Accountant I - Revenue

Salary : $59,529.60 - $82,576.00 Annually
Location : Riverside
Job Type: Regular
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number: 24-77411-02JE
Department: Behavioral Health
Division: Revenue
Opening Date: 02/27/2024
Closing Date: 3/12/2024 11:59 PM Pacific
ABOUT THE POSITION
The County of Riverside's Revenue unit at the Behavioral Health Department seeks an Accountant I to join our team in Riverside.
This position will be responsible for maintaining and updating weekly Liability Reports for management's assessment and utilization, alongside preparing monthly journal entries using PeopleSoft. The role involves monitoring a claims spreadsheet/database to ensure accurate fiscal transaction recording for anticipated incoming revenues, as well as validating the correct accounting strings for these revenues. Additionally, the position includes preparing and delivering quarterly Monthly Management Reports (MMR) to the Management Reporting Unit and assisting in the revenue year-end process for submission to the Executive Office. Furthermore, the role encompasses reconciling and validating all cash received and recorded by lower accounting staff, ensuring accuracy and integrity in financial transactions and reporting. The ideal candidate must collaborate effectively with all levels of management and staff, identify and report accounting discrepancies, and maintain strong intra and interdepartmental relationships through clear oral and written communication.
Desired Qualifications:

• Experience analyzing and reconciling financial statements
• Understanding accrual processes and preparing journal entries
• Experience preparing various reports for upper management
• Proficiency in PeopleSoft Financials
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills (including data organization, formula utilization, chart creation, etc.)
• Familiarity with Microsoft Access functionalities (such as data management and report generation)

To ensure compliance with the educational requirements for this position, please submit one of the following documents (applications lacking this information will not be considered):

• A copy of your degree if your major was in Accounting
• Transcripts if you minored in Accounting
• Valid California CPA or CIA license

Note: Education not meeting the 18-semester or 27-quarter unit Accounting concentration do not fulfill our educational criteria.
Schedule:
9/80 - Day Shift (hybrid schedule - telecommuting 2 days a week, once the probationary period is complete, at the department's discretion)
Meet the Team!
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
• Establish, review, revise, and maintain controls on fiscal recordkeeping functions in an assigned unit.
• Examine and analyze fiscal recordkeeping systems and procedures.
• Examine, analyze, and verify fiscal documents (e.g., vouchers, warrants, requisitions, purchase orders, receiving records, and invoices).
• Prepare trial balances, reconciliations, work sheets, and schedules.
• Prepare a variety of accounting, statistical, and narrative reports.
• Review, evaluate, and may assist in the preparation and maintenance of the budget and internal controls.
• Prepare recommendations for the installation of new or revised accounting and cost systems, procedures, and records.
• Analyze the classification and distribution of income and expenditures to proper accounts.
• Develop complex rate or cost models.
• Track, report, and reimburse routine federal or state grants.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
OPTION I
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in accounting, or another field of study that included at least 18 semester or 27 quarter units in accounting, auditing, taxation, financial reporting, financial statement analysis, or external and internal reporting.
OPTION IICertification: Possession of a valid certificate as a Certified Public Accountant or Certified Internal Auditor.
OPTION III
Education: Completion of 90 semester or 135 quarter units from an accredited college or university with a major in accounting, or another field of study that included at least 18 semester or 27 quarter units in accounting, auditing, taxation, financial reporting, financial statement analysis, or external and internal reporting.
Experience: One year equivalent to the County of Riverside Accountant Trainee classification.
OPTION IVEducation: Completion of 90 semester or 135 quarter units from an accredited college or university with a major in accounting, or another field of that study that included at least 18 semester or 27 quarter units in accounting, auditing, taxation, financial reporting, financial statement analysis, or external and internal reporting.
Experience: Three years of paraprofessional accounting experience equivalent to the County of Riverside Accounting Technician classification series.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Degree and Accounting Concentration Verification:
We must be able to verify that you meet the Accounting concentration requirement for this position. Before the closing date, you must upload a copy of your transcripts, to your NeoGov account. If your education was completed outside of the United States, you will need to provide a copy of your Foreign Education Equivalency evaluation from a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services () or Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (). Applications submitted without transcripts will not be considered.
Veterans Preference:
The County has a Veterans Preference Policy. Upload a copy of your (or your spouse's) Member-4 Form DD-214 (or NGB-22) indicating dates of service, and a copy of your spouse's letter of disability (if applicable) with your application. For privacy reasons, it is recommended that you remove your social security information from the document(s). A Human Resources Representative will review the materials and determine if you qualify for veterans' preference. The policy is available here:
What's Next?
This recruitment is open to all applicants. Candidates who are current employees of the Department will be given priority consideration. These applicants will be considered before other applicants depending on the volume of applications received. Based on the number of applications received, this posting may close without notice. Qualified applicants may be considered for future vacancies throughout the County.
For questions regarding this recruitment please contact the recruiter, Jill Eastman atJEastman@rivco.org
GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION:
Please read and follow any special application instructions on this posting. Click the 'Apply' link located on this page to submit your application. For instructions on the application process, examinations, Veteran's preference, pre-employment accommodation or other employment questions, please refer to our web site, A pre-employment physical examination and background check may be required.
MEDICAL/DENTAL/VISION INSURANCE: A choice of different medical, dental and visions plan are available to elect. The County provides a Flexible Benefit Credit contribution as governed by the applicable SEIU Memorandum of Understanding to contribute towards the cost of these plans.
Note: Employees on assignment through the Temporary Assignment Program (TAP) receive different benefits. See the list
MISCELLANEOUS RETIREMENT: County of Riverside has three retirement Tiers through the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS).

