Job: Accountant/Analyst I
Job Description
Job Type: Full time, Salaried
Wage: $64,452-$72,540/yr.
Location: Grand Junction, CO.
Job Description:
Hiring Range: $5,371 - $6,045 monthly
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About the Position:
The Accountant Analyst I will perform professional accounting duties encompassing financial analysis, record-keeping, and reporting for payroll, accounts payable, or accounts receivable across City departments. Responsibilities include preparing journal entries and reconciling the general ledger. This person will be a member of the City’s budget team assigned to the Police Department to assist in development, preparation, and monitoring of the Department’s annual budget.
What We Offer:
The Accountant Analyst I will perform professional accounting duties encompassing financial analysis, record-keeping, and reporting for payroll, accounts payable, or accounts receivable across City departments. Responsibilities include preparing journal entries and reconciling the general ledger. This person will be a member of the City’s budget team assigned to the Police Department to assist in development, preparation, and monitoring of the Department’s annual budget.
What We Offer:
We know that a healthy and happy workforce is a thriving workforce, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package that supports quality work-life balance including 32 days of paid annual leave to be used for holiday, personal, and/or sick days, health insurance options, employer-matched retirement, a City employee health clinic, wellness program, and an Employee Assistance Program. Of equal importance, we offer an opportunity to serve the community you love and live in. Our employees find their work rewarding and fulfilling, knowing that their day job makes a positive impact.
About the Finance Department:
The City of Grand Junction Finance Department works to ensure financial stability through sound and transparent financial management to serve a healthy and thriving community. You will be part of a team that truly cares about providing the highest level of service to all internal and external customers. The department includes the following functions: Budget, Accounting & Financial Reporting, Sales & Use Tax Administration, Grant Administration, & Municipal CourtAbout Our Culture:
At the City of Grand Junction, we lead the way with continuous improvement, collaborative partnerships, and exemplary service. Our core values are demonstrated by our willingness to challenge the status quo, ability to work together using all areas of expertise to achieve a common goal, and commitment to fulfilling the needs of our community through thoughtful interactions.Duties
What You'll Do:
- Budget development, preparation, monitoring, and reporting.
- Perform accounting work involved in financial record keeping and reporting.
- Verify, balance and adjust records including journal entries.
- Enter data into assigned systems, maintain and generate reports.
- Maintain and reconcile a variety of bank accounts, ledgers and accounting records.
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Qualifications
What We're Looking For:
- Two (2) years of increasingly responsible experience in accounting, finance or budgeting including accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll experience.
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in accounting, finance, business administration or related field.
- Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid Colorado driver's license.
Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.
Notice to Applicants:
In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, we kindly request that you do not include the dates of your education to include years of attendance or graduation on your application, resume or attachments.
Supplemental Information
City of Grand Junction Employee Childcare Facility:
We know finding a quality childcare provider can be challenging, that's why the City of Grand Junction is proud to offer its employees affordable childcare through the City of Grand Junction Childcare Facility (GJCCF). GJCCF offers childcare for children ages 6 weeks (infants) to 6 years of age (preschool). With flexible scheduling and highly trained Early Childhood Education professionals, know that your little one will be in good hands while you support your community.
Grand Junction, Colorado is the gateway to the mountains and canyonlands of western Colorado and eastern Utah. Centrally located between Denver, CO (250 miles east) and Salt Lake City, UT (270 miles west), Grand Junction is surrounded by 1.2 million acres of public land. Residents enjoy world-class whitewater rafting on the Colorado and Green Rivers, golfing, fishing, skiing and snowboarding, and exploring mountain bike and hiking trails through the Colorado National Monument and the Grand Mesa National Forest. Grand Junction has a robust downtown and hosts multiple art, music, food, and market events annually. With a population of over 150,000 in Mesa County (65,000 within the City limits) we have many of the big town amenities without the big town stresses such as traffic and trail congestion. With an average of 245 days of sunshine, Grand Junction is the perfect place to work and play.
Learn more about our area on Visit Grand Junction's website and Instagram!
At the City of Grand Junction, we proudly operate as an Equal Opportunity Employer, purposely building an inclusive workforce representative of various cultures, perspectives, and experiences. We believe in respect for all and do not discriminate based on hair, race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
If you have any questions or need assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please contact our Human Resources office at 970.244.1512.
**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “View Application” below for more detail on this specific job.