JOBS

The DuPage Housing Authority is seeking an Accountant to join their team. The Accountant I performs professional accounting work supporting the Authority’s disbursement, cash receipting, and program accounting functions. The Accountant I works under the general supervision of the Accounting Manager. This position exercises no supervisory authority. Pay rate is $25.00 to $30.00 per hour. Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(a) & 457(b) Retirement Plans, PTO (Paid-Time Off), Paid Holidays and Tuition Reimbursement.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Rental Housing Support Program (RHSP) Accounting
  • Maintain the RHSP general ledger, including subsidy payments, program income, and administrative costs in compliance with State requirements and grant agreements.
  • Prepare and reconcile monthly RHSP subsidy payment registers, resolve discrepancies, and support timely payment processing.
  • Reconcile RHSP cash, receivable, and payable accounts; prepare supporting schedules for State reporting, budget monitoring, audits, and variance analysis.
  • Maintain documentation and ensure that RHSP funds remain separately accounted for from federal Housing Choice Voucher funds.
• Accounts Payable and Disbursements
  • Process and reconcile vendor invoices, verify approvals, coding, and budget availability, and prepare check, ACH, and electronic payment disbursements.
  • Process Housing Assistance Payments (HAP), Utility Reimbursement Payments (URP), and other authorized payments; reconcile payment registers and related accounts.
  • Maintain vendor and payee records, including W-9s, ACH authorizations, IRS compliance, 1099 Forms, and payment-related documentation.
  • Manage outstanding checks, manual disbursements, stale-dated checks, unclaimed property reporting, refunds, credit memos, and payment reversals.
• Cash Receipting and Deposits
  • Record and apply all incoming receipts accurately in Yardi, including reimbursements, grant funds, participant payments, fraud recoveries, and miscellaneous revenues.
  • Prepare bank deposits and reconcile daily receipting to bank activity and the general ledger.
  • Research and resolve unapplied or unidentified receipts, maintain suspense account records, and complete backlog remediation in accordance with established timelines.
• General Accounting Support
  • Prepare journal entries, accruals, prepaid amortizations, and assigned balance sheet and bank reconciliations as part of the month-end close process.
  • Assist with annual financial audits, Single Audit requirements, HUD and State monitoring reviews, and other accounting functions as assigned.
  • Support accounts receivable, repayment agreement tracking, portability reconciliations, and maintain organized accounting records in accordance with record retention requirements.
  • Maintain confidentiality of financial, participant, vendor, and employee information and perform other duties as assigned.