Senior Accountant - Santa Margarita Water District
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
About the Job
Under general direction, performs a full range of complex, professional accounting and analysis in the preparation and maintenance of financial records, reports and systems for the District; provides a basis for sound operational and financial planning through financial review, analysis, monitoring, reconciliation and maintenance of assigned financial accounts, programs and activities; supervises lower-level finance team members; acts as lead to Accountants, and performs related duties as assigned.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
A Senior Accountant is the advanced journey and working lead-level classification in the professional Accountant series. In addition to performing the full range of journey-level and advanced skilled duties, incumbents supervise lower-level finance team members and serves as the working lead person of other accounting and fiscal staff, coordinating and overseeing their work and providing work guidance and training as they carry out accounting-related duties. Incumbents work with limited supervision, promote and safeguard the collaborative process, and are able to think strategically and cooperate and successfully engage with other departments.
This position typically reports to the Controller or his/her designee and provides lead work direction to Accountants and Customer Accounting Technicians and Leads. Senior Accountant is distinguished from Accountant in that an incumbent in the former class supervises other staff in the Finance department, performs responsible professional finance and fiscal duties in the preparation and maintenance of financial records for various District accounts and funds, monitors the District’s investment portfolio, grant funding, and/or bond compliance requirements, and helps prepare various annual financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).
The first review of applicants will be on April 29, 2024.
Santa Margarita Water District's employees will be getting an automatic 5% increase in salary on July 1st due to COLA.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
A Senior Accountant is the advanced journey and working lead-level classification in the professional Accountant series. In addition to performing the full range of journey-level and advanced skilled duties, incumbents supervise lower-level finance team members and serves as the working lead person of other accounting and fiscal staff, coordinating and overseeing their work and providing work guidance and training as they carry out accounting-related duties. Incumbents work with limited supervision, promote and safeguard the collaborative process, and are able to think strategically and cooperate and successfully engage with other departments.
This position typically reports to the Controller or his/her designee and provides lead work direction to Accountants and Customer Accounting Technicians and Leads. Senior Accountant is distinguished from Accountant in that an incumbent in the former class supervises other staff in the Finance department, performs responsible professional finance and fiscal duties in the preparation and maintenance of financial records for various District accounts and funds, monitors the District’s investment portfolio, grant funding, and/or bond compliance requirements, and helps prepare various annual financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).
The first review of applicants will be on April 29, 2024.
Santa Margarita Water District's employees will be getting an automatic 5% increase in salary on July 1st due to COLA.
Job Type: Full-Time Exempt
Location: 26111 Antonio Parkway, Rancho Santa Margarita, California
Agency: Finance
Source : Santa Margarita Water District