NEOGOV · 4 weeks ago
Payroll Senior Accounting Technician
Morro Bay, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$37.47/hr - $45.56/hrNEOGOV is seeking a Payroll Senior Accounting Technician for the City of Morro Bay, a picturesque coastal community in California. The role involves supporting the Finance Department with payroll and accounting functions, ensuring timely and accurate payment for city employees, and performing various accounting tasks such as bank reconciliations and general ledger maintenance.
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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
Ability to work with sensitive and confidential payroll reports and personnel information
Experience in auditing, verifying, coding and processing time sheets
Experience in coding and processing entries for retirement, health, wage and related information
Experience in auditing and distributing payroll checks
Ability to prepare group insurance reports reflecting City and employee contributions
Experience in computing and processing water bills
Ability to maintain utility customer files
Ability to interpret monthly water consumption records to determine accuracy of readings
Experience in initiating new water service
Experience in auditing, preparing, processing and paying accounts payables
Ability to maintain vendor documentation and files
Experience in reconciling statements
Ability to check source documents and post to accounts receivable and payable
Ability to balance daily cash
Experience in preparing journal entries
Ability to post, adjust and balance accounts
Experience in processing 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
Experience supervising 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
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CEO
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