .

Maintain record-keeping systems and procedures.

Reconcile cash and bank statements.

Review, analyze, and verify accounts payable.

Prepare journal entries and cash receipt entries.

Post subsidiary ledger data to the general ledger.

Prepare financial reports using Microsoft Excel.

Participate in year-end and audit procedures.

Monitor fixed assets.

Prepare trial balances, balance sheets and income statements.

Download/create queries from accounting software.

OPTION I

Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a closely related field with a specialization in accounting coursework. (A specialization is interpreted as the completion of at least 18 semester or 27 quarter units in accounting, auditing, taxation, financial reporting, financial statement analysis, or external and internal reporting.)

OR

Possession of a valid certificate as a Certified Public Accountant or Certified Internal Auditor.

OPTION II

Education: Completion of 90 semester or 135 quarter units from an accredited college or university with a major in accounting or a closely related field, WITH a specialization in accounting coursework. (A specialization is interpreted as the completion of at least 18 semester or 27 quarter units in accounting, auditing, taxation, financial reporting, financial statement analysis, or external and internal reporting.)

Experience: One year of experience equivalent to the County of Riverside Accountant Trainee class.

OPTION III

Education: Completion of 60 semester or 90 quarter units from an accredited college or university with a major in accounting or closely related field, WITH a specialization in accounting coursework. (A specialization is interpreted as the completion of at least 18 semester or 27 quarter units in accounting, auditing, taxation, financial reporting, financial statement analysis, or external and internal reporting.)

Experience: Three years of paraprofessional accounting experience equivalent to the County of Riverside Accounting Technician class or Supervising Accounting Technician class.

Knowledge of: Accounting principles and practices; general business laws and budgeting methods.

Ability to: Analyze data, define problem areas, and draw logical conclusions; understand and apply the principles, laws, and procedures involved in the accounting and auditing functions; examine and verify records; maintain records and prepare accounting, statistical, and narrative reports; establish and maintain effective working relationships; communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

ADDITIONALLY, THE MOST COMPETITIVE CANDIDATES WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING:

A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, Economics, Auditing or a closely related field.

Experience with Microsoft Excel

Knowledge of GAAP

General ledger experience

Experience with account reconciliation

EQUIVALENT TO ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN refers to functioning primarily as a key assistant to a professional accountant or other management staff in a large organization; performing difficult and complex paraprofessional accounting work that required the use of a wide range and variety of basic accounting principles and procedures in the establishment and maintenance of an accounting system for a large organization; performing highly responsible and complex work in specialized/technical reviews; having final approval and control of complex and varied accounting records, accounts, or claims.

EQUIVALENT TO SUPERVISING ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN refers to the planning, coordinating, and supervising of a large fiscal support unit in a large organization; performing a variety of program and administrative support duties for higher level positions, which may have included the research, analysis, and interpretation of complex legislation or codes, and the development of related financial program and/or operational changes.

Required Skills:
PROOF OF EDUCATION: All applicants are required to provide a copy of the transcript(s) as verification of educational units completed, prior to the closing date of the job posting. (Official OR unofficial transcripts will be accepted). If your education was completed outside of the United States, you will need to provide a copy of your Foreign Education Equivalency evaluation.) NOTE: Add attachments and cover letters from the My Career Tools page in your Job Gateway.

For specific questions regarding this position, contact the recruiter listed.

Benefits and detailed job description information is available for all Riverside County classifications on the job descriptions page at http://rc-hr.com/Careers/JobDescriptions.aspx.

Information regarding employment requirements, including pre-employment drug/alcohol test, background check, physical exam, initial probationary period is available at www.rc-hr.com. Procedures for reasonable accommodation, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), may be found at http://dao.rc-hr.com.

“Applications must be submitted through the Riverside County Job Gateway System.

“Current County Employees must use their Employee Self-Service Account to apply.

“All other applicants must apply using https://jobs.co.riverside.ca.us

The County of Riverside is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of the County of Riverside to provide employment opportunity for all qualified persons. All applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, ancestry, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, or denial of medical and family care leave, or any other non job-related factor.

The preliminary closing date for this posting is Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 11:59 pm however postings may close at any time.

Applications received prior to the closing date will be considered based on the information submitted. Changes or alterations cannot be accepted. No late applications will be permitted.

Applications must be submitted through Job Gateway at http://www.rc-hr.com/Careers/JobGateway.aspx

Include relevant work experience details on resume and/or application.

Applicants who fail to provide information demonstrating they possess the position requirements may not be considered further in the application process. A description of job duties directly copied from the job classification or job posting will not be considered.

Upload a copy of any license(s), degrees, and/or related employment documents to your Job Gateway account.

BASED ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, THIS POSTING MAY CLOSE WITHOUT NOTICE.

If you have any questions regarding this posting, please contact Cameron Hacker 951-955-6968 or chacker@rivco.org.

If you are having technical difficulties during non-working hours, please refer to our self-help site at: http://www.rc-hr.com/Careers/HowtoApply/HelpFAQs.aspx

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