About Our Job

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

What We Offer

The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The salary range for this position is $79,000.00 - $90,000.00. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but is not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service

• 457B Retirement Plan

• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 11 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday and 1 volunteer day per year

• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

Location

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed, at a job site several days a week and off-site as needed. In this position you can expect to work in office up to 3 days, at our Gateway Offices. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off-site days.

Who We Are & What You’ll Do

Since opening on Feb. 28, 1995, Denver International Airport (DEN) has become one of the world’s busiest airports. In 2025, 82,427,962 passengers passed through DEN, making DEN 4th busiest airport in the U.S. and the world’s 10th busiest airport. DEN is Colorado’s primary economic engine, generating $47.2 billion in annual economic impact for the state. At DEN, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We celebrate individuality and strive to keep Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility (EDIA) at the center of all that we do.

As a Senior Accountant, you will collaborate effectively with employees, management, and both internal and external stakeholders to optimize performance, foster creativity, and enhance problem-solving capabilities. Your ability to work cooperatively with diverse teams will be key to achieving exceptional results. The primary responsibility of the Senior Accountant will be to manage the accounts receivable processes within the Department of Finance. If you are ready to make a meaningful impact and take your career to the next level, we would love to hear from you.

Specifically, as a Senior Accountant you can expect to:

• Process and send out customer invoices in a timely manner while also ensuring that the billings on those invoices are accurate

• Perform customer account reconciliations, accounts receivable balances maintenance, customer cash receipts applications and journal entries

• Answer and resolve internal and external customer account and billing inquiries

• Review and analyze moderately complex contract documents, review and process contract invoices for payment and ensure supporting documents are included and are accurate

• Perform delinquent account research and collections  

• Create reports, spreadsheets, and research as requested or needed

• Monitor and analyze financial information, performance metrics, and other reports related to accounts receivable

• Assist with the review of subsidiary and general ledgers to identify accounting data problems, errors in coding or trends in revenues/expenditures and assists in the implementation of corrective action

• Assist with the review of customer contract terms and related ordinance requests and state and federal legislation for appropriate accounting transaction treatment

• Perform other assignments using established and defined procedures, methods and techniques, and receive instruction in the interpretation and application of appropriate fiscal laws, rules, regulations, and procedures

• Assist in responding to internal and external audit requests for information

• Assist with conducting special projects regarding financial transactions by researching and analyzing accounting issues, performing financial calculations, and creating reports by compiling supporting documents for management review

• Ensure compliance and maintenance of fiscal accountability in relation to rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

• Work with Department of Finance Controller’s Office to resolve discrepancies or problems
   

What You'll Bring

We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability