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Ketchikan Gateway Borough Controller in Ketchikan, Alaska

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UnderthedirectionoftheFinanceDirector, | | implementsandmaintainsaccountingsystems, | | procedu | | resandcontrolsforpaymentofallBoroughobligations,ensurescompliancewith | | applicabl | | efederalandstatelawsandregulations,andprovidesaccountingandcompliance | | supportforallBoroughDepartments. | | | | Manages, directs and oversees the accurate recording of all receipts | | and expenditures and the preparation of quarterly and annual | | financial reports. | | | | Supervise department staff as assigned. Provide technical guidance to | | all Borough departments as needed. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Examples of Duties: | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - Work under the direct supervision of the Finance Director. | | Extensive leeway is granted for the exercise of independent | | judgement and initiative. May review and analyze confidential | | Borough issues and/or prepare confidential reports. | | - Work with outside contractors to ensure timely completion of | | audit and publication of Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. | | - Assist Finance Director in the preparation of the annual | | Borough-wide budget and Finance Department budget. Supervise the | | compilation of the budget. | | - Assist Finance Director in the preparation of the Comprehensive | | Annual Financial Report. Oversee the production of the Annual | | Report, ensuring compliance with GASB standards. | | - Assist the Finance Director with Implementation and continued | | reporting requirements of all applicable GASB pronouncements. | | - Regularly use advanced features of Excel to generate annual and | | interim financial reports, to perform high-level analysis, and | | for complex problem solving. | | - Regularly apply comprehensive knowledge of Generally Accepted | | Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Government Accounting and | | Auditing Financial Reporting (GAAFR) standards. | | - Prepare a wide variety of analysis and management reports as | | requested. | | - Ensure that the Boroughs internal accounting controls adequately | | safeguard assets, and properly records all financial transactions | | in the general ledger. | | - Approve all adjusting journal entries on a Borough-wide basis. | | Review and assist with preparation of general ledger journal | | entries and reconciliation of general ledger and subsidiary | | accounts. | | - Prepare monthly and quarterly grant reports and reimbursement | | requests and submit them to state, federal and other agencies as | | required. Work with department heads or project managers to | | ensure progress reports are timely submitted. | | - Responsible for prepar tion and review of an inventory of Borough | | fixed assets, including capital assets. Prepares associated | | schedule of depreciation on an annual basis. | | - Assist Finance Director with identifying, reviewing, updating, | | recommending and developing department policies and procedural | | changes. | | - Review reconciliations of financial statements; determine | | Inconsistencies or errors and direct corrections. | | | | ADDITIONALJOB DUTIES: | | | | - Provide Instruction to other employees of this or a similar job | | classification in all aspects of procedure and technique relating | | to the duties required by this job description unless such | | Instruction requires a specialized certification, which the | | employee doing the training does not have. | | - Other duties as assigned. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Qualifications: | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - Must be able to hear. | | - Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, | | color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the | | ability to adjust focus. | | - Ability to use hands to finger, handle or operate objects, tools, | | or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, | | kneel, crouch; and taste or smell. | | - Each of the listed activities also requires standing, sitting, | | walking, bending, stooping, climbing on stools and ladders, and | | routinely lift and carry items and boxes up to forty (40) pounds. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Requirements: | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSES: | | | | - Valid State of Alaska driver's license. | | | | QUALIFICATIONS: | | | | - Five years of progressive professional accounting work | | experience. | | - Advanced Excel skills required. | | | | EDUCATIONANDEXPERIENCE: | | | | - Bachelor's degree in accounting or equivalent, Masters | | preferred. | | - CPA License preferred. | | - Five years of accounting, auditing, and financial management | | experience. | | - Two years supervisory experience in accounting. | | - Familiarity with applicable GASB reporting requirements. | | | | **Any combination of related education and/or related

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