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City of Morro Bay · 3 weeks ago

Senior Accounting Technician / Payroll

Morro Bay, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$37.47/hr - $45.56/hr

The City of Morro Bay is a picturesque coastal community in California seeking a Senior Accounting Technician to support the Finance Department. This role involves overseeing payroll and accounting functions, ensuring timely and accurate payments to City employees, and performing various financial reconciliations and audits.

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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

Payroll processingAccounting principlesBank reconciliationsGeneral ledger reconciliationsSupervisory skillsCustomer serviceAttention to detail

Required

Detail-oriented professional who enjoys working with numbers

Strong accounting expertise, especially during audit season

Knowledge of municipal finance principles and practices

Ability to work discreetly with sensitive and confidential payroll reports and personnel information

Experience auditing, verifying, coding and processing time sheets

Experience coding and processing entries for retirement, health, wage and related information

Experience auditing and distributing payroll checks

Ability to prepare group insurance reports reflecting City and employee contributions

Experience computing and processing water bills and maintaining utility customer files

Ability to interpret monthly water consumption records to determine accuracy of readings

Experience initiating new water service

Experience auditing, preparing, processing and paying accounts payables

Ability to maintain vendor documentation and files

Experience reconciling statements

Ability to check source documents and post to accounts receivable and payable

Experience balancing daily cash

Ability to prepare journal entries

Experience posting, adjusting and balancing accounts

Experience processing wire transfers

Ability to prepare periodic reports

Experience checking data processing output for accuracy

Ability to collect money and accept payment

Experience writing receipts

Ability to contact citizens, vendors, business owners and employees to resolve account discrepancies, delinquent accounts, and other non-compliance issues

Experience supervising subordinate clerical and accounting employees, including preparing and administering performance evaluations