Accountant

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Accountant

Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Agency Sacramento, California, United States

Job Description:

Accountant

Description

Description

SHRA is seeking a detail-oriented, self-driven candidate to join our Finance department as an Accountant. The primary purpose of this position is to perform technical and professional accounting functions in the analysis, interpretation, recording, and reporting of the Agency's financial transactions.

Candidates who thrive in this role have the following skills: SHRA employees have the opportunity to perform meaningful and important work for an agency dedicated to providing affordable housing in the most impacted region of the nation.

Classification: Represented by SHRA Employee Association

Supplemental Questions:
Please answer the supplemental questions fully and completely. Candidates who respond with "see resume" may be disqualified.

Examination Process:
Only the most qualified and up to 16 candidates may be invited to an oral examination. Candidates must pass the oral examination to be placed on the eligible list for this classification.

SHRA's mission is to revitalize communities, provide affordable housing opportunities, and to serve as the Housing Authority for the City and County of Sacramento. In addition to being a part of an influential organization in the Sacramento community, employees in this classification are eligible for many great benefits. Some of these benefits include:


Education & Experience

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION GUIDELINES:
Any combination of experience and education that would be likely to provide the required knowledge and abilities could be qualifying, as determined by the Agency. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:



Job Duties & Responsibilities

Daily Office
• Respond to e-mail, telephone and inter-office mail inquiries
• Use Excel, Access, Word and other Agency software to prepare forms, correspondence, reports and spreadsheets

Internal Reports
• Generate and distribute monthly financial reports and review with staff
• Download Finance Enterprise Reports to spreadsheets
• Prepare and update spreadsheet reports

External Reports
• Prepare budgets, financial statements and related schedules for HUD, enterprise funds and HCD grants
• Prepare quarterly and semi-annual financial reports for HUD grants and Federal Cash Transactions
• Prepare annual state financial report
• Prepare financial portion of grant applications

Analysis & Reconciliation
• Review financial data to check for posting and reporting errors
• Check balance sheet accounts, revenues and expenditures for accuracy and reasonableness
• Investigate discrepancies in journal entries and correct as needed
• Prepare and review HUD debt schedule
• Reconcile HUD fiscal agent statements, Tenants' Accounts Receivable (TARS) and Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) and Modernization and Acquisition Rehabilitation
• Create Journals for adjusting, correcting, or balancing entries, with supporting documentation for audit purposes.

Budget
• Assist with compilation of Agency budget
• Gather data to help project current revenue, expenses and year-end fund balances
• Assist divisions with expenditure budgets
• Create and input budget amendments Agency Annual Financial Statements
• Prepare audit work papers by fund and prepare supporting schedules
• Review General Ledger accounts
• Maintain backup files of external documents to support balance sheet accounts
• Provide information and documentation to auditors regarding financial transactions and policies

Special Projects
• Review and approve other staff journal entries and check requests
• Review and distribute of journal entry batch proofs
• Create rent charges schedule annually
• Request electronic draws through HUD system
• Input and maintain projects in HUD system
• Draft new and modify existing procedures

Agency Support
• Review contracts and staff reports
• Verify funding availability and source
• Verify coding and vendor ID
• Assist other divisions as finance liaison
• Research and interpret HUD regulations and redevelopment law
• Assist in planning and implementation of internal operations and financial audits
• Provide customer service and support

In addition to being a part of an influential organization in the Sacramento community, employees in this classification are eligible for many great benefits. Some of these benefits include:Retirement benefits
Employees who retire with SHRA are eligible for the following CalPERS benefits.Additional benefits

Closing Date/Time: Continuous

Salary:

$68,532.99 - $87,467.27 Annually
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