Accountant

POSITION: Accountant
REPORTS TO: Finance Manager
PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION: To perform technical and professional accounting functions in the analysis, interpretation, recording and reporting of the Agency's financial transactions
ESSENTIAL AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Daily Office

• Respond to e-mail, telephone and inter-office mail inquiries
• Use Excel, Access, Word and other Agency software to prepare forms, correspondence, reports and spreadsheets

Internal Reports

• Generate and distribute monthly financial reports and review with staff
• Download IFAS data to spreadsheets
• Prepare and update spreadsheet reports

External Reports

• Prepare budgets, financial statements and related schedules for HUD, enterprise funds and HCD grants
• Prepare quarterly and semi-annual financial reports for HUD grants and Federal Cash Transactions
• Prepare annual state financial report
• Prepare and submit annual state financial report, State Controller's report, tax increment certificate and Statement of Indebtedness
• Prepare financial portion of grant applications

Analysis & Reconciliation

• Review financial data to check for posting and reporting errors
• Check balance sheet accounts, revenues and expenditures for accuracy and reasonableness
• Investigate discrepancies in journal entries and correct as needed
• Prepare and review HUD debt schedule
• Reconcile HUD fiscal agent statements, Tenants' Accounts Receivable (TARS) and Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) and Modernization and Acquisition Rehabilitation

Budget

• Assist with compilation of Agency budget
• Gather data to help project current revenue, expenses and year-end fund balances
• Assist divisions with expenditure budgets
• Create and input budget amendments

Agency Annual Financial Statements

• Prepare audit work papers by fund and prepare supporting schedules
• Review General Ledger accounts
• Maintain backup files of external documents to support balance sheet accounts
• Provide information and documentation to auditors regarding financial transactions and policies

Special Projects

• Review and approve other staff journal entries and check requests
• Review and distribute of journal entry batch proofs
• Create rent charges schedule annually
• Call in HUD draw downs
• Input and maintain projects in HUD system
• Draft new and modify existing procedures

Agency Support

• Review contracts and staff reports
• Verify funding availability and source
• Verify coding and vendor ID
• Assist other divisions as finance liaison
• Research and interpret HUD regulations and redevelopment law
• Assist in planning and implementation of internal operations and financial audits
• Provide customer service and support

OTHER DUTIES: All employees may be assigned, and required to carry out, additional duties at any time. An employee with a known disability will only be assigned additional duties when the duty being added is an essential function of the position, or can be carried out with reasonable accommodation.
Every employee is expected to participate in discussions of individual, department and Agency performance and work on problem-solving teams as assigned. Any employee serving on a problem-solving team may be asked to carry out the role of team leader.
Any person driving for Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency must maintain a valid driver's license on his/her person, and demonstrate compliance with the motor vehicle law, standards of courtesy on the road and attention to safety. All drivers must maintain their insurability.
Ability to pass Background and Drug Screen if Required by Client