Accountant Trainee - County of Riverside
Riverside, CA 92501
About the Job
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The County of Riverside's Transportation and Land Management Agency is currently hiring for an Accountant Trainee located in Riverside and assigned to the administration division,
The Accountant Trainee will be responsible for the billing of both Capital and Non-capital projects for the Transportation Department. The incumbent should strive to become an expert in dealing with the complexities of billing these projects. They should also be analytical in determining how to bill different types of projects comprised of various and extensive fund sources.
This position serves as an approver for other billings within the unit. This means that the Accountant Trainee needs to be well-educated on every billing that is processed in the department. This position requires high levels of communication with the supervisor, subordinate staff, and the Engineering team.
Competitive candidates will have experience with various types of billing.
The Accountant Trainee is a natural progression underfill for the Accountant I. Incumbents are eligible to promote to the Accountant I class after obtaining a satisfactory performance evaluation and meeting the education and experience requirements. Failure to promote to the Accountant I will result in incumbents either being returned to their former County job classification or new hires being released prior to the end of their initial probationary period.
Meet The Team!
The County of Riverside Transportation & Land Management Agency (TLMA) is the umbrella agency for multiple county departments, as well as a few distinct TLMA divisions/departments. The departments include: the Transportation, Planning, Building and Safety, and Code Enforcement Departments, the Riverside County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC), the Aviation Division, and TLMA Agency Administration. The portfolio's departments are focused on infrastructure, facilities, and critical services, which are essential to the quality of life, safety, well-being, and public health of Riverside County residents.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
BILLING
- Run project reports (Project Summaries, Time and Labor, Queries for Accounts Payable and Journal Entries) in an effort to ensure that all costs have been captured for reimbursement.
- Utilize Software tools.
- Simpler - for reconciliation and budgeting
- PeopleSoft Financials - for Journal Entries and Invoicing
- PeopleSoft Reporting - for running project costing reports.
- Wincams - for time entry
- PeopleSoft HRMS - for timesheet reports
- Verify billings are complete and accurate.
- Ensure all costs are captured and all information has been presented in a clear and concise manner.
- Ensure adequate backup has been provided to substantiate billings and that all billings are in keeping with the project funding plans.
B UDGETS/FINANCIALS
- Prepare annual budgets as assigned.
- Seek substantial justification for budget amounts.
- Project Management team
- Funding Engineer
- TIP Projections
- TIP/Funding Meetings
- Present budget for supervisorial review at least 2 days prior to due date
- Prepare quarterly financials as assigned.
- Seek substantial justification for projections.
- Project Management team
- Funding Engineer
- TIP Projections
APPROVALS
- Review and approve billings prepared by other staff.
- Return billings to staff for corrections or forward to next approver within 3 hours of receipt.
- Provide feedback to staff when corrections are required.
- Review and approve budgets/financials prepared by other staff.
- Review other financial reports prepared by other staff as needed.
MEETINGS
- Be available to meet with management and engineering staff as needed.
- Prepare pertinent material prior to meetings. Ex. TIP meetings
- Have inactive list.
- Have Form 11's.
- Have any pending funding questions or concerns.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
- Aid the billing team in order to help in preparing billings and reports.
- Provide information to the project Engineers as requested and needed.
- Provide information and reports to outside entities such as Caltrans, WRCOG, RCTC, etc.
FILING
- Place all documentation related to project billing in the appropriate shared drive file.
- File form 11's and agreements electronically on the share drive.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Completion of 60 semester or 90 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.
***Please Note: Proof of educational units completed is required by the closing deadline. Applications without proof of degree/educational units completed will not be considered. Please see "Supplemental Information" below for guidelines.***
Experience:Two years of paraprofessional accounting experience equivalent to the County of Riverside Accounting Technician classification series.
Other Requirements:
Knowledge of: Basic accounting principles and practices; governmental accounting systems, procedures, and regulations; general business law terminology; general budgeting methods and the interrelationships of internal and external recordkeeping systems; accounting systems and procedures containing such items as expenditures, revenues, general ledger, and related accounting procedures; legal requirements of County contracts, agreements, minute orders, and resolutions.
Ability to: Learn the principles and procedures of governmental accounting; analyze data, define problem areas, and draw logical conclusions; examine and verify records; maintain and monitor control totals of primary accounting record sources and summarize and assimilate into reports and other accounting documents; communicate effectively both orally and in writing; establish effective working relationships.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Education/Required Documents Guidelines:Upload a copy of any official/unofficial transcript(s), degrees, and/or related employment documents 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 (NACES) or Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE).
What's Next?
This recruitment is open to who are current County of Riverside employees. Current employees of the Transportation & Land Management Agency (TLMA) may be considered before other applicants depending on the volume of applications received.
Qualified applicants may be considered for future vacancies throughout the County. Applications received prior to the closing date will be considered based on the information submitted. Changes or alterations cannot be accepted. No late applications will be permitted.
Based on the number of applications received, this posting may close without notice
All referred candidates must be interviewed by the Department with priority established by the order of eligible list type in the following order:
Reasonable Accommodation
The County of Riverside is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). Qualified individuals with disabilities who need a reasonable accommodation during the application or selection process should contact the recruiter for the position noted above. For additional information and/or to obtain the appropriate form for requesting a reasonable accommodation, please visit the Disability Access Office web page located at: http://dao.rc-hr.com/ .
General Information
If you have any questions regarding this posting, please contact Alyssa Wallace at alyssawallace@rivco.org
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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, www.rc-hr.com . 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 here .
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:
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 retirement@rivco.org 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.
