Typical work activities include performing general accounting work in the preparation and posting of journal entries to subsidiary ledgers; assisting in summarizing and reconciling of daily and monthly reports of receipts, disbursements including payroll and departmental revenue reports; preparing reconciliations of bank statements to book cash balances; supervising and maintaining records and accounts covering public utility tax reports, Employees Retirement System, City owned real estate covered by the Tri-Party Agreement, payroll savings and withholding taxes, outstanding grant receivables and other miscellaneous records including summarizing the receipts and preparing related journal entries; maintaining fixed inventory records for the City of Buffalo; determining account numbers for new revenues and appropriations in accordance with prescribed guidelines; assisting departments in the filing of required grant reports; preparing financial schedules for outside auditors as directed; preparing financial statements; recording cash on hand on daily cash report for all funds; maintaining vendor file of taxpayer identification numbers and preparing 1099s for Internal Revenue Service; assisting in the preparation of payroll tax reports, reconciliation, deposits of funds and transmittal of payment; operating personal computer for use of both financial spreadsheet software and word processing; pre-auditing purchase orders and contracts as to legality and price of materials in supplies purchased by city departments/agencies; pre-auditing repair and construction work orders and maintaining contract ledger accounts of all awards; performing related duties as required. Promotional: (A) Continuous and permanent status in any city department as an Accountant, Auditor, (BMHA), Assistant Accountant or Assistant Auditor for one year; OR (B) Continuous and permanent status in any city department as an Assistant Financial Officer or Fiscal Supervisor for one year; OR (C) Continuous and permanent status in any city department as a Junior Accountant or Junior Auditor for two years; In addition, applicants qualifying under (B) and (C) must meet one of the following: (A) Masters Degree from an accredited college or university including or supplemented by 24 credit hours in Accounting/Auditing (must present transcript at time of filing application); OR (B) Bachelors Degree from an accredited college or university including or supplemented by 24 credit hours in Accounting/Auditing and one year of full-time accounting or auditing experience (must present transcript at time of filing application); OR, (C) Associates Degree from an accredited college, university or business technical institute including or supplemented by 15 credit hours in Accounting/Auditing and three years of full time accounting or auditing experience (must present transcript at time of filing application).