Accountant

Detailed Description:

Essential Job Functions:

• Performs a variety of professional level accounting duties involved in preparing, maintaining, analyzing, verifying, and reconciling complex financial transactions, statements, records, and reports.
• Manages new accounting project implementations.
• Identifies all capital asset activity for inclusion in the fixed asset system; ensures documentation of capital expenditures and performs physical audit of capital assets.
• Completes depreciation process and journal entries.
• Completes Month End Process and closes books in accounting software.
• Completes Income Statements for General Fund, BAMA and Public Safety and forwards statements to Lenders and Stakeholders as required.
• Assists with year-end closing processes (audit, accruals, end of year journal entries, etc.).
• Reviews and corrects revenue and receivable transactions.
• Participates in long-term planning meetings, the annual audit and the annual city budget.
• Accounts for the Community Development Block Grant and other city grants.
• Assists with the payroll function as it relates to the general ledger; creates manual payroll checks; voids and reissues payroll checks.
• Manages all aspects of purchase card program and credit card payment processing; reviews monthly fees; negotiates discount rates; ensures compliance with contracts.
• Serves as Point of Contact and administrator for the City's payment processing (credit card processing, echeck processing, online (C2G) payments, and E-Lockbox (ACH) payments).
• Audits Travel Expense Reports for employees and City Council members and assists City employees with questions regarding the travel policy.
• Initiates ACH payments to vendors.
• Initiates debt service payments (GO Bonds and OWRB), participates in debt service budget preparation.
• Maintains the City's financial transparency portal.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

About the Company:

Located in northeast Oklahoma, Broken Arrow is the fourth largest city in the state, with an estimated population of 120,000 people. Broken Arrow is also home to the third largest manufacturing hub in the state, with many employees working in the energy sector. Residents in Broken Arrow enjoy a high quality of life, characterized by low crime, high performing schools, affordable housing and easy access to many parks and recreational facilities. The City fosters a sense of community by sponsoring seasonal festivals and events each year, including Rooster Days, a local Farmers Market and musical performances in the park.