Education : Bachelors Degree.
Experience : 1 - 5 Years.
Skills :- Ability to understand, follow and confer written and oral instructions.
- Ability to effectively supervise a staff comprised of entry and journey level professionals engaged in carrying out departmental functions.
- Extensive knowledge of generally accepted standard accounting principles, established procedures, departmental guidelines, and regulatory requirements applicable to the work.
- Extensive knowledge of the application of statistical concepts and methods as applied to the analyses of accounting, finance management, and revenue projecting.
- Current knowledge of industry, regulatory and legislative developments affecting accounting and financial reporting functions to ensure application to areas of responsibility.
- Skill in researching, compiling, and summarizing statistical data and information.
- Ability to understand and follow pre-established City, State and Federal policies, procedures and regulatory requirements applicable to the work.
- Ability to perform routine mathematical computations and tabulations accurately and efficiently.
- Ability to read, update and maintain various records and files.
- Ability to access, operate and maintain various software applications.
- Ability to operate basic office equipment, e.g., computer terminals, printers, copy machines,
- telephone systems, facsimile machines.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationship with other employees.
Responsibilities :
- Plans, organizes and implements accounting operations and objectives; coordinates and integrates all activities toward achievement of established goals and objectives.
- Supervises, trains and evaluates accounting professionals, and entry level accounting and support staff.
- Ensures all functions and programs under charge are performed within established budgetary parameters, to include performing cost control activities, monitoring revenues and expenditures, and ensuring sound fiscal control.
- Performs highly complex accounting work according to generally accepted accounting principles, established procedures, departmental guidelines, and regulatory requirements applicable to the work.
- Prepares critical fiscal documentation regarding accounting activities, e.g., weekly, monthly and annual reports, draft and revised codes and ordinances.
- Generates various complex system reports or audits calculations and ensures accuracy, e.g.,
- billing, payroll processing, and accounts payable.
- Maintains and reconciles balance sheet accounts for all funds with assistance from accounting support personnel.
- Plans, manages, coordinates, and implements thhe year end closing processes and procedures for the assigned accounting records; conducts year-end closing process; provides information to financial auditors; conducts standard internal audits of various accounting records.
- Prepares budget forms for distribution at the beginning of the budget process; prepares fund summaries.
- Ensures adherence to generally accepted accounting standards and principles; ensures maintenance of proper audit trails and verification and reconciliation actions for all processed work.
- Evaluates receipts, expenditure forms, purchase orders, distributions, and disbursement orders for the purpose of ensuring compliance with established regulatory standards.
- Performs verification and reconciliation tasks for invoices/receipts/balances according to department checks and balances procedures.
- Prepares a variety of studies, reports and related information for decision-making purposes.
- Provides technical accounting support and interpretation to management and employees.
- Attends and represents department at various executive meetings for the dissemination of information; prepares management meetings for dissemination of information; serves as a member of various employee committees.
- Coordinates activities with other departments and work groups as needed.
- Performs related duties as directed.
Description : A chief accountant handles the financial transactions for a company. Chief accountants work for government agencies, banks, hospitals, hotels, retail chains and a variety of other establishments. They perform everything from tax duties to managing financial discrepancies to maintaining a budget to paying and collecting bills. Basically, chief accountants oversee every aspect of their company's finances.
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