Pay Range: $100,000 - $107,014 annual compensation
Job Posting Closing on: Friday, May 3, 2024
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
An Accounting Services Supervisor – Capital Asset position for Capital Assets is available with the Accounting Division of the Financial Management Services Department. The Capital Asset Accounting Services Supervisor is responsible for managing, tracking, capitalizing, and depreciating assets commensurate with the City’s Capital Asset Policy. In this role, the Capital Asset Accounting Services Supervisor will review capital and operating expenditures, determine whether they qualify to be capitalized, book the appropriate entries, record depreciation, book all capital asset transfer and disposal activity, and reconcile the capital asset subsystem to the general ledger accounts and financial statements to ensure all entries are properly recorded. This position works with internal stakeholders to conduct an annual physical inventory of capital assets across all operational and organizational units of the government. In addition, this position is responsible for managing the City’s Capital Asset policy and the coordination of the capital asset accounting activities and procedures in order to meet strict reporting deadlines.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or higher from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field
- Four (4) years of increasingly responsible accounting experience
- One (1) year of administrative or lead supervisory responsibility, with experience in governmental fund accounting.
- Valid Driver’s License
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong knowledge of Governmental Accounting (Fund Accounting) concepts
- Understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- CPA or Certified Government Financial Manager/Officer preferred but not required
- Five (5) or more years of supervisory experience over accounting functions
- Three (3) or more years of capital asset accounting experience
- One (1) or more years of experience in local government accounting
The Accounting Services Supervisor – Capital Assets job responsibilities include:
- Supervise a staff of five (5) Senior Accountants, which includes prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff is trained; ensuring employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and, making hiring/termination, and disciplinary decisions or recommendations.
- Reconcile complex transactions and accounts to ensure the proper recording of capital / fixed assets has occurred; and performing complex financial analysis.
- Work closely with the Accounting and Financial Reporting team to ensure capital assets, depreciation, construction in progress, transfers, disposals, acquisitions, and all other related transactions are properly recorded on the City’s financial statements.
- Perform month end, quarter end, and year end activities commensurate with expectations to ensure published financial reports are accurate and error free.
- Prepare and review various financial reports and schedules for internal and external audits.
- Assist with development of policies and procedures; makes recommendations for changes to existing policies and procedures; and suggests improvements.
- Serve as subject matter expert for the capital assets. Assists other departments with questions regarding Accounting and the City’s Financial Management Policies.
- Performs other related duties as required.
Conditions of Employment
The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.
