Accountant Ii - Phoenix, United States - City of Phoenix

City of Phoenix

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Phoenix, United States

2 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Job ID
5412- Location
Finance

Full/Part Time

Full-Time

Regular/Temporary

Regular

ABOUT THIS POSITION:

The Neighborhood Services Department's (NSD) mission is to preserve, enhance, and engage Phoenix neighborhoods. Its vision is to make Phoenix a community of desirable neighborhoods. Our investment in healthy neighborhoods is an investment in our residents, a sense of community, and shared pride.

The Accountant II is a critical position in NSD's Accounting Section as it is responsible for preparing complex, specialized fiscal analyses of the various grants administered by the department to ensure adherence to regulations and requirements of federal, state, and agency grant funds.

This position will focus on the utilization of SAP for grant reporting and will help the department with the various grant budgets.

Additionally, this position will prepare complex financial reports, ensuring all assigned federal formula grant financial requirements are met timely, and support NSD staff to develop strategies to ensure compliance.

Other duties of this position may include assisting in preparing Journal Entries, reconciling accounts, reviewing, and approving payment activities, and recording revenue transactions.

This position works under the supervision of the Budget Analyst II.

The Accountant II is primarily funded through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) grant.

The primary job duties include financial oversight of the NSP grant program including HUD DRGR reporting and processing of Program Income receipts and expenditure Draw Requests.

This position is also responsible for financial reporting and oversight of Weatherization, Lead, & Healthy Homes fund activities.

The Accountant II assists with City budget preparation and SEFA reporting, as well as assisting with Federal and Single audits.

This position works closely with program staff on cost analysis and grant compliance with spending regulations.

Although this position does not currently supervise, it is expected that once trained, an Account Clerk III may be assigned to this position as a direct report.

The NSD Accounting team works closely together, therefore there are opportunities to cross-train in various other areas based on interest and work capacity.

As a salaried position, it may include working more than forty hours in a workweek without additional compensation; this includes weekends, evenings, early morning hours, and holidays as required.

Supervisors may be allowed to telework up to two days per week.

Areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to:

Preparing monthly and annual expenditure tracking reports.
Reconciling and balancing financial reporting systems for multiple grant funds and fund years.
Tracking expenditure timelines to adhere to complex federal expenditure requirements.
Costing for City budget processes.
Preparing grant agency submittals.
Preparing the annual SEFA report for submission to the Finance Department.
Preparing all internal, Federal, and Single Audit reviews as required.
Supporting accounts receivable and accounts payable duties for the department.
Conducting analysis of expenditure and financial data.
Collaborating with program and fiscal staff within NSD and in other City Departments relative to the use of grant funds.
Supporting grants funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and utilizing HUD's database to set up, fund and request reimbursement of federal funds.
Creating and maintaining complex Excel workbooks and spreadsheets working with tables and/or using complex formulas for reporting and reconciliations to support operations and expenditure tracking.

SALARY:

Pay Range:
$55, $100,235.20 annually.

Hiring Range:
$55, $86,590.40 annually.

Pay Range Explanation:

Pay range is the entire compensation range for the position classification.
Hiring range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.

BENEFITS:

A comprehensive benefits package is offered which includes:
Traditional pension with employer and employee contributions,
- for more details: Pension Information

401(a) and 457 plans with employer contributions
Choice of generous medical HMO, PPO, or HSA/HDHP plans
Medical enrollment includes a monthly $150 City contribution to a Post-Employment Health Plan
Wellness incentive of up to $720 annually
Dental, vision, and life insurance options
Employer paid longterm disability
Free Bus/light rail pass
Tuition reimbursement program up to $6,500 per year
Paid time off includes 13.5 paid holidays, 12 vacation days, and 15 sick days and personal leave days
Paid Parental Leave for eligible employees up to 480 hours (12 weeks) of paid leave for the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child during a 12mon