Accountant II

Job Description:

Accountant II

Description

An exciting opportunity is now open!

Accountant II

Hourly Range: $47.36 - $63.47

Bi-weekly: $3,789.05 - $5,077.69

Opening Date: March 18, 2025

Closing Date: April 18, 2025

Priority Screening: April 1, 2025

(9/80 Work Schedule with alternating Fridays off)

The Santa Clara County Housing Authority (SCCHA) is the county’s largest provider of affordable housing, helping make rental housing safe and affordable for approximately 20,000 low-income households.

How You Will Make an Impact:

The Santa Clara County Housing Authority (SCCHA) is seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Accountant II to join our dynamic team. This role involves performing a range of complex and varied technical and professional accounting tasks, including auditing, analyzing, and verifying financial records and reports. The incumbent will play a crucial role in managing the financial activities of an affordable housing portfolio of about 30 properties. This would include the preparation of financial and statistical reports, coordinate annual audits, assist with budget preparation, and ensure the accuracy and compliance of financial statements.

Our team promotes a collaborative and innovative culture, emphasizing open communication and creative problem-solving. We approach challenges with positivity and flexibility. In this role, you’ll gain valuable experience in project accounting, especially for development and construction projects, and enhance your skills in financial statement preparation and reconciliation within our affiliate non-profit portfolio.

The ideal candidate should possess strong written and verbal communication skills, critical thinking, and innovative problem-solving abilities. Collaboration skills to work with property accountants who manage the accounting activities for the affordable housing properties. They must be adaptable, able to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment. A solid understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and strong data analysis skills are highly preferred, along with proficiency in accounting software and advanced Microsoft Excel.

What Our Team Is Looking For:

Any equivalent combination of education and/or experience likely to provide the required core competencies may be considered. A typical combination that is qualifying may include:

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in accounting, finance, or business, or closely related field; and
• At least (2) years of professional accounting experience, ideally project-based accounting and auditing.

Our Ideal Candidate:

The successful candidate will join a dynamic team of professionals and will possess the following skills:

• Detail Oriented - maintains detailed reconciling reports as well as recording complex entries for the affiliate entities, timely and accurately.
• Self-motivator - ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines consistently.
• Exceptional Communicator - interprets, applies, and explains accounting information to supporting departments in both written and verbal forms. Presents analysis and information to management concisely and clearly to support agency decision-making.
• Customer Service Oriented- assists employees and departments with project status reports, reconciliations, system inquiries and resolves concerns within a timely manner.
• Leadership - assists departments with process implementation, assess and identifies process efficiencies.

For a detailed description of the position's essential functions, please click HERE .

APPLICATION PROCESS

Apply today if you are interested in pursuing this opportunity and attach and submit the following with your application to best showcase your skills:

• A completed Santa Clara County Housing Authority online application and thorough responses to the supplemental questions to adequately show your interest and qualifications.
• A detailed resume that highlights your related skills and experience.

Candidates must complete the Santa Clara County Housing Authority application form for this position and submit online at www.scchousingauthority.org. Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE

Applicants are strongly encouraged to thoughtfully complete the Supplemental Questionnaire. This is a key tool used in the evaluation to determine each applicant's qualifications for the position and if they are amongst the best and most suitably qualified candidates that will be invited to participate further in the examination and selection process.