Accountant / Internal Auditor - Part-time

• Reviews monthly financial statements and identifies potential issues to the City Finance Director
• Prepares correcting accounting entries to ensure general ledger accuracy
• Reviews, analyzes and reconciles all City bank accounts, investment accounts, and bond accounts

• Investigates account variances and prepares accounting adjustments
• Analyzes all payroll liability accounts, payment returns, accounts receivable cash clearing accounts, and utility cash clearing accounts

• Investigates variances and prepares accounting adjustments as necessary
• Reconciles reports of gift cards disbursed to gift card logs and ensures proper accounting in the City's general ledger and employee compensation records

• Performs tests to ensure payroll taxes are paid as appropriate
• Assist in developing, and performing internal audits of City departments, operations, and projects

• Prepares reports of findings and recommendations to City management, department heads, and supervisors
• Responds to inquiries regarding audit recommendations and follows up with management on implementations of changes
• Evaluates and analyzes existing accounting processes and fiscal controls

• Recommends ways to modify and improve existing methods and procedures
• Assists in the development and implementation of new accounting techniques and systems
• Performs sampling and testing of cash receipts and disbursements for each City department

• Verifies appropriate approvals, general ledger accuracy, and compares expenditures with budget appropriations
• Maintains and balances accounts against other accounting records
• Analyzes and develops internal controls

• Makes recommendations to management on design and implementation of internal control systems
• Evaluates and tests controls to ensure they are effectively maintained
• Assesses and communicates fraud risk to City management and advises on strategies to minimize fraud risk
• Assist in planning and conducting training for City employees on internal controls, fraud, and cash handling and disbursement policies and procedures
• Assist in the coordination of the City's annual external audit

• Assists external auditors by providing supporting documents in response to auditor inquiries

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field preferred.

• Two (2) years of related experience.

• Knowledge of theory, principles, practices, and methods of internal auditing and governmental accounting including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) statements and pronouncements
• Extensive knowledge of computer operations, including an advanced knowledge of spreadsheets and word processing systems
• Knowledge of general ledger software
• Skill in performing accounting tasks and audit processes
• Skill in performing complex mathematical computations
• Ability to work well with little supervision
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to work effectively under timelines with flexibility
• Ability to research, evaluate, and implement new methods and techniques for operational improvement
• Ability to coordinate financial matters appropriately with City departments and employees
• Ability to listen well and communicate effectively both orally and in writing with various audiences
• Ability to respond with tact, composure, and courtesy when dealing with difficult situations
• Ability to deal constructively with conflict and develop solutions
• Special Requirements:

• Must be bondable
• Must have valid Driver's License

• Working conditions may vary
• Work is performed in and outside the office
• No significantly hazardous conditions exist

Pleasant Grove City