Accountant IV (OCFO - CONTROLLER DIVISION - CURRENT OCFO EMPLOYEES ONLY)

OFFICE OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - CONTROLLER DIVISION ACCOUNTANT IV (CURRENT OCFO EMPLOYEES ONLY) Be a Part of the City You Love! The Office of the Chief Financial Officer - Controller division is accepting applications for an Accountant IV position. Position Summary Accountant IV is an advanced level accounting professional within the City of Detroit Office of the Chief Financial Officer that requires nominal direction and supervision. The Accountant performs highly complex accounting duties which are required to support timely and accurate financial statement reporting. The key services provided include, but are not limited to: preparing, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting accounting data; operating, maintaining, and modifying accounting systems; using accounting information to recommend solutions to management problems and structuring of organization programs; managing, operating, and analyzing cost accounting systems in connection with functions, activities and financial operations; and designing, implementing, and assessing internal control processes and systems. Many of these services will be performed within the appropriate modules of the ERP Cloud that impact the operations of this position. Plans, assigns, and coordinates the work of Accountant I, II and III and other clerical and administrative staff through proper workflows Using ERP Cloud applications performs the following activities: Creation of Financial Reports Editing of reporting templates Use of Business Intelligence Publisher templates and data models Creation of Transactions Business Intelligence dashboard and reports Analysis of data through SmartView and Account Monitor Independently plans and conducts a variety of assignments or investigations Analyzes accounting systems or modifies and adapts conventional accounting and analytical techniques to solve a variety of accounting problems Performs highly complex accounting functions consistent with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), standardized bookkeeping processes, accounting terminology, accounting techniques, and other financial rules and regulations Researches, analyzes and implements accounting rules and regulations as stipulated by Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), or other regulatory agencies Independently conducts the complete range of tax examinations and related investigations of a broad range of business taxpayers such as sole proprietorships, partnerships, fiduciaries, and sizable corporations Designs new and changing system and program environments due to new laws, regulations, and standards Conceives new approaches to existing programs; Operates new and old systems concurrently; Establishes programs central to the mission of the agency; Resolves problems of vital importance to the agency where there are conflicting economic and public interests Applies advanced technology, as necessary Comprehensively plans, analyzes, determines cost/benefit relationships, and coordinates a great variety of functions, operations, teams, or interfacing administrative systems Resolves issues where governing laws and regulations are highly interpretive and/or precedents are non-existent, obscure, or conflicting Plans and coordinates problem resolutions that involve a number of organizational entities Develops creative solutions to controversial problems Develops new systems for tax examination, tax management control, and tax documentation systems Conducts examinations that require an integrated analysis of intricate and complex accounting systems, business activities, and financing over a broad range of industries, occupations, and specialized entities Develops and applies unique or extensive probing and analysis techniques and methods Advises a number of directors and prepares a number of regular and recurring special purpose reports Works with a variety of accounting systems or environments where there is significant interface with automated management systems Serves as an expert or authority in some aspect of accounting or in the application of accounting to some mission-related program(s) Develops audit plans and defining problem areas for the comprehensive analysis of the overall operations of an organizational entity to predict the effects of proposed policies Conducts complex examinations that include investigating accounting records reflecting the complete range of reorganizations, mergers, leveraged buyouts, capitalization, or other similar business transactions Conducts examinations that involve points of law, that are without precedent and that require intensive and extensive legal research to locate cases and evaluate potential effects of decisions or interpretations Plans and executes modifications to these types of activities and programs: accounting systems, accounting program operations, and the management, control, and flow of accounting system input documents and source data. May also plan and execute changes to the content and nature of …