Account Clerk III and Accounting Technician I - City of Concord

Account Clerk III: $30.10 - $38.41 Hourly
Accounting Technician I: $32.35 - $41.29 Hourly

The salary above includes a 4% wage increase effective July 8, 2024.  An additional 5% wage increase is scheduled for July 7, 2025.

The Finance Department:
The City of Concord's Finance Department is committed to maintaining high quality accounting standards, to safeguarding City's assets, to providing financial information in a timely manner, and to providing positive customer service to both external and internal customers. 

The Department consists of several functional operational areas including Accounting, Budget, Purchasing & Accounts Payable, Payroll, and Revenue & Treasury. The Revenue & Treasury Division is responsible for:

• Administering the business license tax program and monitoring and enforcing collections of other revenue sources
• Managing the City's cash and investments to ensure cash requirements are met and return on invested funds is aligned with the City's investments policy
• Managing the City's debt portfolio to ensure adequate funds are available to make principal, interest, and other debt-related payments in a timely manner, as well as ensuring all continuing disclosure requirements

What you will be doing:We are looking for someone who:

• Is technologically savvy and possesses intermediate or better Excel skills
• Is proactive, and is an intrinsically motivated self-starter with a strong desire to learn and grow
• Possesses strong problem solving skills and attention to detail
• Has strong verbal and written communication skills
• Enjoys working in a positive team environment and can show ownership and accountability
• Has excellent customer service skills and follow through
• Has the ability to maintain successful, collaborative and constructive working relationships with office staff and staff from other departments
• Embraces and personifies the City's Mission, Vision and Values.

What we offer:
The City of Concord offers the opportunity to take part in a collaborative and exciting work experience, where you can grow in your career while working alongside the community to make Concord a city of the highest quality. The City is an employer that invests in its employees’ professional and personal development, values work-life balance, is dedicated to employee wellness and provides numerous benefit and retirement options, to include the following:

• Participation in CalPERS pension, tiered based on date of hire
• A variety of health care plans or a cash-in-lieu benefit of $200 monthly if waiving coverage
• City-paid dental insurance; employee-paid vision insurance
• Vacation accruals starting at 10 days per year, 12 days sick leave per year, and 11 paid holidays per year
• Generous tuition reimbursement program
• 457 deferred compensation plan 
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs) for healthcare, dependent care and commuting costs
• Life and disability insurance 
• A wellness program that offers yoga and fitness classes, annual health expos, health and nutrition education, as well as a variety of mental health resources

*Salary is negotiable within the advertised range. Benefits described herein do not represent a contract and may be changed without notice. Additional information can be found at www.cityofconcord.org.

1. Submit a completed City of Concord application and the required supplemental question responses online at www.cityofconcord.org/jobs.
2. As positions become available, qualified applications and supplemental responses will be competitively evaluated, and those candidates demonstrating the strongest qualifications will be invited to interview.
3. Successful candidates will be provided a conditional offer of employment and must clear DOJ/FBI livescan. See below for more information.

Conviction History 
If you receive a conditional job offer, you will be fingerprinted, and your fingerprints will be sent to the California Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The resulting report of your conviction history (if any) will be used to determine whether the nature of your conviction conflicts with the specific duties and responsibilities of the job for which you have received a conditional job offer. If a conflict exists, you will be asked to present any evidence of rehabilitation that may mitigate the conflict, except when federal or state regulations bar employment in specific circumstances. Having a conviction history does not automatically preclude you from a job with the City of Concord.  

Helpful Tips When Applying:

• It is important to carefully read the complete job bulletin before submitting your application so you are aware of all requirements of both the position and the process.
• When preparing your application, consider reviewing the job announcement and classification specification so that you may emphasize work experience relevant to the position for which you are applying.
• Job duties should be an accurate reflection of the work you completed. Copying and pasting from your job description is not recommended as there may be duties listed that you did not perform.
• Answer all required supplemental questions completely and honestly. The information you put in the supplemental questionnaire must also be verified in your work history so if you say you have certain experience in the questionnaire, make sure we can see it listed in your job history as well so we know where you performed those functions and for how long.