Accountant II

 

Code: 002 BU: 06 (Salary Info) Grade: 011 Effective Date: 11/25/1998

Description of Work
General Duty Statement

Performs intermediate level professional accounting work in the maintenance of accounts and preparation of financial reports and statements; and performs related duties as required.

Supervision Received

Works under the technical, general, and/or administrative supervision of a unit or division manager.

Supervision Exercised

May exercise technical supervision over lower-level support, technical, or professional staff.

Typical Duties Performed

The listed examples may not include all the duties performed by all positions in this class.

• Maintains general departmental funds and aid grants accounts; makes allocations and performs related accounting transactions; prepares related financial reports, statements and applications; provides accounting advice and assistance to subgrantees and processes their monthly reimbursement requests.
• Prepares project cost studies and analyses.
• Maintains budgetary control accounts; prepares budgets, budgetary reports and statements.
• Participates in preparing recommendations for future budgetary requirements and plans.
• Provides accounting services to fund and project managers; reviews computer printouts, reconciles accounts, and makes journal entries.
• Performs audits in accordance with an established internal audit procedure.
• Reviews accounting procedures and methods and recommends changes in procedures as needed.
• Prepares financial statements and periodic financial reports including monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.

Competencies

• Considerable knowledge of governmental accounting principles, theories, practices, and financial reporting.
• Considerable knowledge of auditing standards and practices.
• Considerable knowledge of financial elements of spreadsheets, database, and word processing software.
• Working knowledge of laws, regulations, and administrative decisions pertaining to departmental accounting.
• Considerable ability to use standard spreadsheet, database and mainframe computer software to analyze and forecast financial performance of funds and projects.
• Considerable ability to use microcomputers, computer terminals, calculators and other equipment.
• Considerable ability to apply and adapt established accounting procedures to a variety of accounting transactions, problems, and situations.
• Considerable ability to analyze and interpret accounting records.
• Considerable ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in accounting, business administration, public administration or a related field including 24 quarter credits or equivalent semester credits in accounting courses and two years of experience as an Accountant I or equivalent experience in maintaining accounts, analyzing financial data and preparing financial reports, preferably in a governmental accounting environment. (No substitution for education.)