Accountant Senior

Make a difference in the community you live in! As a Community Builder—an employee with the City of Gainesville— you will have a direct hand in building and improving your community and making a visible impact on the lives of your neighbors. Working for local government is more than a job, it’s a chance to contribute to community success and to help enhance the Gainesville way of life.

This is highly responsible professional accounting work in the preparation of financial reports, reviewing and maintaining systems and procedures and in recommending modifications and improvements to the City accounting system. Positions allocated to this classification report to a designated supervisor and work under limited supervision. Work in this class is distinguished from other classes by its lack of direct and routine supervisory duties and overall accounting division responsibility and by its advanced professional accounting nature involving, but not limited to, general ledger, plant assets and other related areas.

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, economics or other related discipline; and four (4) years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience which provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities.