City of Monte Sereno
Temporary Accounting Transaction Specialist (100% Remote)
Organization: City of Monte Sereno, California
Position Type: 1099 Temporary / Contract (Remote)
Duration: Estimated 6 months with potential for extension
Hourly Rate: $45+ per hour, depending on productivity, accuracy, supervision required and experience
Position Overview
The City of Monte Sereno is seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Financial Transaction Specialist to provide temporary, remote support for our finance department and City Manager. The primary focus of this role is the accurate and timely entry of financial transactions into the City’s Tyler ERP Pro 10 system.
This is an ideal role for a municipal accounting professional or an individual looking for independent, flexible and remote work with hands on experience with Tyler Technologies software. The role can be located anywhere in the U.S. with core availability in Pacific time.
Training and coaching on initial transaction recording will be provided for consistency with how transactions have been recorded to date during the current fiscal year. The City is willing to invest in training an individual(s) with the motivation and capacity to learn.
Primary Responsibilities
- Transaction Entry: Accurately enter and process daily financial transactions into Tyler ERP Pro 10. Revenue financial transactions will be amounts paid by customers through PayPal and Square, and paid by check, and amounts paid by the County or State of California by ACH or check.
- Accounts Payable: Process invoices available to you by PDF, coding the invoices to the period and expense accounts, and attaching the invoice PDFs to completing each batches for City Manager review and approval of the warrant list prior to submitting to the City Council twice each calendar month for approval.
- Journal Entries: Prepare and post standard journal entries and budget adjustments as directed. Must follow wording and calculations to create consistent and accurate journal entries.
- Data Validation: Review financial data for accuracy and ensure compliance with the
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City’s accounting requirements so transactions are recorded accurately and consistently in Tyler ERP Pro 10.
- Reporting: Run pre-defined and ad hoc financial reports from Tyler ERP Pro 10.+
- Payroll Processing: Review, process, and run the semi-monthly payroll ensuring pay rates, deductions, and leave time balance are accurate.
- Budget to Actual Analyses: Prepare basic budget to actual analyses to identify posting errors and to explain fundamental differences between the budget and actual revenues and expenditure amounts.
Required Qualifications
- Software Expertise: Minimum of 2 years of direct, hands-on experience using Tyler ERP Pro 10. This is a non-negotiable requirement.
- Municipal Knowledge: Basic understanding of California municipal accounting practices and experience with fund accounting (General, Police Services, Capital).
- Remote Proficiency: Proven ability to work independently in a remote environment with high-speed internet and a secure workspace.
- Attention to Detail: Exceptional accuracy in data entry and a “right-first-time” approach to financial records.
Technical Requirements
- The City will provide secure VPN access to our systems.
- The candidate must possess a reliable computer and a secure, private internet connection to ensure the confidentiality of City financial data.
- You will access PDFs of invoices and be able to enter those invoices into the vendor’s payment file, post the invoices to the correct accounting period, and allocate the appropriate amounts to the correct accounts.
How to Apply
Please submit a brief resume and a cover letter detailing your specific experience with Tyler ERP Pro 10 to:
Diana@CityofMonteSereno.org Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Screening Question
Please describe entering invoices into Tyler ERP Pro 10 and attaching PDFs of invoices.
Please describe funds, departments and accounts in Tyler and how to interpret an account number in Tyler (the City uses xxx-xxx-xxxx).