Staff Accountant

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The City of Keene's Finance Department is looking for a professional to join their team as a Staff Accountant! This position provides accounting administrative and financial analysis to support City-wide operations including activities of the general fund various enterprise and special revenue funds in support of management of personnel operations grants and capital project activities. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Documents initiates and/or verifies financial transactions and supporting reconciling financial activities across finance divisions. • Serves in a lead role compiling editing and publishing reports and documents and maintains fixed assets on behalf of city-wide operations. • Maintains grant and project files for all City grants including online grant systems assisting with preparation for audit and compliance with various grant and project reporting requirements. • Maintains various schedules as assigned related to regularly scheduled payments or receipts with entities such as school districts not-for-profit partners and debt. • Maintains debt service schedules as required and tracks debt service payments prepares wire transfer requests for payments and prepares entries to property record such payments. Requirements include but are not limited to: • Education (certificate associates or bachelor's degree) and work experience in accounting functions including general ledger receivables payables and payroll transactions with 3-5 years of work experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and work experience in finance in the public or non-profit sector. • High level of proficiency using accounting spreadsheet word processing presentation and publication software. Pay and Benefits include: • This full-time position offers a pay range of $27.98- $34.87 per hour. Are you used to spending a considerable amount of money on insurance? YOU WON'T HERE! The City of Keene offers low deductible/low-cost health insurance low-cost dental insurance and other benefits such as life disability defined benefit retirement paid time off including vacation days personal days and sick days and more! Please upload your resume and cover letter before submitting your application. Confirmation that your application has been successfully submitted and received will be sent via email. This position will be open until filled and applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. Job Description: Staff Accountant.pdf THE CITY OF KEENE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of professional level accounting functions supporting City-wide operations; analyzing and reconciling various City fund base operations to support compliance with City fiscal policy; operating; capital budget and other program objectives.
• Preparation of various financial reports and summaries; including periodic council reports.
• Assists with reconciliation of bank statements and other financial statements.
• Maintains grant files for all city grants including online grant systems assisting in preparation and for audit and compliance with various grant reporting requirements.
• Supports preparation for the annual audit process for City operations.
• Assists with development and implementation of Capital Improvement Program.
• Assists with development; and implementation of annual Operating Budget.
• Serves as primary staff support for development of the financial reports and other documents compiled as part of the operating and capital improvement budget process.
• Performs ongoing analysis; evaluation of formal and informal reporting on capital projects; grants and annual operating budget expenditures and revenues; and monitoring major contracts associated with capital projects and grants.
• Supports other finance staff with personnel budgeting.
• Serves as back up for payroll reconciliation; processes related to management of the payroll system; and other payroll related reporting requirements.
• Interfaces with City personnel providing financial analysis and technical support required to guide sound fiscal decisions providing financial analysis; accounting and administrative support to departments and funds pertaining to budget development; management and forecasting processes.
• Trains employees across the organization on city's business processes and financial software.
• Attend various meetings; preparing agendas and writing minutes or documenting discussion and actions as required.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide back-up support for processing and tracking of property and liability insurance claims.
• Track debt service payments; prepare wire transfer requests for payments; prepare entries to property record of such payments.

CROSS TRAINING

• Knowledge of general ledger; accounts receivable; accounts payable; and payroll systems.
• Knowledge of various relationships required to accomplish city business processes across City departments.

Customers

City of Keene employees; department heads; the public; bank personnel; auditors; government agency personnel.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Bachelor"s degree in accounting; business administration; or related field; and one to three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience working in finance in the public sector.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read; analyze; and interpret general business periodicals; professional journals; technical procedures; or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports; business correspondence; procedure manuals; and prepare presentation materials. Ability to develop financial information in a manner that is understandable to others within the organization; elected officials; customers; and the general public.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficiency using accounting; spreadsheet; word processing; presentation and publication software (such as Adobe Acrobat Professional).

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts; interest; commissions; proportions; percentages; area; circumference; and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written; oral; diagram; or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger; handle; or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; and reach with hands and arms. The employee will occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close vision.

Work Environment

The noise level is moderate.

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