Senior Accountant

Summary Statement

The Senior Accountant is a high-impact role at the City of Boise-perfect for a skilled financial professional ready to lead complex accounting operations and help shape the City's fiscal future. You'll oversee critical functions such as preparing the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, managing the general ledger and capital assets, ensuring grant compliance, and guiding departments on GAAP and GASB standards. Your expertise will drive accuracy, transparency, and efficiency across the City's financial systems.

This is a full-time position with full City of Boise employee benefits, offered as a limited-duration role. The appointment is initially for one year, with the possibility of annual renewal for up to 3-4 years, dependent on budget approval.

Employees in this role enjoy the same comprehensive benefits as permanent City employees-some of the best in the Treasure Valley. This includes zero-premium medical coverage for you and your family, low-cost dental and vision plans, and post-employment health savings. Retirement benefits include PERSI, plus 401(k) and 457b investment options with employer match. You'll receive generous paid leave, including vacation, sick leave, 12 paid holidays, and 10 weeks of parental leave. Additional perks include up to $500 per year in WellBeing incentives, tuition reimbursement, free local bus pass, corporate discounts, life and long-term disability coverage at no cost to you, and more.

We are seeking a seasoned accounting professional with a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a closely related field, and at least four to five years of progressive, real-world accounting experience. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of GAAP and GASB standards, experience preparing complex financial statements and reports, and the ability to lead projects, mentor staff, and work cross-functionally with departments. This position offers an opportunity to make a lasting impact on the City's financial systems, reporting accuracy, and overall fiscal health.

Essential Functions

Performs a variety of professional-level accounting duties involved in the coordination and supervision of City-wide accounting activities, including managing the general ledger, capital assets, activity costing, and grants management modules in the ERP system. Provide expertise for system upgrades, testing, integration, and efficient financial transactions.

Leads the preparation of the City's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and quarterly financial statements in accordance with GAAP and GASB standards; manage complex reconciliations of general ledger and subsidiary accounts, investment portfolios, and intergovernmental revenues to ensure accurate, timely reporting.

Coordinates with external auditors for year-end audits, preparing detailed audit schedules and supporting documentation; advise senior leadership on fiscal policy, regulatory compliance, and procedural improvements.

Leads the research, implementation, and communication of new GASB standards to ensure compliance with evolving regulations and best practices.

Leads cost allocation planning (CAP) across departments, manage the CAP ERP module, update allocation drivers, and present updates to department leaders.

Monitors grant compliance and prepare detailed financial reports for state and federal funding agencies; coordinate with departments to track and reconcile grant revenues and expenditures.

Provides technical accounting assistance to departments, review and approve journal entries, conduct training workshops on financial procedures and compliance, and resolve complex accounting issues.

Supervises or mentor accounting staff, ensuring quality assurance in daily operations, and lead special projects and cross-functional initiatives, including ERP implementations.

Performs other duties as assigned. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this position at any time.

Requirements

Required Knowledge, Experience, And Training

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a closely related field and five years of progressively responsible accounting experience in a governmental or business setting, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

Knowledge of:

• Federal, state and local financial regulations relating to public agencies
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) pronouncements
• Accounting and financial practices as it relates to public agencies
• Governmental accounting principles and regulatory compliance
• Advanced mathematical principles
• Computer usage including related software such as Microsoft Excel and ERP systems.

Ability to:

• Apply formal and analytical techniques to the examination and development of manual and automated accounting information systems
• Prepare and accurately analyze both basic and complex audit work papers
• Prepare detailed fiscal reports and statements
• Reconcile complex, high-volume accounts
• Analyze general ledgers and preparing journal entries
• Establish priorities and organize individual workload
• Supervise, train, and evaluate others; communicate effectively in the English language at a level necessary for efficient job performance
• Perform all essential functions as assigned by an authorized employee, supervisor and/or manager with or without reasonable accommodation.

Preferred Knowledge, Experience, And Training

Master's degree in accounting, Finance, or closely related field

CPA certification

Six or more years of progressive accounting experience, preferably in government finance

Special Requirements

Applicants must be able to pass:

City of Boise background check processes which includes a criminal history check and reference checks in accordance with the City of Boise Hiring Process Regulation

Credit History Check

Working Conditions

The physical effort characteristics and working environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Efforts

While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally lifting/carrying up to 20 pounds. Also, the employee is rarely pushing/pulling up to 10 pounds. The noise level is rarely moderate. Work includes sensory ability to talk, hear and touch. Work in this position also includes close vision. Employees will sit, stand, walk, reach and grasp. Position requires hand/finger dexterity.

Working Environment

The work environment will include inside conditions.