Supervising Accountant
Supervising Accountant
City of Lodi Finance Department
Lodi, California
Wage/Salary: $97,392.65 - $118,381.35 Annually
Date Posted: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Date Closing: Friday, February 28, 2025
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Job Description
The Supervising Accountant under general direction, performs complex supervisory and professional work in a variety of areas of accounting, including payroll and accounts payable; oversee the City's payroll system, including the analysis and implementation of payroll regulations and laws, and the processing of City-wide payroll and preparation and maintenance of general ledger records; and assistance with the preparation of financial reports.
KNOWLEDGE OF:
- Generally accepted accounting principles and standard procedures; principles and procedures of governmental accounting and financial reporting; principles and procedures of government budgeting; principles and practices of auditing.
- Automated financial systems; payroll-related laws and regulations; methods and practices of payroll processing, accounts payable processing, fixed asset processing and grant accounting.
- Financial mathematics and statistics.
- Modern office practices and procedures.
- Principles and practices of supervision.
- Financial statement preparation in accordance with generally accepted accounting procedures.
ABILITY TO:
- Under general direction, performs complex supervisory and professional work in a variety of areas of accounting, including payroll and accounts payable; oversee the City's payroll system, including the analysis and implementation of payroll regulations and laws, and the processing of City wide payroll and preparation and maintenance of general ledger records; and assistance with the preparation of financial reports.
- Prepares payroll journal entries; prepare quarterly, annual and W-2 tax reporting statements; research and resolve discrepancies or problems with a variety of vendors, employees, and governmental agencies, implement provisions and associated changes in employee bargaining agreements on the payroll system; work with Human Resources to carry out various confidential personnel transactions such as salaries, benefits, promotions, special pays, reclassifications, demotions, suspensions, terminations and other related matters.
- Perform technical accounting procedures; compile, interpret, and analyze financial data.
- Supervise the work of others.
- Communicate clearly, orally and in writing.
- Operate a computer for various financial applications.
- Establish and maintain cooperative and effective relationships with those contacted during the course of work.
EDUCATION:
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related field.
EXPERIENCE:
- Three years of increasingly responsible public accounting experience in a professional capacity which has included responsibilities in more than one of the responsibility areas outlined above. Additional professional-level experience as outlined above may be substituted for college education on a year-for-year basis to a maximum of two years.