SFE- SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Salary : $82,675.70 - $119,871.77 Annually

Location : Coppell, TX

Job Type : Full Time

Job Number : SFESA102025

Department : FINANCE ADMINISTRATION

Opening Date : 10 / 20 / 2025

Closing Date : Continuous

FLSA : Exempt

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The Opportunity

Drive Excellence in Public Finance.

The City of Coppell is seeking a Senior Accountant who brings curiosity, consistency, and innovation to our financial operations. In this role, you'll be at the center of preparing the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), coordinating audits, reconciling accounts, managing investments, overseeing grant reporting, and ensuring compliance with governmental standards. You'll dig into financial data, resolve variances, and provide analysis that shapes citywide decisions. Beyond the numbers, you'll champion process improvements, integrate new technology, and lead projects that streamline workflows across the organization.

Our ideal candidate is a change champion, leader, and communicator-someone who thrives on building relationships, delivering excellent service, and working inclusively with colleagues, auditors, and community partners. If you're ready to make a measurable impact while strengthening the City's financial foundation, we'd love to have you on our team.

Opportunity Description

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Schedule Commitment

Regular attendance is an essential job function and generally works an 8 : 00-5 : 00 schedule, Monday through Friday. However, there will be times when it is necessary to work with your team and the department outside of the normal schedule including some weekends at various times of the year to provide our highest level of services to citizens, as well as internal departments.

Pay Plan

This opportunity is exempt and on Pay Grade #20. The full Pay Grade Range is shown for growth and development opportunities within the grade. Salary determination is supported by budget availability and qualifications of the candidate to maintain internal equity.

Hiring Range : Depends on Qualifications

• Min $82,676 ($39.75)
• Mid $101,274 ($48.69)
• Max $119,872 ($57.63)

Candidate Engagement Plan

This opportunity is open until filled with weekly application material review and technical phone screenings. Candidates invited to participate in the next steps of the hiring process will be invited to complete a DISC Assessment and Panel Interview. For application support, or to check the status of your application, contact the Employee Experience Team by calling 972-304-3699.

Eligibility

Experience

Required

Preferred

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Knowledge

Skills

Abilities

This is Coppell

Who We Are

The City of Coppell is dedicated to serving the community, as well as employees of the City, and providing the highest level of service as constructively and efficiently as possible. For the Strategic Financial Engagement (SFE) department, we pride ourselves on being a cohesive, effective, resilient team that values each other for their personal attributes and professional contributions. The importance of further developing our culture, empathy in the workplace, building leadership on all levels, and supporting one another to reach our goals, are cornerstones to the functions of the City. We are strategic minded, believe that technology spurs innovation, and are constantly in search of ways to do things better. All employees lead with a servant's heart and an understanding that we are here to provide the best quality of life for our citizens. Our success depends on our everyday actions and decisions. We are humble, we are intentional, and we are teachable.

The Strategic Financial Engagement team is made up of the following areas of responsibility :

In accordance with the ADA, the City of Coppell is willing to consider any reasonable accommodation.

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How many years of recent experience in a finance-related role with responsibility for financial analysis, journal entry preparation, and reconciliations do you possess?

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Do you have experience working in a municipal or public sector government setting?

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Please indicate your certification status :

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