Accountant III
Salary: $25.37-$30.97 hourly / $4,412-$5,387 monthly /
Range: 5816
DEFINITION: Under direction, performs complex professional
accounting duties; supervises clerical, paraprofessional, and
professional staff involved in accounting and fiscal recordkeeping
work; and performs related duties as required.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: The class of Accountant is
found in various County departments and divisions. The Accountant
series is distinguished from the Accountant-Auditor class series in
that the work of the Accountant series is limited in scope to the
finances of a department or division. Further, the
Accountant-Auditor class series is found only in the
Auditor-Controller’s Office.
Accountant III is the advanced journey level in the professional
accounting series. Incumbents independently perform complex
professional accounting responsibilities and/or supervise a major
accounting function in a large department under the supervision of a
division head or department head.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:
- Prepares or verifies a variety of complex accounting,
statistical, and narrative statements or reports requiring
extensive analysis and interpretation of data;
- Establishes and maintains new departmental accounting systems
and procedures; makes recommendations on the implementation of
departmental accounting system revisions to increase efficiency
and effectiveness; establishes and maintains effective accounting
controls;
- Participates in the preparation, evaluation, justification,
and maintenance of budgets and budgetary controls; confers and
cooperates with Auditor-Controller staff and systems analysts to
implement and improve automated fiscal systems;
- Prepares, reviews, and monitors grants, contracts, claims and
other fiscal agreements and proposals;
- Prepares financial statements, balance sheets, income and
expense reports, and cash flow analyses for enterprise funds,
internal service funds, or major programs;
- Trains, supervises, and evaluates clerical and
paraprofessional staff; may supervise professional staff;
- Recommends rates and fees based on cost accounting analysis;
- Reviews and analyzes proposed and new regulations and
legislation impacting revenues; prepares recommendations regarding
alternatives available to minimize fiscal impact.
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS:
- Possession of a bachelor’s degree in accounting, business
administration, or related field, and two years of
professional accounting experience; or,
- one year of experience performing duties equivalent to the
class of Accountant II with Santa Barbara County; or,
- a combination of training, education, and experience that is
equivalent to one of the employment standards listed above and
that provides the required knowledge and abilities.
Knowledge of: generally accepted accounting principles,
practices and procedures including cost accounting; application of
computer software to accounting operations.
Ability to: plan, initiate and complete work assignments
with a minimum of direction; understand and apply legal requirements
and administrative policies to departmental accounting functions;
interpret and analyze complex fiscal data and draw logical
conclusions; detect possible weaknesses of internal control of
standard accounting procedures and recommend revisions; verbally
communicate accounting procedures and policies to staff and others;
write memos and reports clearly and concisely; use personal computer
applications including spreadsheet software; establish and maintain
effective working relationships with others.
Possession of a valid California Class C Driver’s License may be
required for some positions.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
Knowledge of: principles and practices of governmental
accounting; and principles and practices of supervision and
training.
Ability to: use personal computer applications including
word processing and database software.
Possession of a valid certificate as a Certified Public
Accountant.
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