Accountant II

Application Submission

Include a professional resume with your application.

Western Municipal Water District stands out as one of the largest public agencies in Riverside County providing water and sewer services to nearly one million people through approximately 25,000 residential and business connections and eight wholesale water agencies/cities.

We see ourselves as more of a business than a bureaucracy. We view our customers as essential partners in ensuring long‑term water reliability for our region; together, the Western Water team is focused on being the definitive leader in water and sewer services, upholding the highest level of stakeholder trust.

• Service Excellence
• Efficiency
• Water Supply Reliability
• Fiscal Responsibility and Value
• Public Trust, Accountability and Transparency
• Environmental Stewardship
• Employee Empowerment
• Innovation

Under minimal direction, individuals within the Accountant II series can expect to perform technical and complex accounting duties related to the preparation of financial statements, review of fiscal records, and monitoring of financial transactions in accordance with accounting procedures.

Western Water is looking for a seasoned accountant with strong interpersonal skills to support day‑to‑day financial and accounting operations and provide strategic guidance. This includes the following:

• Serving customers is paramount to all that we do. You must be responsive, collaborative and accountable to our customers and agency partners, representing Western Water and presenting important information at department and management level meetings.
• In‑depth knowledge and experience in financial and accounting processes that support a special district providing reliable water and sewer services to retail and wholesale customers throughout western Riverside County.
• Strong organizational skills, coordination, and support of the activities of the accounting group. Effective independent and collaborative team professional.

• Relationship‑builder proactively establishing and leveraging partnerships with key internal and external stakeholders and large utilities.
• Skilled professional with heightened emotional intelligence and awareness of community, customer issues and political sensitivities.
• Open, approachable, action‑oriented; good judgement; treat others with respect.
• Collaborative approach to working with others; bring people together and leverage common interests to perpetuate the vision of Western Water.
• Outstanding facilitation and leadership skills with a customer‑centric mindset.
• Self‑starter exhibiting high initiative and strong work ethic; embrace the opportunity to make a difference.

• Maintain general ledger; review accounting documents for accuracy and calculations; make correcting entries when needed; examine supporting documentation to establish proper authorization and conformance with Western Water policies, agreements, contracts and state and federal requirements; perform periodic reconciliation of general ledger accounts and subsidiary ledgers.
• Perform a variety of technical accounting work in the maintenance of various accounting records and resolve discrepancies; summarize, prepare and enter journal entries to prepare financial reports and records.
• Meet with Western Water staff to review budgets versus actual performance, research and identify variances and assist in the preparation of routine financial performance reporting on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Assist in the preparation of annual financial reports such as preparing and compiling data for Western Water's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR).
• Review, reconcile, and prepare annual audit spreadsheets, reports and journal entries to coordinate, participate, and prepare requested financial data for year‑end audits.
• Adhere to office procedures including record‑management policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with the Western record‑retention policy.
• Abide by and promote Western Water's values and ethics policy.

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