Career Opportunity

Accountant IV - Chief Financial & Commercial Office - SFO - (1657) - 136761

Recruitment: RTF0136760-01130992

Published: June 29, 2023

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About:

Appointment Type:  Temporary-Exempt.  This position is exempt from Civil Service Commission rules pursuant to the City and County of San Francisco, Charter Section 10.104, and incumbents serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer.  Duration of appointment is 36 months.

Specific information regarding this recruitment process are listed below:

• Application Opening: Tuesday, June 20, 2023
• Application Deadline: Interested applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as this announcement may close at any time after 5:00 PM on Wednesday, July 5, 2023.
• Compensation Range:  $124,956 - $151,866 Annually
• Recruitment ID:  136761 / RTF0136760
• Work Schedule:  Full-Time.  Hybrid Schedule (Up to 3 days a week)

San Francisco International Airport (SFO), an enterprise department of the City & County of San Francisco, has a workforce of approximately 1,700 City employees and strives to be a diverse, equitable, and inclusive employer.

SFO’s mission is to provide an exceptional airport in service to our communities and our core values are Safety and Security, Teamwork, Excellence, and Care. Learn more about careers at SFO. 

Role description

The Accounting Supervisor reports to the Fiscal Operations Manager in the Finance Division at San Francisco International Airport. This position will perform integration of complex departmental sub-systems with the City-wide PeopleSoft Financial and Procurement System.  Specifically, SOLIS is a sub-system that will enable the Airport to automate and centralize local business enterprise (LBE) reporting to ensure timely, accurate and complete reporting to regulatory agencies.  This position will also oversee complex accounting functions and analytical work for accounting operations and financial reporting related to voucher payments, direct payments, contracts, project funding, abatement of charges, project closeouts, purchase orders, requisitions, Prop Q, employee reimbursements, petty cash, grants, revenue, general ledger, collections, fixed assets, and budget in conformance with established policies and procedures.  This position is responsible for performing accounting functions consistent with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), auditing procedures, Uniform Guidance, and City policies and procedures.

The essential functions of this classification include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Oversees the complex integration of Airport sub-systems such as SFO SOLIS, Airport Billing Management System (ABM) and Ground Transportation Management System (GTMS) billing systems, the Capital Planning System (CPS) that processes capital funding requests, the Contract Management and Compliance System (CMCS), Unifier project management system as well as the planned PeopleSoft (PS) improvements;
• Plans, manages, and coordinates the Airport activities to ensure a smooth transition to the PeopleSoft Financial and Procurement System as new features and enhancements are rolled out;
• Manages complex accounting functions and analytical work for accounting operations and financial reporting related to voucher payments, direct payments, contracts, project funding, abatement of charges, project closeouts, purchase orders, requisitions, Prop Q, employee reimbursements, petty cash, grants, revenue, general ledger, collections, fixed assets, and budget in conformance with established policies and procedures;
• Evaluates and assesses the needs of the accounting operations and financial reporting teams to align resources to achieve SFO’s goals, objectives, and vision;
• Monitors compliance with the City laws and regulations and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; develops new accounting and procurement policies and procedures for SFO to accommodate PeopleSoft changes; and analyzes impacts of the new policies and procedures to the PeopleSoft process and vice versa;
• Coordinates the preparation of year-end prepared by clients (PBC) schedules of assigned trial balance accounts for the annual financial audit.  Prepares and updates accrual spreadsheets for the quarterly and year-end financial statements.  Responds to inquires made by auditors;
• Participates in the fiscal year-end closing, including annual, interim, and year-end audits.  Coordinates information, answers audit questions, and analyzes data;
• Manages all accounting actions including appropriations, encumbrances, negative and abnormal balances, liens and retentions, reserves, and fund balance;
• Supervises, trains, assigns, and evaluates the activities of assigned staff; develops work plans, establishes performance goals and objectives; contributes to and reviews staff work products; and provides evaluation of staff performance and adherence to project timelines and specifications;
• Performs other duties, as assigned.

How to qualify

Education and Experience: 

1.  Requires a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, preferably with major course work in accounting, finance, business administration or a closely related field.  Such education must include at least eighteen (18) semester units or twenty-four (24) quarter units of coursework in accounting; AND

Six (6) years of professional accounting experience which includes analysis or problem solving. Experience must include: Working with automated financial system (preferably a government system), performing difficult and responsible accounting and reporting work, preparing financial records, reports, and financial statements, in compliance with General Accepted Accounting Principles.  Experience must include two (2) years of verifiable experience supervising subordinate staff. OR

2.  City and County of San Francisco Employees with six (6) years of professional accounting experience including experience as a 1652 Accounting II or 1654 Accountant III. Experience must include two (2) years of verifiable experience supervising subordinate staff.

Substitution:

A Master’s degree in accounting, business administration, computer information systems, public policy, or a closely related field may be substituted for one year of work experience.

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

One year full-time employment is equivalent to 2,000 hours (2,000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40 hour work week). Any overtime hours that you work above 40 hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time employment.

Desirable Qualifications:

Any of the stated desirable qualifications may be used to identify job finalists at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.

• Two (2) years of experience working with the City and County of San Francisco's Peoplesoft accounting system.
• Experience in governmental accounting environment.
• Experience with accounts payable, revenue, fixed assets, capital projects, grant accounting and compliance, financial reporting, and Uniform Guidance.
• Strong accounting concepts, analytical, organizational, and leadership skills.

Verification:
Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at https://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements 

Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.  All work experience, education, training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications. 

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application. 

Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

Selection Procedures:

The selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements.  Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement to the interview.  Depending on the number of applicants, the Department may establish and implement additional screening mechanisms to comparatively evaluate the qualifications of candidates.  If this becomes necessary, only those applicants whose qualifications most closely meet the needs of the Department will be invited for an interview.

Notes:  Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement through all of the steps in the selection procedure.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Security Clearance:
Candidates for employment with the San Francisco Airport Commission are required to undergo a criminal history record check, including FBI fingerprints, and Security Threat Assessment in order to determine eligibility for security clearance and may be required to undergo drug/alcohol screening. Per Civil Service Commission Rule Section 110.9.1, every applicant for an examination must possess and maintain the qualifications required by law and by the examination announcement for the examination. Failure to obtain and maintain security clearance may be basis for termination from employment with the Airport Commission.

What else should I know?

Terms of Announcement and Appeal Rights:

Applicants must be guided solely by the provisions of this announcement, including requirements, time periods and other particulars, except when superseded by federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations. Clerical errors may be corrected by the posting the correction on the Department of Human Resources website at https://careers.sf.gov/. 

Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

• Information About the Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview  
• Equal Employment Opportunity 
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.sf.gov/ and begin the application process. 

• Select the “Apply Now" button and follow instructions on the screen 

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, and @smartrecruiters.com). 

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received. 

Recruitment Analyst Information:  If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the exam analyst, Charlene Cun at charlene.cun@flysfo.com. 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:  All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Someone is fully vaccinated when 14 days have passed since they received the final dose of a two-shot vaccine or a dose of a one-shot vaccine. Any new hire must present proof of full vaccination status to be appointed. Any new hire who will be routinely assigned or occasionally enter High-Risk Settings, must provide proof of having received a COVID-19 booster vaccine by March 1, 2022, or once eligible.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.