ACCOUNTANT

job description

SUMMARY:

The Mayor’s Office of Grant Administration provides administrative oversight of grants and general fund expenditures. The Office is committed to ensuring that public funds are managed and spent in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, City policies, and grant requirements. Its responsibilities include reviewing budgets, monitoring grant performance, managing contracts and procurements, and promoting financial accountability across City departments and funded programs. Through this work, the Office helps safeguard federal, state and local grant funding, as well as public resources. It also supports transparency, efficiency, and compliance in local government operations.

This position will perform and assist with duties and tasks related to the financial management and reporting of City contracts, as well as local, state and federal grants. Requires accurate accounting, reporting of grant and general funds, adherence to budget and grant limitations, and timely submission of financial reports.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Perform and assist with duties and tasks related to the financial management and reporting of City contracts, State and Federal grants.

Job duties include:

• Substantiate financial transactions by auditing documents submitted to the City to ensure compliance with contract requirements, accurate accounting, reporting of grant funds, adherence to budget limitations, and timely submission of financial reports;
  
• Comply with federal, state, and local financial legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions;
  
• Document financial transactions by entering account information and process supply requisitions, purchase orders, and other procurement transactions within the City Financial Management System (FMS 2.0);
  
• Reconcile financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information;
  
• Prepare financial reports of revenue and expenditure in accordance with grant requirements;
  
• Prepare single audit schedules and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) conversion worksheets;
  
• Perform budget review and budget modifications;
  
• Assist with writing and adhering to City of Los Angeles Council transmittals with regards to grant acceptance and budgets;
  
• Carry out field monitoring visits to collect data; and
  
• Other related duties and tasks as assigned.
  

REQUIREMENTS:

• Graduation from a recognized four-year college or university, with either a major in accounting or at least 24 semester/36 quarter units in accounting; OR at least two years of accounting experience at the level of City Accountant.
  
• Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS), and other governmental regulations and cost principles (i.e. OMB circulars).
  
• Working knowledge in data processing principles as they apply to accounting, and general auditing principles.
  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel programs.
  
• Must possess excellent customer service, verbal and written communications skills.
  
• Must have experience and strong track record working with multiple agencies and organizations simultaneously, working as part of a team, while also demonstrating initiative and the ability to work independently.
  

How to apply

Applicants should send a cover letter and resume to Mayor.Jobs@lacity.org with “ Accountant ” in the subject line no later than Friday, July 25, 2025. Please note that applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and suitable candidates may be contacted and hired before the application deadline. We encourage interested candidates to submit their applications promptly.

This is an exempt, at-will position. The individual appointed to this position will not accrue any civil service tenure, contractual employment rights, or due process rights. The incumbent may be removed, without any finding of cause, by the hiring authority. The City of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of disability and, upon request, will provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to its programs, services and activities. Please call (213) 744-9300 if you need assistance.

exempt employment

If employment is said to be exempt, it is meant that the employment is exempted from the civil service provisions of the City Charter. In order to receive a regular civil service appointment, employees must have successfully participated in a civil service examination, received a high enough score on the examination to be placed on and receive an appointment from an eligible list, and they must serve a probationary period. Exempt employees do not compete in a civil service examination, they are not placed on an eligible list and receive an appointment from that list, nor do they serve a probationary period. As a result, exempt employees do not have what is referred to as a “property interest” in their job. Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority and can be terminated at any time without cause. Employees with a property interest in their job, i.e. civil service employees, cannot be deprived of their employment(discharged or suspended) without due process.

General Information About Exempt Employment

Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority, and as such, they may be discharged, suspended or otherwise disciplined without cause. Exempt employees have no property interest in their employment, and any procedural benefit or other prerogative extended to them by their appointing authority is not intended to create and does not create any such property interest. No officer or employee of the City may make to any other officer or employee any representation of a property interest in employment which does not correspond to Charter provisions unless the City Council, by ordinance, permits such representation. No unauthorized representation can serve as the basis of an employee's reliance on, or expectation of, a property interest.

Employees Seeking To Become Civil Service Employees

There is no protective leave for an exempt employee appointed to a civil service position. Upon receiving a civil service appointment and passing probation, the former exempt employee will be subject to the Civil Service provisions described in Article X of the City Charter. Upon appointment, the civil service employee will begin to accrue displacement and layoff seniority on the first day of his/her civil service appointment and may file for promotional examinations for which s/he qualifies. A full or half-time exempt employee appointed to a full or half-time civil service position continues to: contribute to the Retirement System; accrue vacation time; accrue sick time; receive anniversary date salary increases; and, receive health and dental benefits identical to those received in the civil service position.

Closing Date/Time: 7/25/25

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