NEOGOV · 3 weeks ago
Senior Accounting Technician / Payroll
Morro Bay, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$37.47/hr - $45.56/hrNEOGOV is the employer for the City of Morro Bay, which is looking for a Senior Accounting Technician to support their Finance Department. This role involves managing payroll and accounting functions, ensuring timely and accurate payments to City employees, and collaborating with a team of finance professionals.
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Responsibilities
Works discreetly with sensitive and confidential payroll, reports and personnel information
Audits, verifies, codes and processes time sheets
Codes and processes entries for retirement, health, wage and related information
Audits and distributes payroll checks
Prepares group insurance reports reflecting City and employee contributions
Computes and process water bills; maintains utility customer files
Interprets monthly water consumption records to determine accuracy of readings
Initiates new water service
Audits, prepares, processes and pays accounts payables
Maintains vendor documentation and files
Reconciles statements
Checks source documents and posts to accounts receivable and payable
Balances daily cash
Prepares journal entries
Posts, adjusts and balances accounts
Processes wire transfers
Prepares periodic reports
Checks data processing output for accuracy
Collects money
Accepts payment and writes receipts
Contact citizens, vendors, business owners and employees to resolve account discrepancies, delinquent accounts, and other non-compliance issues
Supervises subordinate clerical and accounting employees, to include preparing and administering performance evaluations
Performs related duties as required
Qualification
Required
Detail-oriented professional who enjoys working with numbers
Strong accounting expertise
Knowledge of municipal finance principles and practices
Experience in payroll processing
Experience in bank reconciliations
Experience in general ledger reconciliations
Ability to work discreetly with sensitive and confidential payroll reports and personnel information
Ability to audit, verify, code and process time sheets
Ability to code and process entries for retirement, health, wage and related information
Ability to audit and distribute payroll checks
Ability to prepare group insurance reports reflecting City and employee contributions
Ability to compute and process water bills
Ability to maintain utility customer files
Ability to interpret monthly water consumption records to determine accuracy of readings
Ability to initiate new water service
Ability to audit, prepare, process and pay accounts payables
Ability to maintain vendor documentation and files
Ability to reconcile statements
Ability to check source documents and post to accounts receivable and payable
Ability to balance daily cash
Ability to prepare journal entries
Ability to post, adjust and balance accounts
Ability to process wire transfers
Ability to prepare periodic reports
Ability to check data processing output for accuracy
Ability to collect money
Ability to accept payment and write receipts
Ability to contact citizens, vendors, business owners and employees to resolve account discrepancies, delinquent accounts, and other non-compliance issues
Ability to supervise subordinate clerical and accounting employees
Ability to prepare and administer performance evaluations
Company
NEOGOV
NEOGOV is the leading provider of workforce management software uniquely designed for the public sector, education, and public safety.
Founded in 1999
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$700MKey Investors
Warburg Pincus
2025-07-28Secondary Market· $700M
2025-07-28Acquired
2021-06-02Private Equity
Leadership Team
Shane Evangelist
CEO
Brandon McDonald
Head Of Marketing
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