Sr. Accounting Specialist - Capital Delivery

Job Description:

Sr. Accounting Specialist - Capital Delivery

Description

Sr. Accounting Specialist - Capital Delivery
at The City of Fort Worth
Transportation Public Works

Pay Range: $26.38/hr. - $34.30/hr. | $54,879 - $71,343 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Friday, September 5, 2025

Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities. Find Out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A Sr. Accounting Specialist - Capital Delivery job is available with the City of Fort Worth Transportation and Public Works Department is in the Business Support Division. We are seeking a highly skilled Sr. Accounting Specialist to provide high-level administrative support with a focus on complex fiscal tasks, budget analysis, and project coordination. This role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and a solid understanding of government purchasing procedures, municipal accounting practices, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations. The ideal candidate is proactive, adaptable, and capable of handling shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in public administration, business administration, human resources or a related field.
• Three (3) years of increasingly responsible administrative and fiscal management experience in support of capital projects.
• One (1) year in a supervisory or lead capacity.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Accounts payable, purchasing, contract management, and budgeting experience.
• Finance monitoring, reconciling, capitalization, and close.
• PeopleSoft Financials, or similar ERP Financial suites (Lawson, JD Edwards, Oracle, SAP).
• Expertise in governmental purchasing procedures and municipal accounting practices.
• Construction accounting and processing construction payment application forms.
• Advanced Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access).

The Sr. Accounting Specialist - Capital Delivery job responsibilities include:

• Support capital project and asset accounting as well as various subsystems to provide a high level of accuracy, exceptional reporting support to the project delivery team and timely processing of construction and engineering invoices.
• Partner with delivery teams to ensure appropriate funding and financial records are maintained.
• Prepare, analyze, and resolve complex financial issues.
• Work with the Planning & Data Analytics Department to prepare budget transfers and M&C's as necessary for funding changes, and processing of purchase orders as necessary.
• Collaborate closely with project managers, grant accountants, and other fiscal business support staff providing highly complex business management support as a member of Business Support Division.
• Participate with other Business Support team members concerning M&C preparation, grant related issues concerning contracts, support RFP and Bid processes, development and monitoring of Council communications, monitoring of expenditures, reconciliation, closeout, and capitalization.
• Participation in the development of the department and division work plan, applying lean principles to work procedures to improve business processes, identifying resource needs and developing solutions to address, and participating in committees and work groups as assigned.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.

Sedentary Work - Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

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Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.

Salary:

$26.38/hr. - $34.30/hr. | $54,879 - $71,343 annual compensation