Salary: $37.01 - $43.09 Hourly
Location : Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 5th Ave., Seattle, WA
Job Type: Classified Civil Service, Regular, Full-Time
Job Number:
Department: Seattle City Light
Opening Date: 08/18/2026
Closing Date: 9/8/2026 4:00 PM Pacific

Position Description
Seattle City Light has an opening for an Accounting Technician III. In this role, you will play a critical role in the daily operation of City Light's travel, credit card, and reimbursement functions. You will be responsible for processing City Light commercial credit card transactions, travel advances, employee expense reimbursements, and accounts payable payment requests. In addition to transactional responsibilities, you will maintain and update standard operating procedures, deliver training, and provide ongoing guidance to employees across the utility. This includes assisting staff with travel planning, reimbursement requirements, and credit card purchasing needs to ensure accuracy, compliance, and timely processing. You will also process and perform complex reconciliations, vouching, and journal entries. You will research, analyze and resolve complex issues related to billing, payment postings and out-of-balance voucher and journal entries. You will also assist in the development and preparation of various Accounts Payable and Travel Desk procedures.

This position reports to the Accounts Payable Manager.

Job Responsibilities
Here is more about what you'll be doing:

• Monitors the work, provides work instructions, and ensures proper work is performed by the Accounts Payable Technicians
• Coordinates and trains Accounting Technician personnel on accounts payable processes related to purchasing, payment processing, travel, employee reimbursements
• Serves as the Seattle City Light accounts payable subject matter expert by providing procedural instructions, guidelines and departmental training to all City Light employees on travel and credit card policy and procedures.
• Provides policy expertise and monitors controls
• Develops and updates Accounts Payable standard operating procedures
• Analyzes, verifies and audits accounts payable transactions and ensures compliance with Accounting standards and applicable Federal, State, and City Laws, rules, regulations and departmental procedures and guidelines
• Performs general ledger reconciliations and works to resolve any identified issues
• Creates and maintain reports in Excel
• Provides departmental procedures and guidelines to employees and vendors as they related to accounts payable, travel and employee expense reimbursements to ensure compliance with IRS regulations, City ordinances, collective bargaining agreements, general accounting and bookkeeping standards, and other state and federal laws and regulations
• Assists the manager in the implementation of new City initiatives that are related to Accounts Payable
• Other special job duties and small projects as assigned

Qualifications
In addition to the skills and experience mentioned below, a successful applicant will have experience that reflects a commitment to creating fair and equitable outcomes and has:

Requires three years of previous accounting and/or bookkeeping experience or one year work experience as an Accounting Technician II (or a combination of education/experience/training which provides an equivalent background required to perform the work of the class).

Desired Qualifications - You will be successful if you have the following experience, skills, and abilities:

• Two or more years in a high-volume Accounts Payable work unit within the last five years
• Demonstrated experience in leading others
• Previous experience creating reports in Excel and performing VLOOKUPs
• Demonstrated work experience in working on cross-functional team projects
• Strong background in resolving complex reconciliation issues
• Demonstrated work experience updating and writing procedural manuals
• Demonstrated experience in processing employee expense reports and / or credit card transactions.
• Demonstrated ability in providing good customer service with excellent follow-up skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Self-starter and ability to meet deadlines

Please note this job advertisement is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Emergency Response Commitment:

Seattle City Light is committed to reliable service during emergencies. Through our Emergency Response Program, each employee is assigned a role-usually aligned with their regular duties-to support emergency operations. Your participation is required and vital to helping the utility stay prepared and serve our community when it matters most.

Additional Information
The full salary range for this position is $37.01 to $43.09 per hour.

Application Process

Please submit the following with your online application:

• A current resume of your educational and professional work experience.

Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

01

Please select the highest level of education you have completed.

• High School Diploma/GED
• Some College
• Associate's Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree
• JD/Doctorate Degree
• None of the Above

02

If you have a degree, what was your course of study? If no degree, please type "N/A."
03

How many years of bookkeeping or accounting experience do you have?

• Less than 3 years
• 3 to 4 years
• 4 to 5 years
• More than 5 years

04

Which below best describes your level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel?

• Basic (basic data entry, file formatting, and basic formulas)
• Intermediate (VLOOKUP, pivot table)
• Advanced (Macros)
• Expert (Subject Matter Expert; trains others)

05

How many years' experience do you have resolving complex reconciliation issues?

• None
• Less than 1 year
• 1 to 2 years
• 2 to 3 years
• More than 3 years

06

Do you have experience working in a lead or supervisory capacity?

• Yes
• No

07

How would you rate your proficiency in writing business process and/or procedure manuals?

• None
• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced

08

Employees working for the City of Seattle are required to meet the required Mayoral mandate as of January 2025, to work in the office a minimum of 3 days per week. Are you able to meet this requirement?

• Yes
• No

09

Do you possess a current, valid Washington State Driver's License?

• Yes
• No, but I can obtain a valid Washington State Driver's License by the time of hire.
• No, and I will not be able to obtain a valid Washington State Driver's License.

10

To participate in the hiring process, Seattle City Light requires strict confidentiality of all related information, including any discussions outside the workplace. This ensures fairness and protects the integrity of the process. This obligation applies during and after the hiring process. Do you understand and agree to maintain this confidentiality?

• Yes, I understand and agree.
• No, I do not agree.

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