McClellan Park, California
West Sacramento - Yolo County, California
Truckee, California
San Diego, California
Riverside, California
Posted: 29-Aug-23
Location: San Jose, California
Type: Full Time
Salary: $109,524 - $128,127
Categories:
Salary Details:
Preferred Education:
Internal Number: 105
DEFINITION:
To perform technical accounting work in the preparation, maintenance, and processing of accounting records and financial transactions.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:
The Controller class is distinguished from classes in the Account Clerk series by the difficulty and complexity of work performed including the posting of data to the general ledger and journals, preparation of journal vouchers and reconciliation of expenditures and subsidiary accounts.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED:
General supervision is provided by the Director of Business Services and exercises supervision of the following services:
- Accounts Payable
- Purchasing
- Payroll
- Food Services Accounting
- District Student Attendance Accounting
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:
Depending upon assignment, duties may include, but are not limited to, the following: Coordinates the district data processing services.
- Participates in the preparation of financial statements, schedules, and other statistical and financial reports, and prepares and maintains complex accounting clerical records.
- Participates in central accounting functions such as allocating designated account expenditures and preparing journal vouchers.
- Audits and approves availability of funds on purchase orders; may input data on accounts payable to initiate preparation of warrants for payment.
- Examines, reconciles, balances, and adjusts accounting records.
- Identifies and resolves problems and inconsistencies, determining corrective entries involved in maintaining accounting controls.
- Prepares a variety of State, Federal, and local statements, reports and tax returns from a variety of data and records.
- Answers questions and advises on procedures in preparing accounting transactions.
- Prepares and submits accounting information for input into computerized system; reconciles differences between accounting records and computerized reports.
- Serves as liaison to independent auditors in preparation of annual audit.
- Coordinates accounting activities with other District offices and the County office of Education.
- Performs related duties as assigned. Supervises and evaluates accounting staff.
KNOWLEDGE OF:
- Principles and practices of financial record keeping.
- Basic accounting principles.
- Modem office procedures and equipment.
ABILITY TO:
- Direct and supervise accounting activities and accounting staff.
- Understand and interpret principles, laws, and the procedures involved in fiscal record keeping and accounting functions.
- Prepare financial reports and maintain ledgers and journals. Analyze data and draw sound conclusions.
- Operate calculator quickly and accurately.
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:
Any combination equivalent to experience and education that could likely provide the required knowledge and abilities would be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
- Experience:
- Two years of increasingly responsible experience in the maintenance of financial, fiscal and related statistical records.
- Education:
- Equivalent to a Bachelor of Science Degree with major course work in accounting and business practices.
