Hybrid Staff Accountant Treasury at City of Boise, ID

About the Department

The City of Boise is excited to introduce a brand-new opportunity within the Office of the City Treasurer! We are seeking a detail-oriented and collaborative accounting professional to play a key role in managing the City’s daily cash operations, reconciliations, and investment liquidity. This hybrid-eligible position offers the chance to work on unique treasury functions—ranging from hands-on cash handling and merchant services support to bond financing and investment compliance—while partnering across departments to ensure accuracy, transparency, and fiscal responsibility. If you enjoy solving complex accounting challenges, building relationships, and making an impact in your community, this is your chance to help shape the future of Boise’s financial stewardship.

Position Duties

Performs daily cash reconciliation of the city's pooled deposit account. Partners with revenue team to resolve variances with a variety of departments using various deposit, billing, and point of sale systems. Reviews cash entries to verify integrity of recorded transactions. 

Responsible for reconciliation of invoices to funding sources for bond and loan draws within ERP system. Leads resolution of discrepancies and variances. Understands bond financing eligibility criteria, reviews invoices for eligibility, and educates billing departments on draw eligibility. 

Performs reconciliation of balance sheet accounts and other general ledger items and prepares accounting journal entries. Performs onsite secure distribution, processing, depositing, and custody of physical cash and checks. 

Serves as a backup for other Treasury office functions including management of merchant services support for city departments and liaison work with merchant service providers and point-of-sale solutions. Responsible for daily management of cash liquidity, initiating automated clearing house (ACH) and wire transfers, and creation of annual property tax certification rolls. Assists with fiscal period close of cash and accounts receivable module close. 

Provides treasury consultation to accounting, revenue and departmental staff. Prepares year-end investment and debt audit work papers. 


Performs other duties as assigned. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this position at any time.

Minimum Qualifications

Required Knowledge, Experience, And Training
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a closely related field and two years of increasingly responsible professional-level accounting or governmental accounting experience, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

Knowledge of:

• Federal, state and local financial regulations relating to public agencies
• Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standard Board (GASB) principles
• Accounting and financial practices as it relates to public agencies
• Methods and techniques of coding, verifying, balancing and reconciling accounting records
• Basic principles and practices of debt and bond financing, cash management, and municipal investment practices;
• Computer usage including related software
• ERP systems.

Ability to:

• Apply accounting principles in resolving problems
• Accurately perform complex mathematical calculations, prepare detailed financial reports
• Research and analyze financial data
• Reconcile complex high-volume accounts
• Operate a computer with demonstrated proficiency using accounting, database, word processing, and spreadsheet software applications at an appropriate level for efficient job performance
• Maintain detail and accuracy
• Receive, comprehend and follow instructions
• Work within time constraints and deadlines
• Exercise good judgement
• Establish priorities and organize individual workload
• Communicate effectively in the English language at a level necessary for efficient job performance;
• Perform all essential functions as assigned by an authorized employee, supervisor and/or manager with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Preferred Knowledge, Experience, And Training
Licensure as a Certified Professional Accountant (CPA).

Experience performing cash management functions in a corporate or government setting.

Experience with loan servicing software.

Special Requirements
Applicants must be able to pass:

City of Boise background check processes which includes a criminal history check and reference checks in accordance with the City of Boise Hiring Process Regulation

Credit History Check

Other Qualifications

The physical effort characteristics and working environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Efforts
While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally lifting/carrying up to 10 pounds. Work includes sensory ability to talk, hear and touch. Work in this position also includes close vision. Employees will sit, stand and walk. Position requires hand/finger dexterity.

Working Environment
The work environment will include inside conditions.

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