Overview

Position Title: Accounts Analyst

Company:City Of Akron

Location:Akron, OH

Job Description:

This is entrance level professional fiscal analysis, funds control, and fiscal reporting work.An employee in this class assists in designing accounting and fiscal reporting systems and performs continuing accounts analysis and reporting on City-wide revenues and expenditures or on department or project revenues and expenditures in which the complexity and legal obligations imposed by City, state, and federal funding requires constant revenue and expenditure analysis and reporting.

Responsibilities:

  • Assists in maintaining, analyzing, and reporting on all fiscal activities of City departments/divisions.
  • Assists in distributing revenues and expenditures by funds and preparing reports as required by federal and state rules and regulations.  Prepares requests for federal support of departmental programs and projects.
  • Prepares annual departmental/divisional budgets and monitors the maintenance of all fiscal records.
  • May assist in the preparation of the City’s comprehensive annual financial report, annual informational statement, and other published documents.
  • Performs complex revenue and expenditure cost analysis and funds control studies.
  • Assists in phases of the fiscal analysis, funds control, and fiscal reporting for City projects such as, income tax capital improvements expenditures, payroll rotaries, interest calculations, and construction expenditures.

Requirements:

  • Graduation from an accredited college or university with a baccalaureate degree and major course work in accounting or finance.
  • Knowledge of the principles and practices of municipal budgeting, finance, and funds administration.
  • Knowledge of the use of modern office equipment and computers as it pertains to accounting and fiscal reporting work.
  • Ability to design accounting and fiscal reporting processes.  Ability to perform and report on complex fiscal analysis.
  •  Ability to work with fiscal systems involving complex multiple-funding and legal obligations.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other persons.