Accountant

JOB JOIN THE CITY OF ORANGE AS AN ACCOUNTANT!Under general supervision, performs professional accounting work, including auditing, analyzing, and verifying fiscal records and reports, preparing financial and statistical reports, providing information to City staff regarding accounting practices and procedures, and reconciling general ledger accounts; assists in preparing the City's annual budgets; prepares year-end audit reports and schedules; and performs related work as required.Recruitment Process: To be considered for this opportunity, interested and qualified applicants must submit a complete online application no later than 11:59 p.m. on May 20, 2026. Qualified candidates will be invited to take a virtual written exam. Following the written exam will be a panel interview and department selection interview.Please save the following tentative dates: Recruitment Closes: May 20, 2026Written Exam: May 21-24, 2026Panel interviews: Tuesday, June 9, 2026Department Selection Interviews: Week of June 15th EXAMPLE OF DUTIES Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.Provides responsible professional and technical assistance in the administration and implementation of the City's financial, auditing, and accounting programs.Prepares a wide variety of financial and statistical reports, including year-end reporting, budgetary reports, assisting in the preparation of the Comprehensive Annual Finance Report (CAFR), and preparing other legal documents and management analysis.Monitors expenditures, revenues, and budget allocations to determine the City's financial status and prepares custom reports, graphs, and schedules as needed.Prepares journal entries and reconciles general ledger and subsidiary accounts related to postings from payroll, accounts payable, cash receipts, and accounts receivable; prepares monthly financial statements, including distributing monthly revenue and expenditure reports to departments; prepares numerous monthly financial reports.Interprets, explains, and applies general and governmental accounting/auditing principles and procedures, laws, and regulations affecting the financial operations of municipal government.Analyzes and reconciles expenditure and revenue accounts, including bond accounts; reviews and processes appropriation transfer requests between accounts; reconciles bond statements and bank statements to the general ledger.Participates in and assumes responsibility for various departmental programs including financial statements, general ledger, monthly statements, and special projects accounting; conducts and prepares special studies and reports.Records and maintains appropriate controls for fixed assets, including City-owned vehicles and land; assists in the City's purchase orders and accounts payable system, auditing and financial analysis, grant accounting, and special reports.Maintains and monitors the City's grant funds and ensures compliance with rules and regulations governing the use of each grant.Receives and tracks property tax payments; ensures that property tax bills are remitted to the proper City departments for payment authorization.Tracks Capital Improvement Program expenditures and allocates funds to the appropriate Capital Improvement Project account.Performs annual audit of the City's water inventories; conducts on-site inspections of inventories, records current levels, and reconciles any discrepancies.Assists in the coordination of the annual audits.Assists with investments, portfolio management, cash management, debt management, new financing, annexations and subdivisions, and revenue and expense projections.Participates in the compilation and preparation of the annual budget, including assisting other departments with budget preparation, providing personnel cost projections and estimated grant revenues and expenditures, monitoring expenditures to ensure compliance with adopted budget, and assisting in publication of the budget.Attends meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions, and reviews publications to remain current on principles, practices, and new developments in the field of accounting.Performs other duties as assigned. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person, before groups, and over the telephone. This is primarily a sedentary office classification although standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel