Location
Description
Housed within the City Manager's Office, the Office of Economic Development & Cultural Affairs (OEDCA) leads the implementation of San Jose's Economic Strategy by working with other City departments, stakeholders, private businesses, and community partners. OEDCA fulfills a critical role in strengthening the City's long-term fiscal resiliency.
OEDCA has four integrated divisions: Business Development, focused on business attraction, expansion, and retention; Business Operations and Real Estate, focused on revenue generation, management of City owned property, and Department administrative support; Cultural Affairs, responsible for arts and cultural development and work2future, the federally funded workforce development program serving Silicon Valley.
OEDCA's work2future Division addresses the workforce and economic development needs of our local area, in collaboration with small and large businesses, educational institutions, and community-based organizations. Each work2future center offers services and resources that help job seekers obtain the skills and training they need to assist them in finding employment, assist businesses in meeting their workforce and economic development needs and enables youth to jump-start their career with skills training and job search assistance.
The work2future division of OEDCA is seeking a Senior Accountant in its fiscal unit. The successful candidate will assist the work2future Fiscal Manager (Senior Executive Analyst) for the accounting, budgeting, and federal, state, local, grant management functions of the OEDCA work2future Unit. The Senior Accountant assists in formulating policies, and designing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and modifying the program as needed, including short- and long-term planning activities; budget preparation and implementation; analyzing programmatic practices and procedures; and developing and implementing recommendations for operational, policy, and procedural improvements, as well as for all state, federal, city and board financial reports.
The incumbent of this position, under the general supervision of the Finance Manager, is responsible for the preparation of financial reports for WIOA and Non-WIOA Grant, Employment Development Department (EDD) State Reports, and provide management updates on the status of the work2future financial condition. Additionally, this position may be required to assist in the presentation of budget information to work2future Executive Committee Board in the absence of Finance Manager, serves as a liaison to the San Jose City Grant Management Coordination Group and plays a key role in the preparation of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and must ensure compliance with City-wide fiscal policies and procedures and governmental accounting and financial reporting standards for financial transactions. The position may supervise and/or lead the work of technical accounting/fiscal staff. Special and ad-hoc projects may be assigned from time to time.
This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this, or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification, you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.
1. Education: Completion of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Accounting, Business Administration, or related field, including at least 18 semester units in accounting subjects.
2. Experience: Four (4) years of experience at the working level of a professional accountant.
3. Employment Eligibility: Federal law requires all employees to provide verification of their eligibility to work in this country. Please be informed that the City of San Jose will NOT sponsor, represent, or sign any documents related to visa applications/transfers for H1-B or any other type of visa which requires an employer application.
Ideal Candidate
Competencies
The ideal candidate will possess the following competencies, as demonstrated in past and current employment history. Desirable competencies for this position include:
Job Expertise - Demonstrates knowledge of and experience with applicable professional/technical principles and practices, Citywide and departmental procedures/policies and federal and state rules and regulations. Technical competence in the accounting field, including knowledge and application of accounting theory, generally accepted accounting principles and practices, governmental accounting standards, and financial statement preparation.
Analytical Thinking - Approaching a problem or situation by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach.
Communication Skills - Effectively conveys information and expresses thoughts and facts clearly, orally and in writing; demonstrates effective use of listening skills; displays openness to other people's ideas and thoughts.
Teamwork & Interpersonal Skills - Develops effective relationships with co-workers and supervisors by helping others accomplish tasks and using collaboration and conflict resolution skills.
Fiscal Management - Understands the relationship of the budget and resources to the strategic plan; complies with administrative controls over funds, contracts, and procurements.
Problem Solving - Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue; determines the significance of problem; collects information; uses logic and intuition to arrive at decisions or solutions to problems that achieve the desired outcome.
Planning - Acts to align own unit's goals with the strategic direction of the organization; defines tasks and milestones to achieve objectives, while ensuring the optimal use of resources to meet those objectives.
Supervision - Sets effective long and short-term goals based on a good understanding of management practices; establishes realistic priorities within available resources; provides motivational support; empowers others; assigns decision-making and work functions to others in an appropriate manner to maximize organizational and individual effectiveness.
Computer Skills - Experienced with common business computer applications including but not limited to: MS Outlook, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Access, and MS Excel.
Selection Process
The selection process will consist of an evaluation of the applicant's training and experience based on the application and responses to the Job Specific Questions. Only the candidates whose backgrounds best match the position will be invited to proceed in the selection process. Additional phases of the selection process will consist of one or more interviews.
If you have questions about the duties of these positions, the selection or hiring processes, please contact Baljinder Jhalle at Baljinder.jhalle@sanjoseca.gov
Additional Information
-Link to Department website: Economic Development & Cultural Affairs | City of San José (sanjoseca.gov)
Please note that applications are currently not accepted through CalOpps or any other third-party job board application system. To apply, applicants must complete an application via the City of San Jose's website at www.sanjoseca.gov/citycareers .
The application deadline is 11:59 PM on Friday, July 26, 2024. Please allow adequate time to complete the application and submit before the deadline or the system may not save your application. If your online application was successfully submitted, you will receive an automatic confirmation email to the email address you provided. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THE CONFIRMATION, please email CityCareers@sanjoseca.gov and we will research the status of your application. Please contact Human Resources at (408) 535-1285, or Human.Resources@sanjoseca.gov if you have any questions. 