Accounting Manager

Accounting Manager
City of Lodi Finance Department
 Lodi, California
Job Description

The Accounting Manager provides complex accounting support services which include: accounting and accounting systems, cash management, debt management and grants administration. This position is responsible for the overall financial and accounting reporting of the City and ensures continuous operations while balancing special project requests. The position supports the accounting division's organizational policy and procedural development activity, develops and implements the goals, objectives, policies, procedures and work standards for the Accounting Division.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

  • Fund accounting and governmental budgeting; current governmental accounting theory, principles and practices.
  • Internal control procedures; payroll, purchasing and accounts payable functions.
  • Principles and practices of public agency financial management including general and governmental accounting, budgeting, auditing and reporting functions as well as Governmental Accounting Auditing and Financial Reporting (GAAFR), Generally Accepted Accounting Procedures (GAAP), and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).
  • Financial management software systems.
  • Applicable city, state, and federal laws and regulations.
  • Principles and practices of employee supervision, including selection, training, evaluation and discipline; principles, practices and techniques of team leadership, supervision, group facilitation, team building, consensus building and empowerment of subordinates.
  • Organizational planning techniques, including staffing, goals and objectives, and work standards development.
  • Administrative principles and practices, including goal setting, program and budget development.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor's Degree in accounting, finance, business administration, economics, public administration, or related field is required. A Master's degree, CPA (Certified Public Accountant) License, or CGFM (Certified Government Financial Manager) is highly desirable.

EXPERIENCE:

Five (5) years of increasingly responsible professional work experience in financial management operations, two (2) years of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.

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