Applies principles of accounting theory to alter and maintain an accounting system, develops methods for recording financial transactions and prepares reports of financial analyses.Collects and analyzes data on investment plans.Reviews budgetary requests for completeness, verifies estimates and summarizes budgetary statements of program activities and objectives.Reconciles reports with manual ledgers, bank statements and supporting documents.Acts as contact person with brokerage houses and banks regarding the buying and selling of securities; drafts correspondence relative to the swapping of securities; conducts statistical analysis of investment opportunities; interprets price, yield and stability factors and summarizes current and long-term economic trends and investment risks; obtains deferred yield on security swaps; makes recommendations concerning the investing of funds for assigned accounts; resolves discrepancies and collects up-to-date information on preferred investment programs.Processes all transactions concerning assigned accounts; prepares checks and deposits, transfers funds, posts journal and ledger entries, posts principal and interest received and computes interest from sale of securities; organizes and batches related documents.Processes all transactions concerning the assimilation of payroll information, the processing of payroll changes, the distribution of payroll checks, the accounting control of payroll deductions, the recording of financial transactions, the balancing and reconciling of accounts, the verification of accounting documents and the preparation of summary financial statements.Administers an equipment and property inventory system and supervises the distribution of maintenance and purchase costs to accounts.Uses cost accounting techniques to identify information not ordinarily found in a general accounting system and devises cost standards for measuring expenditures.Distributes budgetary instructions and explains the use of budgetary forms; collects information for budgetary requests; prepares budgetary allotment authorizations; identifies any budgetary surplus and recommends funding changes.Prepares management-level reports on cost allocations, revenue and expenditure comparisons, cash flow projections, capital expenditures, revenue budgets, availability of funds, level of financial obligations and budgetary variances.Interprets accounting system policies, implements accounting procedures and designs accounting forms.Reviews bond resolutions and complies with terms.Prepares and maintains special tax accounting records and conducts tax remittance analyses.Denies expenditure requests according to grant or contract stipulations or on the basis of fiscal irresponsibility.