Senior Accounting Consultant

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Your role .

Your work will include, but not be limited to:

* Providing financial staffing and related consulting support to municipalities

* Assisting our municipal clients with their accounting and finance functions, including bank reconciliations, budget development, financial close reporting, and preparation for annual audit, and related support

* May review data regarding cash (including cancelled checks, bank statements, electronic remittances), investments, receivables, capital assets, liabilities, equity, revenues and expenses

* Drafting financial reports, including periodic budgets to actual schedules, and annual financial statements with related disclosures

* Verifies, allocates, and posts details of municipality transactions to subsidiary accounts in journals or computer files from documents, such as bank statements, invoices, receipts, check stubs, and computer printouts

* Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts, documenting municipal transactions

* Working independently or in teams to improve client accounting operations, including drafting policies and procedures

* Analyzes financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and equity, and prepares balance sheet, statement of revenues and expenditures, and other reports to summarize current and projected financial position

* Collaborating with other consultants and clients for continuous improvement recommendations

* Supervision and training of junior staff members

* Training and development opportunities for professional, personal, and technical growth

* Monthly billings to customers

* Able to work independently on client projects

The qualifications.

* Requires a general understanding of GASB and government fund accounting, client's business systems and industry requirements

* 4+ years of governmental accounting or 6+ years' experience creating and using financial reports in a professional service firm (public accounting), government or school district

* Technology skills including proficiency with various financial accounting systems and Excel

* Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business Management, Finance, or related field is required

* CPA or Master's degree in accounting, business, or other similar field preferred but not required

* This position requires local and/or regional travel to client sites.

* Ability for limited overnight travel preferred but not required

* Project management skills- ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

This is a non-exempt position and is eligible for overtime for hours that exceed the standard 40-hour work week.

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