Senior Accountant

The City of Boise is hiring a Senior Accountant! In this role, you will lead complex financial reporting, audit coordination, and regulatory compliance within a municipal environment. This role oversees preparation of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), implements new GASB standards, manages cost allocation and grant compliance, and provides technical accounting leadership across departments. The ideal candidate brings strong GAAP/GASB expertise, advanced reconciliation skills, ERP experience, and a commitment to accuracy, transparency, and sound public fiscal management.

The benefits are real and among the best in the Treasure Valley:

• Zero-premium medical coverage for you and your family
• PERSI retirement plus employer-matched 401(k)/457b
• 10 hours vacation/month (grows with tenure), 12 paid holidays, and 8 hours sick leave/month
• 10 weeks paid parental leave
• $500 annual wellbeing incentive
• Tuition reimbursement and free local bus pass
• Basic life and long-term disability insurance at no cost

This job posting may close earlier than the listed closing date. If this occurs, a minimum of 24 hours’ notice will be provided prior to closing.

Performs a variety of professional-level accounting duties involved in the coordination and supervision of City-wide accounting activities, including managing the general ledger, capital assets, activity costing, and grants management modules in the ERP system. Provides expertise for system upgrades, testing, integration, and efficient financial transactions.

Leads the preparation of the City’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and quarterly financial statements in accordance with GAAP and GASB standards; manages complex reconciliations of general ledger and subsidiary accounts, investment portfolios, and intergovernmental revenues to ensure accurate, timely reporting.

Coordinates with external auditors for year-end audits, preparing detailed audit schedules and supporting documentation; advises senior leadership on fiscal policy, regulatory compliance, and procedural improvements.

Leads the research, implementation, and communication of new GASB standards to ensure compliance with evolving regulations and best practices.

Leads cost allocation planning (CAP) across departments, manages the CAP ERP module, updates allocation drivers, and presents updates to department leaders.

Monitors grant compliance and prepares detailed financial reports for state and federal funding agencies; coordinates with departments to track and reconcile grant revenues and expenditures.

Provides technical accounting assistance to departments, reviews and approves journal entries, conducts training workshops on financial procedures and compliance, and resolves complex accounting issues.

Supervises or mentors accounting staff, ensuring quality assurance in daily operations, and leads special projects and cross-functional initiatives, including ERP implementations.

Performs other duties as assigned. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this position at any time.

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a closely related field and five years of progressively responsible accounting experience in a governmental or business setting, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

• Federal, state, and local financial regulations relating to public agencies
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) pronouncements
• Accounting and financial practices as it relates to public agencies
• Governmental accounting principles and regulatory compliance
• Advanced mathematical principles
• Computer usage including related software
• Microsoft Excel and ERP systems

• Apply formal and analytical techniques to the examination and development of manual and automated accounting information systems
• Prepare and accurately analyze both basic and complex audit work papers
• Prepare detailed fiscal reports and statements
• Reconcile complex, high-volume accounts
• Analyze general ledgers and prepare…