Accountant I

Salary

$53,723.90 - $76,425.65 Annually

Location

Las Cruces, NM

Job Type

Full-time Regular

Job Number

F087 11-24 EN

Department

Finance

Opening Date

11/07/2024

Closing Date

Continuous

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Nature of Work

Performs professional and technical accounting work to examine, analyze, maintain, reconcile, and verify financial records.

Work Situation Factors:

Position involves competing demands, performing multiple tasks, working to deadlines, occasional work beyond normal business hours, and responding to customer issues. Regular attendance is an essential function of this job to ensure continuity of services

.Position is subject to drug testing in accordance with applicable State and Federal regulations and City of Las Cruces policies.

Environmental Factors:

Work is performed in a standard office environment.

Physical Factors:

Light physical demands; mostly desk work. Frequent to constant use of a personal computer.

FIRST CONSIDERATION MAY BE GIVEN TO CURRENT CITY OF LAS CRUCES EMPLOYEES WHO MEET ALL THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.

Meeting or exceeding the minimum qualifications does not guarantee an invitation to participate in the process.

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his recruitment will be used to fill a full-time, regular, Exempt position in the Finance Department, but may be used to fill vacancies in various City of Las Cruces departments.

This position is graded at RX17.

Duties and Responsibilities

Reviews, approves and posts documents to ensure accuracy of information and calculations and makes correcting entries; examines supporting documentation to establish proper authorization and conformance with contracts and other agreements, policies and appropriate regulations; reconciles revenue and expenditures with records to ensure integrity of data.

Performs other technical accounting activities including general ledger, accounts payable, revenue, accounts receivable, grants/special fund accounting, capital assets, and payroll; reconciles transactions and financial activities according to policies and procedures; reviews, in