Senior Accountant

Job Summary

Senior Accountants perform a variety of duties related to tracking complex or a high volume of financial information. These duties may include, but are not limited to maintaining accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), banking, general ledger (GL), grant, and/or budgetary accounts, while ensuring compliance to federal, state, and local guidelines and laws (e.g., Generally Accepted Accounting Principals (GAAP), Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)).

In doing so, Senior Accountants may process payments, produce and/or review transaction reports, oversee inventory, and facilitate the contract review process. Work is performed in an office setting and may involve acting as a team lead or the direct supervisor of others, including administrative staff and Accounting Assistants.

Agencies provide competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension), generous paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, and more.

01/23/2026

Grade 23

Full time

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• Homewood $60,340 - $93,600
• Irondale $60,340 - $93,600
• Jefferson County $58,032 - $90,022
• Mountain Brook $65,540 - $101,670
• Tarrant $45,052 - $69,888
• Vestavia Hills $60,715 - $94,182

• Experience using general ledger reconciliations in a government/non-profit, corporate, or public accounting setting.
• Experience preparing journal entries (e.g., debits/credits) in a governmental/non-profit, corporate, or public accounting setting.
• Experience preparing financial statements or reports (e.g., balance sheets, income statements) in a governmental/non-profit, corporate, or public accounting setting.
• Experience using Excel (e.g., formatting spreadsheets using formulas and logic).
• Experience using financial management software (e.g., SAP, Incode, Quick Books).

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field (e.g., Finance, Business) with 15 semester hours of accounting classes including at least one intermediate level accounting class (i.e., 300 level or above).

• Experience as an Accountant in the Merit System.

• Oversees the Accounts Payable (AP) and/or Accounts Receivable (AR) process by entering requisitions and payments, generating invoices and account statements and reconciling funds using accounting software in accordance with professional standards to maintain finances for a department or jurisdiction.
• Oversees internal and external audits of financial records by acting as the point of communication, distributing audit-related tasks, and implementing changes identified during the audit consistent with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) and auditor transaction testing techniques to maintain compliance with professional standards and regulations.
• Oversees the maintenance of banking records by researching banking and account information to provide recommendations to the department or jurisdiction regarding which banking institutions to utilize.
• Performs the financial closing process at the end of an accounting period (i.e., monthly, quarterly, yearly) by analyzing account balances and performing balance sheet reconciliations to ensure compliance with federal, state and local guidelines and laws.
• Oversees the maintenance of the general ledger (GL) by reviewing and approving journal entries, auditing the GL for accuracy, creating journal entries and general ledger adjustments, and reconciling the general ledger to other financial records to ensure completeness of information and compliance with federal, state and local guidelines and laws.
• Oversees the maintenance and reporting of confidential governmental financial records according to federal, state, and local guidelines and laws (e.g., Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)) by reviewing financial data and reports and preparing documentation related to financial activities to ensure organizational compliance.
• Oversees the accounting and processing of employee payroll by reviewing and reconciling payroll data and preparing reports related to payroll activities in accordance with professional standards to ensure accurate payroll calculations and compliance with federal, state and local laws and guidelines.
• Engages in activities designed to ensure professional development, awareness of developments in the field, and knowledge of relevant practices, rules, laws, policies, and/or guidelines.
• Acts as a lead worker of peer or support staff by assigning and reviewing work tasks, facilitating training, and providing feedback using policies, procedures, tools, and directives from management in order to ensure tasks are completed in accordance with established requirements.
• May supervise staff by assigning and distributing work, directing staff in their job…