Job Summary

Under administrative direction, is responsible for ensuring vendors and employees are paid accurately, on time, in the most efficient manner possible and in accordance with local, state and federal regulations. Performs highly complex and technical accounting and administrative work with full responsibility for activities and functions related to the Accounts Payable, Payroll and Time Administration sections of the Finance Department. Working conditions are in an office environment.

Essential Job Functions

• Oversees and coordinates all activities and functions for areas of
• responsibility to include accounts payable, travel, payroll, and time administration.
• Oversees the process for disbursement of payments to vendors and
• Employees in accordance with City policies and procedures and sound financial practices.
• Ensures the integrity, timeliness and accuracy of payroll and time
• Transactional data by performing high level validations.
• Ensures compliance with legal requirements and government reporting
• regulations affecting payroll as well as adherence to acceptableaccounting guidelines and standards.
• Works closely with Procurement, Finance Operations and Information
• Technology’s SAP Production Support to define Standard Operating Procedures, Service Level Agreements, and process improvement initiatives.
• Works in tandem with Procurement, Finance Operations and City
• Departments on appropriately establishing vendors in the City’s SAP system, and creating processes for vendor master data changes, communication and/delivery of purchase orders, invoices, and payments.
• Acts as the liaison between City Departments, Human Resources, Risk
• Management and SAP Production Support on Payroll and Time relatedissues.
• Communicates through various methods with staff, City departments and
• External contacts operating office equipment.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university.
• Eight (8) years of increasingly responsible accounting experience with
• direct experience within payroll and accounts payable to include four(4) years of supervisory responsibility over professional or hourly accounting staff Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Knowledge of accounts payable regulations, requirements, and
• procedures.
• Knowledge of auto procurement systems, payroll and ERP systems.
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Knowledge of government/fund accounting.
• Knowledge of management procedures and techniques.
• Knowledge of banking and cash management policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of contract administration procedures.
• Skill in utilizing a personal computer and associated software
• programs, especially Excel formula and pivot functionality.
• Ability to meet aggressive deadlines and manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
• Ability to efficiently delegate, empower staff while keeping abreast
• of the status of projects and deliverables.
• Ability to think strategically and work with others to design, develop
• and sell improvement changes across the organization and to external[vendor] parties.
• Ability to prepare clear and concise reports.
• Ability to direct and manage staff both of a professional and
• administrative nature.
• Ability to perform all the physical requirements of the position with
• or without accommodations.

Pay: $45.53 per hour

Work Location: In person