• Tier I (Classic Member - Formula 3% @ 60): Applicable to current and former County of Riverside local miscellaneous employees hired prior to 08/24/2012 and did not withdraw CalPERS contributions. The employee contribution is eight (8%) percent.
• Tier II (Classic Member - Formula 2% @ 60): Applicable to local miscellaneous employees 1) hired after 08/23/2012 through 12/31/2012; 2) Previously employed with another CalPERS contracting public agency or a reciprocal retirement system, with a break in service of less than six months between the separation date with the previous employer and the appointment date with the County of Riverside. The employee contribution is seven (7%) percent.
• Tier III (PEPRA New Member - Formula 2% @ 62): Applicable to CalPERS local miscellaneous new members hired on or after the implementation of the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) which took effect January 1, 2013. As of July 1, 2020, the employee contribution is 7.25% and subject to change annually.

A new member is defined as any of the following:

1. A new hire who enters CalPERS membership for the first time on or after January 1, 2013, and who has no prior membership in any California Public Retirement System.
2. A new hire who enters CalPERS membership for the first time on or after January 1, 2013, and who was a member with another California Public Retirement System prior to that date, but who is not subject to reciprocity upon joining CalPERS.
3. A member who first established CalPERS membership prior to January 1, 2013, and who is rehired by a different CalPERS agency after a break in service of greater than six (6) months.

CalPERS refers to all members that do not fit within the definition of a new member as "classic members".
Contribution rates are subject to change based on the County of Riverside annual actuarial valuation.
Note:
This summary is for general information purposes only. Additional questions regarding retirement formulas can be sent to or by calling the Benefits Information Line at (951) 955-4981,
Option 2.
If you have prior service credit with another CalPERS agency or within agencies, please contact CalPERS at (888) 225-7377 to determine which retirement tier would be applicable to you. CalPERS is governed by the Public Employees' Retirement Law. The Retirement Law is complex and subject to change. If there's any conflict between this summary and the law, the law will prevail over this summary.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION: Voluntary employee contribution with a choice between two 457 deferred compensation plan options.
VACATION ACCRUAL (Bi-Weekly Accrual):
0 < 3 year = 80 Hours (10 Days)
4 < 9 years = 120 Hours (15 Days)
10 or more years = 160 Hours (20 Days)
Maximum Vacation leave accumulation is 480 hours.
SICK LEAVE: Four (4) hours Sick Leave accrual per pay period with unlimited accrual.
HOLIDAYS: Normally 12 paid holidays per year.
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE: Allowed 5 days (3 days are County paid; 2 additional days can be taken from accrued Sick Leave balance).
BASIC LIFE INSURANCE: Equal to one times annual base salary not to exceed $50,000 of term life coverage. Premiums are paid by the County. Additional Supplemental Life plan is available for employee purchase.
DISABILITY: Short-term Disability benefit pays up to a maximum of $461.54 weekly, payable up to a maximum of 52 weeks.
POST RETIREMENT MEDICAL CONTRIBUTION: A monthly contribution is made by the County towards retiree health insurance offered through the County as governed by the applicable SEIU Memorandum of Understanding.
OTHER: There may be other benefit provisions as specified in the applicable Memorandum of Understanding. Please contact the recruiter listed on the job posting directly for more information.
01
I understand that I must furnish evidence of my degree with an Accounting concentration or California CPA/CIA license to confirm my compliance with the educational prerequisites before completing my application. (Both official and unofficial transcripts are acceptable. If education was completed outside the United States, a copy of the Foreign Education Equivalency evaluation is required.)

• Yes
• No

02
Have you completed at least 18 semester or 27 quarter units in accounting, auditing, taxation, financial reporting, financial statement analysis, or external and internal reporting?

• Yes
• No

03
What is the highest level of education you have from an accredited college or university?

• None of these
• Less than 30 semester or 45 quarter units
• At least 30 semester or 45 quarter units
• At least 60 semester or 90 quarter units
• At least 90 semester or 135 quarter unites
• At least 120 semester or 180 units
• I have my Associates degree
• I have my Bachelors degree
• I have my Masters degree
• I have my Doctorate degree

04
Do you have a valid certificate as a Certified Public Accountant or Certified Internal Auditor?

• Yes
• No

05
How many years of experience do you have equivalent to a County of Riverside Accountant Trainee classification?:

• None
• Less than 12 months
• 1 year or more, but less than 2
• 2 years or more, but less than 3
• 3 years or more, but less than 4
• 4 years or more, but less than 5
• 5 years or more, but less than 6
• 6 years or more

06
How many years of paraprofessional accounting experience, equivalent to a County of Riverside Accounting Technician classification, do you have?

• None
• Less than 12 months
• 1 year or more, but less than 2
• 2 years or more, but less than 3
• 3 years or more, but less than 4
• 4 years or more, but less than 5
• 5 years or more, but less than 6
• 6 years or more

07
How many years of professional-level accounting experience, equivalent to the Count of Riverside Accountant I classification, do you have?

• None
• Less than 12 months
• 1 year or more, but less than 2
• 2 years or more, but less than 3
• 3 years or more, but less th...