BID/JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Accountant

Department of Finance

Enterprise Accounting Division (2 positions), General Accounting Division (1 position)

Grant and Project Accounting Division (2 positions), Utility Billing and Customer Service (1 position)

(Additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

Starting Salary: $66,612.00/annually

This position is open to the public and all current City employees covered under the City’s collective bargaining agreement with AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (AFSCME) – BARGAINING UNIT 1, 3, 4 5. Only employees in City job titles in this bargaining unit are eligible to bid.

BID INSTRUCTIONS: Apply on the bid site: https://chicago.taleo.net/careersection/103/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en AND

1. Check the box on your profile titled “Currently employed by the City of Chicago”

2. Enter your employee ID (located on your pay stub labeled ‘payee/employee number’)

3. Select your correct bargaining unit

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN A REJECTED BID APPLICATION

Applications for this position will be accepted until 11:59 pm CDT on March 24, 2025.

Under supervision, performs professional accounting duties at the intermediate level where the position works independently on moderately complex accounting assignments, and performs related duties as required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Codes, records, and updates journal entries (e.g., expenditures, account transfers, budget revisions) using manual and computerized spreadsheets.

• Audits financial documents to ensure entries are accurate, appropriately allocated to accounts, and comply with contract and funding guidelines, and documents errors and reconciles accounts, as required.

• Monitors account balances and adjusts spending levels and fund re-allocations to ensure the availability of funds to cover expenditures.

• Prepares various reports (e.g., program and operating budgets, financial statements, balance sheets, financial reports) of a moderately complex nature using computer spreadsheets.

• Analyzes historical records and anticipated economic trends and forecasts future expenses and revenues.

• Participates in the compilation and analysis of fiscal data for inclusion in complex financial reports.

• Processes payments for various parties (e.g., editing, reapplying, and confirming receipt of payments, processing direct and order payment vouchers for grant-funded programs).

• Calculates and prepares grant/project revenue collection reimbursement.

• Reviews grant/project applications and awards.

• Examines sub-grant agreements for any fiscal related requirements.

• Reviews departmental requests for appropriating funds, authorizing grant/project obligations, monitoring and reporting grant/project expenditures, recording receivables and collections and closing out grant/project awards.

• Coordinates and submits final close-out reports to various grantors.

• Maintains and reports in-kind awards and expenditures incurred by the sub-grantees.

• Identifies, researches, communicates, and resolves discrepancies/variances in relation to assigned tasks.

• Functions as a liaison for accounting-related issues to other City departments.

• Assists in the review and preparation of recurring (monthly, quarterly, annual, as the case may be) reports required from the Accounting and Financial Reporting Bureau.

Additional duties may be required for this position.

Location: 121 N. LaSalle St., Chicago, IL 60602

Enterprise Accounting, General Accounting, Grant and Project Accounting

2 N. LaSalle St

Utility Billing and Customer Service

Days: Monday through Friday

Hours: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

THIS POSITION IS IN THE CAREER SERVICE