Who We Are
The City of Beverly Hills has a long-standing reputation for providing superior customer service to residents, businesses, and visitors. This characteristic, combined with outstanding staff in all departments, has been a hallmark of success for this high performance organization. The municipal government (approximately 1,080 full-time and part-time employees) provides the highest quality safety services, recreational, municipal services, and physical environment.

What We Do
The Finance Department provides a variety of services to other City departments and to the public that includes finance/accounting, budget, and revenue. The Finance Department is responsible for the management and oversight of the City's budget, purchasing, accounts receivable and payable, investments, business tax collection, audits, business and transient occupancy tax collections, cashiering functions, utility billing and accounting activities.

What We're Looking For
A successful incumbent in this position will possess a strong commitment to public service, a thorough understanding of accounting principles and practices, attention to detail, critical thinking skills, strong communication and interpersonal skills, high integrity, and a commitment to providing excellent customer service to internal and external customers. The incumbent will be required to perform complex financial analysis, reconciliations, identify control deficiencies, and recommend and implement improvements as a member of the Finance Department. This person will report to the Accounting Manager.        

Selection Process
Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications and whose interests and experience appear to meet the desired qualifications of the position will be invited to participate in the next steps of the recruitment process which will include:

• Supplemental Questionnaire
• Written Multiple-choice Test
• Oral Interview
• Technical Project (tentative)

An Accountant I performs accounting and payroll work; records and reports financial transactions and budgetary control for assigned funds and city departments; reviews fiscal records and prepares financial reports, statements and analysis under the direction of the Principal Accountant.

Some of the core duties include, but are not limited to:

• Participates in the preparation, posting, balancing and reconciliation of journal entries, General Ledger, and subsidiary accounts.
• Prepares and maintains complex accounting clerical records such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, general accounting and payroll.
• Assists with annual changes in budget codes and in the conversion to New Year budget codes, and other New Year activities.
• Assists with routine closing of the general ledger. 
• Monitors interfacing of accounting information from sub-ledgers into the general ledger and identifies internal control deficiencies relevant to interfacing activities.
• Interacts with other City divisions to ensure proper posting and reconciliation to the General Ledger.
• Prepares work papers for financial statements, for various Federal, State, other outside agencies' reporting requirements, internal users, and other stakeholders. 
• Reports on the status of State and Federal grants; works with departments, documents compliance with grant contracts, amendments, and other documents. 
• Monitors and maintains records of City's fixed assets; coordinates with other City divisions to ensure proper recording of fixed assets. 
• Assists departmental personnel with budget activity, proper expenditure coding, document preparation and other accounting related activities. 
• May provide functional or technical guidance to lower level accounting personnel. 
• Prepares accounting work papers to help support financial information flowing into all financial reports.
• Implements procedures to resolve issues stemming from reconciliations with other City divisions or with external suppliers.
• Delivers training sessions to various City staff on new or existing financial policies or procedures.
• Performs related duties as required.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, business administration or related field.
• Two years of increasingly responsible accounting experience comparable to that gained by an Accounting Technician.

• Accounting principles and practices to include principles of financial record
  keeping and reporting.
• Modern office practices, procedure methods and equipment to include 
  computer systems and applications.
• Revenue and expenditure business cycles.

• Interpreting contractual obligations and grant guidelines.
• Examining, analyzing and verifying financial documents and reports.
• Communicating clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.

• Interpret existing and emerging accounting standards.