Accountant

<div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center;" data-pasted="true"><strong data-uw-rm-sr="" style=" font-weight: 700;">HIRING RANGE: $29.13 - $35.68 Hourly</strong></div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong data-uw-rm-sr="" style=" font-weight: 700;">FULL SALARY RANGE: $29.13 - $42.24 Hourly</strong><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong data-uw-rm-sr="" style=" font-weight: 700;"><span contenteditable="false" draggable="true" class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvi fr-draggable"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cRxfc8lmPiI??si=2_1c_bM5UnW45BsY&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong></div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong style=" font-weight: 700; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px;"><span style=" color: rgb(223, 53, 12);"><span style=" font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(149, 35, 8);">THIS POSTING MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME ONCE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED</span></span></strong><br><br></div><p data-pasted="true" style="margin: 0in; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: start;">Join the City of Allen—a vibrant community of over 100,000 residents where strong economic growth, excellent schools, and an exceptional quality of life make it a great place to live, work, and play.</p><br><p style="margin: 0in; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">Our mission is simple: <em>“To achieve excellence in managing community development and city services, continually enhancing the quality of life and public confidence.”</em><br><br></p><p style="margin: 0in; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">At the City of Allen, our employees bring the <strong style=" font-weight: 700;"><span style=" color: rgb(223, 53, 12);">PRIDE values </span></strong>to life:</p><ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 3pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 2rem;"><li style=" margin: 0in;"><strong style=" font-weight: 700;">People First </strong>– Prioritizing others</li><li style=" margin: 0in;"><strong style=" font-weight: 700;">Respect</strong>– Treating everyone with courtesy and dignity</li><li style=" margin: 0in;"><strong style=" font-weight: 700;">Integrity</strong>– Serving with honesty and trust</li><li style=" margin: 0in;"><strong style=" font-weight: 700;">Deliver</strong>– Following through and exceeding expectations</li><li style=" margin: 0in;"><strong style=" font-weight: 700;">Excel </strong>– Driving innovation and continuous improvement<br><br></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;">We do <strong style=" font-weight: 700;"><span style=" color: rgb(38, 122, 144);">Work tha</span><span style=" color: inherit;">t </span><span style=" color: rgb(223, 53, 12);">MATTERS!</span> </strong>Join a team that serves our community and makes a real impact every day. Learn more about the City of Allen at <a href="https://www.allentx.gov/" target="_new" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://www.allentx.gov" data-pasted="true" data-uw-rm-empty-ctrl="" tabindex="0" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(104, 104, 104); font-style: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px;"><strong style=" font-weight: 700;">allentx.gov</strong></a><strong style=" font-weight: 700; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px;">.</strong></p><br><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;" data-pasted="true">Under general supervision, this position maintains and verifies the accuracy of the City's financial statements. This is accomplished by preparing and compiling financial reports, reconciling accounts, designing spreadsheets to capture financial data, assisting with the Capital Improvement Program as requested, reviewing department information and accounts for accuracy, and preparing journal entries. Other duties may include completing special projects as assigned, assisting with payroll and interfacing with other City employees and citizens. This position does not provide direction to other employees.</span><p data-pasted="true"><em>The following duties <strong>ARE NOT </strong>intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by all employees in this classification, only a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.</em></p> <ul style=" padding-left: 2rem; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><li>Completes reconciliation for multiple accounts by analyzing and reviewing bank reports, ensuring all activity has been recorded in journals, inputting data into journals if necessary, checking receipts against bank reports and creating spreadsheets to report data.</li><li>Oversees cash receipts and journal entries by reviewing information for accuracy, ensuring all cash receipts and journal entries are distributed to the appropriate department accounts, verifying department software is interfacing appropriately, communicating with various departments to provide information and answer questions, and documenting procedures as appropriate.</li><li>Participates in the development and preparation of monthly, quarterly, and Year End financial statements and reports by filing and gathering reports, creating and preparing  spreadsheets for special projects, providing assistance and information on financial and accounting issues, and working with external auditors.</li><li>Assists with Capital Improvement projects by checking on the status of project completion, confirming availability of funds, reviewing invoices for accuracy, ensuring accuracy of budget information, funding sources and distribution of funds, providing accounting and reporting support as needed and generating data reports.</li><li>Completes monthly reconciliations and reports by creating spreadsheets to record and reconcile monthly reports, submitting reports and payments for sales tax, and maintaining documentation for check requests, journal entries and electronic funds.</li><li>Provides support by completing special projects such as assisting the payroll specialist with processing payroll for the City and completing reports for Sales/Use Tax, Mixed Beverage Tx, Court Costs and Fees, and Annual Child Safety Fines.</li><li>Monitors, evaluates, and reports grant activities by setting up files, gaining an understanding of grant requirements, setting up projects in financial software, ensuring codes and accounts are established, creating new projects ensuring permissions and workflow are set, establishing budgets, and monitoring, reviewing, and approving all General Ledger Grant activity. </li><li>Assists with tracking and reporting unclaimed property for the City, ensuring proper reporting and remittance to the State.</li><li data-pasted="true">Operates under the City of Allen’s core values of People First, Respect, Integrity, Deliver and Excel.</li><li>Performs other duties as assigned. </li></ul><strong style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;" data-pasted="true">Education and Experience:</strong><br>Work requires broad knowledge in a general professional or technical field. Education and experience that provide the necessary knowledge and skills may also be considered, but a typical way to qualify is by obtaining: <br><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><ul style="padding-left: 2rem; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><li style=" padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style=" color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Public Finance or related field and one (1) year municipal government accounting experience</span></li></ul><