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Financial Analyst

The City of Visalia is recruiting for Financial Analyst to join the City's Finance Department. This General Ledger Financial Analyst is assigned to the City's Finance Department and is responsible for supporting the City's general ledger, financial reporting, and month-end and year-end close processes. This position plays a key role in ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of the City's financial records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and applicable governmental accounting standards.

This position works collaboratively with departments across the organization to ensure and maintain accurate financial records, proper financial coding, accurate recording of transactions, and compliance with accounting standards, and supporting financial reporting process. Primary duties performed by the General Ledger Financial Analyst include the following:

• Prepares, reviews, and posts journal entries related to various financial transactions, including accruals, deferrals, and adjustments; ensures accuracy and completeness of financial transactions recorded in the general ledger.
• Performs monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing activities ensuring all financial transactions are recorded accurately and timely, including account reconciliations, variance analysis, and review of subsidiary ledgers.
• Reconcile, research, analyze, and resolve accounting discrepancies and complex financial issues of general ledger accounts to ensure the integrity of financial data.
• Assists in the preparation of financial statements, reports, and supporting schedules for internal and external reporting purposes ensuring accuracy and compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Collaborate with departments to provide guidance on proper accounting treatment and financial processes, gather financial data, analyze trends, and provide insights that support business decisions, and ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, City policies and internal controls.
• Coordinate and provide support during the annual audit process, including preparation of audit schedules and responding to auditor inquiries regarding financial records and processes.
• Evaluates and recommends process improvement opportunities within the general ledger function, accounting procedures and internal controls to enhance efficiency and accuracy.

The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, detail-oriented professional with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. This individual demonstrates a high level of accuracy and accountability in financial work and takes ownership of ensuring the integrity of financial data. The successful candidate will have a solid foundation in accounting principles and experience working with general ledger systems, reconciliations, and financial reporting. The ability to analyze complex financial information, identify discrepancies, and develop effective solutions is essential. Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines are critical. The candidate must be able to work both independently and collaboratively, communicating effectively with internal departments to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance with established policies and procedures. A continuous improvement mindset is highly valued, with the ability to evaluate existing processes and recommend enhancements to strengthen internal controls, increase efficiency, and support the City's overall financial operations.

Experience and education that could likely provide the required knowledge, skill and ability is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skill and abilities would be:

• Three (3) years of experience in financial management or accounting in municipal government.
• Graduation from an accredited college or university, with a degree in business administration, accounting, economics or a closely related field.

The City of Visalia offers a competitive total compensation package that includes: Monthly Salary: $8,210 - $10,321 CalPERS Retirement Program Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance Longevity Pay Tuition Reimbursement Onsite City Health and Wellness Clinic (no out of pocket expense) Review the Benefits tab for more information.

If work-life balance is important to you, consider living in a thriving community that offers the most affordable housing in California with a typical commute time of less than 20 minutes. With a population of over 146,000, Visalia offers small town charm with metropolitan amenities. Visalia has a world class health care system, our own Sequoia Symphony Orchestra, a flourishing arts community, a minor league baseball team, a downtown convention center, and numerous fine dining establishments. As the Tulare County seat, Visalia is the principal retail center in the region, and home to several large industrial employers. Visalia has a vibrant downtown district, safe neighborhoods, excellent schools, institutions for higher learning, and low cost of living. The City has many community parks, organized team sports, a municipal golf course and private country club, a multi-sport family-oriented regional sports park, and numerous outdoor and recreational activities. Located in the heart of California's San Joaquin Valley, Visalia offers easy access to the nearby mountains, national parks, lakes and rivers which provide year-round opportunities for sports and recreation within an hour or less. Visalia was ranked as the top Central Valley community and one of seven California cities in the top 25 of Gallup Sharecare's latest State of American Well Being Index. Our strong sense of community and social well-being keeps Visalians happy, healthy, and moving forward. Come discover all Visalia has to offer! The City of Visalia is an Equal Opportunity Employer.