Accountant, Financial Reporting, Accounting Manager

Job Summary

Accountants perform a range of duties focused on the systematic tracking and management of financial data. Key responsibilities include maintaining accounts payable, accounts receivable, banking, general ledger, and grant or budgetary accounts. These tasks are performed in strict accordance with federal, state, and local mandates, including GAAP and GASB standards. Additionally, Accountants process payments, generate transaction reports, oversee inventory, and facilitate the contract review process.

Accountants work as individual contributors and do not supervise office staff.

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 21

Full time

Applications for this position will be considered for the following Merit System employing agencies. The pay range for this job varies depending upon the Merit System employing agency.

• Bessemer $46,384 - $71,968
• Birmingham $47,382 - $73,507
• Center Point $44,720 - $69,368
• Health Department $56,347 - $87,422
• Homewood $54,725 - $84,906
• Hueytown $48,755 - $75,628
• Irondale $54,725 - $84,906
• Jefferson County $52,624 - $81,640
• Mountain Brook $59,446 - $92,227
• Tarrant $40,851 - $63,378
• Vestavia Hills $55,058 - $85,426

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.

• At least 15 semester hours in Accounting, including at least one intermediate level accounting class (i.e., 300 level or above).
• Experience using professional accounting software (e.g., Quick Books, Great Plains, Sage).
• Experience using Excel (e.g., formatting spreadsheets using formulas and logic).
• Experience using full charge bookkeeping (e.g., preparing journal entries, maintaining books and ledgers, processing accounts payable/receivable, processing payroll).

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or CPA candidate.
• Experience working in governmental or non-profit accounting.

• 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…