Accountant I

Performs professional accounting work; examines, analyzes, and verifies fiscal records and reports, assists in the preparation of the financial reports and provides advice and information on accounting practices and procedures. This position will assist with the various payroll and accounts payable activities conducted by the Finance Department. Responsible for analyzing and reconciling expenditure and revenue accounts and coordinating various accounting records with information received for data processing. This individual will be responsible for performing work involving policy and guidelines, solving both people and work related problems, assist in recording capital asset activity and gathering data for inclusion and compilation of the City's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) as well as numerous other internal and external reports. This position requires continuous, close attention to detail and processing procedures in order to obtain accurate results in preparing the final work product.

The position requires an Associates Degree in Accounting and two years of accounting and financial reporting experience.