Financial Reporting Accountant

General

The Financial Reporting Accountant performs a wide variety of accounting activities in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) for the San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans), the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (JPB), the San Mateo County Transportation Authority (TA), and the San Mateo County Express Lanes Joint Powers Authority (ELJPA).

Essential Functions & Duties

Examples of Essential Functions

• Prepare monthly quarterly, and annual financial statements and reports.
• Provide supervision to staff Accountants
• Review, analyze, and reconcile revenue, expenses, accounts receivable, accounts payable, deferred revenue, and member agency contribution accounts.
• Compile, interpret, and analyze accounting data such as budget, encumbrances and expenses.
• Review accounting documents to ensure accuracy of information and calculations. Make necessary correcting entries.
• Analyze accounting variances, trends, exceptions, and discrepancies.
• Process and analyze accounting data in Enterprise Resource Planning database (ERP).
• Prepare bank reconciliations, and reports.
• Prepare the annual comprehensive financial report.
  

Examples of Essential Duties

• Prepare financial statements and reports.
• Review and analyze transactions for proper coding, accuracy, and completeness.
• Maintain general ledger and subledgers.
• Prepare, review, approve, and process journal entries.
• Analyze project costs, grant expenditures, and fixed asset accounting. Add, delete, and adjust capital asset information.
• Prepare journal entries and reconciliation of general ledger to subsidiary ledgers.
• Prepare documentation for annual audits and year-end financial reporting.
• Provide customer service and resolve issues for internal and external customers.
• Prepare the Annual Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (ACFR)
• Prepare the State Controller’s Report and National Transit Database Reports.
  
• Input payment vouchers, cost reports, and other documents into the Financial System.
• Review documentation for proper authorization and conformance with agreements, contracts and local, state or federal regulations.
• Process expense reports, invoices, progress payments and other requests for payments.
• Process the weekly pay cycle and provide weekly accounts payable cash estimates.
• Perform all job duties and responsibilities in a safe manner to protect one’s self, fellow employees, and the public from injury or harm. Promote safety awareness and follow safety procedures in an effort to reduce or eliminate accidents.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Sufficient experience, training and/or education to demonstrate the knowledge and ability to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. In lieu of a degree, work-related experience that demonstrates the skills and experience necessary to perform this role will be accepted. Development of the required knowledge and abilities is typically obtained through but not limited to:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related field.
• Three (3) years of full-time accounting or related experience.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the public sector is desirable.
• Experience with preparing complex financial statements and reports.
• Experience with maintaining the general ledger and subledger.
• Experience with ERP databases; PeopleSoft experience is desirable.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• The ability to communicate effectively, orally, and in writing.

This position is not eligible for benefits.

Closing Date/Time: 8/17/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

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• San Mateo County Transit District

• 650-508-6308

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