Accountant

Job Description:

DEFINITION

Under general supervision, performs professional accounting work, including auditing, analyzing, and verifying fiscal records and reports, preparing financial and statistical reports, providing information to District staff regarding accounting practices and procedures, and reconciling general ledger accounts; assists in preparing the District's annual budgets; prepares year-end audit reports and schedules; and performs related work as required.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED

Receives general supervision from assigned supervisory or management personnel. May exercise technical and functional direction over and provide training to lower-level staff.

CLASS CHARACTERISTICS

This is a journey-level professional accounting class. Incumbents perform the full range of routine to complex departmental accounting and record-keeping programs under only minimal supervision. Responsibilities require t...