About Our Job

Accounting Supervisor

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.

What We Offer

The City and County of Denver offers competitive pay commensurate with education and experience. New hires are typically brought into the organization between $84,604 and $112,100. 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

The City and County of Denver has announced furlough days, or unpaid days off, for most employees to meet a budget shortfall in 2025. There is one fixed furlough day for all limited (temporary positions with an end date) and unlimited (permanent) employees on November 28th, the day after Thanksgiving. If you receive an offer for this position, your annual pay will determine whether you are required to take additional furlough days. Details will be discussed during the offer process for selected candidate.

Location & Schedule

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed, at a job site several days a week and off-site as needed. This position reports to our offices at 1200 N. Federal Boulevard in Denver three days a week and telecommutes remotely at a designated workplace within the State of Colorado the remaining days.

Who We Are & What You’ll Do

At Denver Human Services (DHS), we envision a healthy community where people are connected, supported, safe, and well. One in three people in Denver turn to DHS for support at all stages of life. Our employees help children, at-risk adults, families, and individuals navigate social and economic pressures by connecting them to services and experts who support their overall well-being.

Denver Human Services is seeking a knowledgeable, empathetic, and detail-oriented individual to serve as an Accounting Supervisor for the Denver Human Services Financial Services Division. In this role, you will supervise staff/ associate/ senior accountants performing bank, fund, and other reconciliations. This position will report to the Financial Services Division deputy director of accounting. This position will also supervise between 3 and 8 employees (depending on final structure of team) in addition to the following duties:

• Ensure reconciliations are performed timely and accurately
• Identify training and development opportunities for accountants. Fill vacancies as needed
• Review and approve transactions in Workday and/or supervise accountants approving transactions in Workday. Ensure appropriate fund and cost center coding is used
• Oversees gift card and RTD ticket issuance database. Ensure all outstanding gift cards issued are followed-up on and properly accounted for with requisite client signature and backup documentation
• Oversee Denver Human Services annual asset inventory and 1099 processes
• Supervisor fiscal operational supervisor and/or accounting technicians managing foster care and representative payee client trust accounts, seeking reimbursement on interim assistance reimbursement claims, and applying client recovery payments. Ensure claims/recoveries/account management are performed timely and accurately. Identify training and development opportunities for fiscal operational supervisor and accounting technicians
• Draft policies and procedures
• Review and improve existing transaction intake and confirmation processes
• Provide subject matter expertise to programmatic divisions related to all types of accounting inquiries

What You’ll Bring

We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.

Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:

• Have a deep familiarity with City fiscal accountability rules, federal uniform guidance, and other financial requirements in Denver Revised Municipal Code or other sources. Ensure all transactions are properly accounted for given this guidance
• Experience forecasting and preparing monthly financial reports
• Experience forecasting and managing budgets to support organizational and project objectives

To be considered for this position, you must include the following on your job application (upload the attachment(s) to the Resume/CV section on the My Experience tab): Cover letter that answers the following questions:

• Do you have previous experience supervising or leading teams. Please explain.
• What experience do you have that you feel would benefit this position?
• Why are you interested in this position?

Required Minimum Qualifications

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

Experience Requirement: Three (3) years of full performance level professional 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.

Application Deadline

This position is expected to stay open until October 9. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than October 9 at 11:59 PM.

About Everything Else

Job Profile

CV1796 Accounting Supervisor

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Position Type

Unlimited

Position Salary Range

$84,604.00 - $139,597.00

Target Pay

Although the full pay range in posted, our target hiring range is between $84,604 and $112,100.

Agency

Denver Human Services

Redeployment during Citywide Emergencies

City and County of Denver employees may be re-deployed to work in other capacities in their own agencies or in other city agencies to support core functions of the city during a citywide emergency declared by the Mayor.

The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law.

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