Town Accountant

Job Description

Town Accountant, 4-day week w/ full benefits

Salary range = $71,822 and $87,422 commensurate with experience. Employment contract (one to three years, negotiable). FLSA exempt, non-union. Supervises one part-time employee.

PURPOSE OF ROLE: Conducts complex advisory, administrative, and technical work to ensure the proper creation, recording, monitoring, auditing, and retention of financial statements, vendor contracts, and accounting records while collaborating with the Town Administrator, Treasurer & Collector’s Office, and Finance Committee to present sound financial recommendations to the Selectboard.

Essential Duties: Leads the Accounting department; creates/prepares, reconciles, audits, maintains, and disseminates financial reports, sheets, statements, contracts, and warrants while exercising budgetary control over town funds and adhering to MGL, GASB, UMAS, GAAP, town charter, by-laws, and policies/procedures in regard to revenue, expenditures, payroll, audits, budgeting, and appropriations.

View full Job Description at: www.townsendma.gov/departments/human_resources/current_vacancies/index.php

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s in accounting, finance, management, or business with a minimum of three years of accounting experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Municipal government accounting experience preferred but not required.

Special Requirements: Must obtain/renew CGA (Certified Governmental Accountant) and MCPPO (MA Certified Public Purchasing Officer) designations within one year of hire.

SUBMIT APPLICATION TO: Nelson Mui, Town Administrator, 272 Main St., Townsend MA 01469 or [email protected]. Applications accepted until position filled.