About This Position
The Customer Service Division of the Water Services Department is responsible for billing and collecting payments for 450,000 city services accounts. These accounts are billed for water, sewer, trash, city taxes and fees.
The Accountant II serves as a liaison between City departments and the Finance Department, and applies accounting theory, principles, and practices to various municipal accounting transactions and problems.
Additional Responsibilities May Include
- Analyzing financial data.
- Analyzing and monitoring the use of financial resources.
- Assisting in the design and implementation of accounting policies, procedures, and internal control systems.
- Reviewing and maintaining financial reports.
- Processing payments.
- Performing journal entries.
- Managing vendor contracts and writing reports and other correspondence.
- Conducting research on contracted City vendors payments.
- Training new employees.
Accountant II work will be performed in the Customer Care and Billing (CC&B) System and the incumbents will assume the role of expert in their area of responsibility and oversee the Banking and Quality teams. Considerable independence is exercised in the development of procedures used in compliance with general policy.
IDEAL CANDIDATE
- Strong phone customer service skills.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with great attention to detail.
- Well-developed competencies in complex decision making, effective communication, personal and interpersonal skills, and managing projects.
- Familiarity with accounting transactions rules, regulations, and internal controls.
- Proven proficiency in financial software and spreadsheets, such as SAP and Microsoft Excel.
- Ability to work independently and in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to analyze and interpret complex agreements and administrative regulations.
- Ability to efficiently manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment and be able to work independently with minimal supervision.
SALARY
Pay Range: $55,806 to $100,235 annually.
Hiring Range: $55,806 to $86,590 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.
- 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 long-term 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 12-month period.
- Federal Student Loan Forgiveness offered through Savi.
Minimum Qualifications
- Three years of professional level experience in accounting.
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field.
- Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.
- All finalists for positions are subject to a criminal background check applicable to the department or position.
Preferred Qualifications
- SAP.
- Microsoft Office.
- Operational research.
- Auditing process and procedures.
- Supporting multi-level customer service.
- Processing customer payments and/or revenue receipts (A/R).
- Customer Care & Billing (CC&B) or another customer billing software.
- Working with budgets, financial analysis, and/or cost and fee analysis.
- Working with principles, methods and practices of municipal finance, budgeting, and accounting.
- Communicating with middle management staff, executives, committees, or boards, and working in a team environment.
- Supervising staff such as hiring and firing; handling disciplinary issues; coaching; and conducting performance evaluations.
RECRUITMENT DATES
Recruitment closes June 6, 2024. All materials must be received by 11:59 p.m. on this date.
This is a position-based recruitment and will not result in any ongoing eligibility list. This recruitment and any selection processes resulting from this recruitment may be used to fill other related vacancies within the organization now or in the near future.
How To Apply
Apply online by completing the required information and attaching, as one document, your cover letter and resume. Please include your experience as it relates to the qualifications stated above. Only the highest qualified may be posted to the eligible to hire list. The results of the resume screening process will be sent to your primary email address.
WE ARE HERE TO HELP
- Job interviews may be held by video or audio conference.
- If you are in need of computer resources, please seek free options available.
- Arizona at Work has frequent classes to help with resume writing, interviewing skills, and general career guidance.
REFERENCE
Accountant II, JC:03220, ID#54428, 05/23/2024, USM, RG, Benefits:007
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