Accountant at Los Angeles Community College District

About the Employer

The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the largest community college district in the United States, and one of the largest in the world. The LACCD is comprised of nine colleges serving all or part of more than 40 cities in Southern California, spanning a service area of 882 square miles. Our colleges offer instruction to 225,000 students, annually, in 600 associate’s degree and 400 certificate of achievement programs in general, career-technical and transfer education, and contribute significantly to the economic and social well-being of our students and the greater Los Angeles area.

Job Summary

Job Summary

An Accountant, following established rules and procedures, performs professional accounting duties such as establishing and maintaining accounting records, preparing and reviewing trial balances, preparing statements and reports, making adjusting entries, and overseeing the clerical accounting functions that include the classification and distribution of income and expenditures for subsequent posting to ledgers. Incumbents in the course of their work are responsible for identifying and reporting accounting process and system issues and contribute to the analysis and testing of system modifications and improvements under the guidance of a functional business systems analyst. SALARY INFORMATION MONTHLY SALARY: $5,919.22-$7,332.88 ($71,030.64-$87,994.56 annually) *Salary Information is based on a full-time, 12-month position. *Salary pending Board of Trustees approval on July 5, 2023. TYPICAL DUTIES Prepares and reviews periodic trial balances and reconciles them with the general ledger. Prepares accounting statements and reports. Determines and establishes accounts receivable from Board reports, inter-district contracts, payroll records, specially-funded program agreements, and various other sources of information. Reconciles open accounts receivable with the general ledger on a periodic basis. Prepares journal vouchers and makes adjusting and closing entries. Utilizes accounting enterprise systems in the processing of accounting related data. Registers disbursements and payroll deductions. Analyzes accounting data, identifies and determines causes of discrepancies, and recommends corrective and preventative measures. Maintains accounting controls over documents processed by data processing, verifies accuracy of output documents, and resolves discrepancies. Reviews and corrects the coding of items such as payroll documents, contract documents, and purchasing documents for account distribution according to fund, appropriation, organizational unit

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