Job Description

The 1634 Principal Account Clerk position serves on the Finance team of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH). HSH has an annual budget of approximately $713M with significant state and federal grant funding. Under the direction of the Financial Systems Supervisor, the 1634 Principal Account Clerk will perform and coordinate the accounting duties for HSH.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures compliance with Controller’s policies and procedures, and accurate and timely recording of financial information in the City’s financial system.
• Prepares, processes, and reviews various financial, accounting, budget, general ledger, payables, purchasing, encumbrance, and other documents in the City’s financial system.
• Conducts financial reviews of all reimbursement requests from sub-recipients, pinpoint any potential issues, and conduct appropriate measures to prevent/resolve issues. Coordinate preparation and processing of payment vouchers according to established policies. Recommend corrective action as necessary.
• Performs grant accounting activities – setting up grants, reconciling expenditures, preparing reimbursement reports in accordance with grant requirements.
• Assists with fiscal year-end closing activities, Controller’s Office annual post audit, Citywide single audit, and other internal and external audits.
• Ensures the Finance team provides excellent customer service, by listening to business partner needs, and identifying solutions that are efficient, fiscally responsible, and in accordance with City policies.
• Performs related duties as required.

Qualifications

A) Two (2) years (equivalent to 4,000 hours) of verifiable experience in a position supervising and directing accounting and/or financial transaction functions.

OR

B) Fours (4) years (equivalent to 8,000 hours) of verifiable experience processing financial and accounting matters (e.g., cost records, deposits, expenditures, allocations), bookkeeping, and/or financial record keeping. Such experience typically includes verifying correctness of financial documents, maintaining expenditure records and reconciling subsidiary accounts.

Substitution of Experience:

30 semester units / 45 quarter units of coursework from an accredited college or university with a minimum of 12 semester units (or equivalent quarter units) in accounting may be substituted for up to one (1) year of the required experience as described in #1 or #2.

Desirable Qualification(s): The stated desirable qualifications may be used to identify job finalists at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.

• Knowledge of federal or/and state grants.
• Government accounting experience and knowledge of City financial systems.
• Experience producing and analyzing fiscal and accounting reports.
• Experience coordinating with internal and external business partners to assist and advise on fiscal matters.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working with a diverse workforce of people from different cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives.

Additional Information

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
• Veterans Preference
• 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.

Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the analyst Mahzer Rizalado at mahzer.rizalado@sfgov.org.

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.

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.

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.