Treasury Accountant

Salary: $44.19 - $51.46 Hourly
Location : Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 5th Ave., Seattle, WA
Job Type: Classified Civil Service, Regular, Full-Time
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
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Department: City Finance
Opening Date: 11/03/2026
Closing Date: Continuous

Position Description
The Treasury Services Division receives, processes, reconciles and distributes the City's funds. Primary Treasury Services functions include the processing of payments for Seattle City Light, combined utilities, business taxes, licenses (business and regulatory), parking meters coin collections, and court citations. These responsibilities include city vendors and payroll checks include cash investments, payment processing, collections, bank reconciliations, and administration of e-payments, credit cards, and local improvement assessments.

The OCF is pleased to announce an excellent opportunity for an Accountant position. This role supports Treasury operations through responsibilities such as bank account maintenance, ACH and warrant processing, and credit card reconciliations. Additional duties include financial analysis, preparing accounts receivable billings, and assisting with compliance, including the unclaimed property report. The role also involves close collaboration with internal accounting teams to improve procedures.
These job openings are available to all City of Seattle employee who fulfill the required qualifications
Job Responsibilities

• Perform bank account management tasks including, but not limited to, opening, closing, tracking, and maintaining bank accounts, ACH rejects and NSF research, ACH verifications, and bank account reconciliation.
• Perform daily issuances, cancellations, tracking, and maintenance of warrants; and manage credit card tasks, including opening, closing, tracking, and maintaining card terminals and merchant IDs, chargeback research, and transaction reconciliations.
• Conduct research, monitoring, and analysis of financial transactions; review and verify the collection and deposit of miscellaneous revenues to fulfill reporting responsibilities.
• Perform monthly reconciliation of various programs, including the transit benefit program, and resolve any discrepancies; prepare and maintain accounts receivable billing for the City.
• Oversee the Treasury Unclaimed Property process, including preparing the annual report to the State of Washington.
• Assist in the preparation and processing of collections activities and packages; maintain and update assigned financial operating procedures and systems.
• Work collaboratively with accounting staff from other units to provide information and improve processes for greater efficiency.
• Perform other duties as assigned within the function of the role.

Qualifications
Minimum qualification:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent (or a combination of education and/or training, and/or experience which provides an equivalent background to perform the work of this class).

Desired qualification:

• 1-2-year experience in an accounting, treasury or banking operations.

Work Environment

This position requires a minimum of three days per week of onsite work. Alternative Work Arrangements and hybrid telework schedules for work conducted in a normal office environment may be considered and will be based on operational needs and consistency with City policies.

Additional Information
PAY
This full-time position is classified as an Accountant. The full salary range for this position is $44.19 - $51.46 per hour.

Application Process:

Applications are reviewed after the posting closes. You must submit the following items to be considered for this position no later than 4:00pm Pacific Time on the scheduled closed date.

1. Completed NEOGOV online application.
2. Cover letter describing how your skills and experience align with the stated job responsibilities and qualifications.
3. Current resume indicating relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and education.

Your application may be rejected as incomplete if you do not include the relevant information in the application. Cover letters and/or resumes are not accepted in lieu of a completed application. Applications and/or Supplemental Questionnaires that state "see my resume" or "see my personnel file" are considered incomplete and will not be accepted.

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.