Accountant | City of DeKalb

The City of DeKalb, Illinois is seeking an Accountant to join our team. The Accountant position will perform professional level accounting work related to all City funds and accounts. 

Essential Functions:

• Prepares various financial reports, statements, and assists with projections ensuring governmental accounting concepts are correctly applied.  
• Reconciles bank and general ledger accounts monthly.  Examines accounting transactions to ensure accuracy and corrects financial records as necessary.
• Records monthly deposits for state and local tax payments and reviews bank accounts for other directly deposited funds.
• Performs month and year-end reconciliations and required journal entries.  Assists with inquiries and follows up on late/missing payments as needed.
• Analyzes and reconciles revenue and expenditure accounts, verifies availability of funds, completes research and analysis as necessary.  
• Reviews unclaimed property providing a list to the Account Tech III for notification and prepares the annual unclaimed property report.
• Provides backup to the payroll function, including processing employee changes, bi-weekly payroll, issuing vendor liability payments, etc. 
• Tracking of vehicle inventory, maintaining titles, and communicating changes to various departments.
• Provides backup for the fixed asset system set-up, asset tracking, annual calculation of depreciation, and working with departments to ensure proper tracking of equipment. 
• Assists auditors with the collection and compiling of schedules and other requested information. 
• Assists in the compilation, preparation, and review of annual budget documents. Monitors revenues and expenditures on an ongoing basis and prepares reports as required.
• Provides technical guidance and financial information to various departments.   Researches and analyzes transactions to resolve issues and recommends budgetary controls and reporting systems as needed.

Requirements:

We require a minimum of two years of professional level accounting experience. Prior municipal and/or prior payroll experience desired. Bachelor’s degree in accounting or closely related field preferred.

Salary & Benefits:

The salary range for the position is $60,158 - $73,694 - $87,729.  Placement within the salary range will be commensurate with knowledge, skills, and experience.

The City of DeKalb provides a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision and prescription benefits, life insurance coverage, HSA & flexible spending accounts, deferred compensation, and participation in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF).