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Staff Accountant - Department of Safety

Remote: 
Full Remote
Contract: 
Salary: 
55 - 91K yearly
Experience: 
Senior (5-10 years)
Work from: 
Colorado (USA), United States

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration, Experience with accounts payable functions.

Key responsabilities:

  • Manage all Accounts Payable functions
  • Reconcile transactions and track financial data
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Job description

About Our Job

The Denver Department of Safety is currently seeking a Staff Accountant to engage in daily department accounting functions to support business operations.  

The Staff Accountant performs entry level professional governmental accounting work applying generally accepted accounting principles to prepare, record, and review financial information while receiving training in fiscal laws, rules, regulations, and procedures. 

This position will be located at the Denver Police Administration Building in Downtown Denver with a scheduled work shift to begin at 8:00am. Hours will be flexible and some work from home options after completing training.

Job responsibilities include:

  • Be the primary point of contact for all Accounts Payable functions within the Denver Department of Safety to include employee travel reimbursement requests. Process, record, and ensures invoices and employee travel and expense reimbursements are paid correctly and timely, while maintaining relationships with internal employees and external vendors.

  • Responsible for maintaining a city issued P-Card and reconciling transactions on a monthly basis.

  • Tracks, records, and reconciles financial transactions to ensure consistency and compliance with fiscal rules, and creates reports for historical records, audits, and the evaluation of financial processes and transactions.

  • Tracks, monitors, projects expenditures, allocates funds, oversees assets, and prepares justifications and reports with regard to a specific organizational budget and associated business needs.

  • Researches, analyzes, calculates, and compiles financial data, prepares reports for business decision making, and assists in determining best use of financial resources.

Our ideal candidate will have:

  • Experience with accounts payable functions

  • Interpersonal and customer service-based skillset 

  • Strong communication, organization and analytical skills

  • Demonstrated ability in problem solving, multitasking and time management

  • Strong work ethic and ability to take ownership of delegated responsibilities

Below are the minimum requirements used to determine eligibility for this position:

  • Education:  Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.

  • Experience: None

  • Education/Experience Equivalency: No substitution of experience for education is permitted.

About Everything Else

Job Profile

CV2050 Accountant Staff

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Position Type

Unlimited

Position Salary Range

$55,000.00 - $90,750.00

Starting Pay

Based on education and experience

Agency

Department of Safety

The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law. 

It is your right to access oral or written language assistance, sign language interpretation, real-time captioning via CART, or disability-related accommodations. To request any of these services at no cost to you, please contact Jobs@Denvergov.org with three business days’ notice.

Applicants for employment with the City and County of Denver must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.

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Required profile

Experience

Level of experience: Senior (5-10 years)
Industry :
Government Administration
Spoken language(s):
English
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Other Skills

  • Problem Solving
  • Communication
  • Multitasking
  • Time Management
  • Analytical Thinking

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