Senior Accountant | Denver City Council

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

This posting will accept applications until 11:59 PM on Sunday, August 16.

The City and County of Denver offers competitive pay commensurate with education and experience.  The hiring range for this position is $68,773/year - $90,000/year, based on experience. This is an at-will position.

We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include, but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service

• 457B Retirement Plan

• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 12 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 Wellness Day and 1 volunteer day per year

• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

Find out more about the benefits we offer our employees to find balance and build a mile high career.

This is an in-person role. You can expect to work on-site at the City and County of Denver Building in downtown Denver, initially, and after successful completion of the probationary period, transition into a 3-day in-office hybrid workplace model.

Denver City Council’s Central Office Division supports legislative, budgetary, and administrative functions for City Council. Our team values collaboration, accountability, and service to our community.

More information about Denver City Council can be found on our website.

Denver City Council’s Central Office Division is seeking a full-time Senior Accountant to support financial operations, ensure fiscal accountability, and deliver high-quality service to internal and external stakeholders.

Key responsibilities of a Senior Accountant include:

• Processing customer invoices accurately and promptly

• Resolving internal and external billing and account inquiries

• Reviewing and analyzing contract documents and processing contract invoices, ensuring all supporting documentation is accurate

• Assisting with audit requests, applying fiscal laws, rules, and procedures correctly

• Conducting special projects involving research, data analysis, financial calculations, and report creation

• Ensuring compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and collaborating with the Controller’s Office to resolve discrepancies

• Reviewing and approving invoices, ensuring contract rates and terms are correct

• Supporting purchasing activities, including requisitions, reconciliations, and policy adherence

• Processing purchase change orders, budget amendments, and project funding in Workday

• Running and analyzing reports, preparing monthly financial reports

• Developing and implementing departmental accounting policies and procedures

• Cross-training colleagues and supporting complex purchasing activities

• Ensuring assets are properly received and recorded and analyzing purchasing transactions

• Performing other related duties as assigned

Our ideal Senior Accountant candidate will have some of the following skills and experience:

• Efficiently demonstrates excellent time and workload management skills

• Works well under pressure and adapts quickly when shifting between multiple tasks

• Problem solver who can anticipate various outcomes and plan accordingly to mitigate risk

• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team to support internal and external customers

• Dependable and able to maintain confidentiality

• Ability to present clean, polished, and professional work products, with creativity in presentation design

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong interpersonal skills when working with council members, senior leadership, and other administrative staff

• Ability to prioritize multiple requests and inquiries with timeliness and a strong customer service focus

• Software application experience (e.g., Workday, MS Office Suite)

• Natural curiosity and ability to identify risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for innovation and process improvement

• Self‑starter who can carry out assignments with substantial independence

• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, politically sensitive office environment and navigating competing priorities with professionalism

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.

• Experience: Three (3) years of professional level accounting experience reconciling accounting discrepancies, analyzing expenditures, and preparing financial reports.

• Education/Experience Equivalency: No substitution of experience for education is permitted.
  Additional appropriate education may be substituted for experience requirements.

• License/Certifications: None

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