Accounting Supervisor

Join our team as an Accounting Supervisor! Meet Santa Margarita Water District

Santa Margarita Water District is a dynamic, forward-thinking agency dedicated to delivering high-quality potable water, recycled water, and wastewater services to its 200,000 customers across Southern Orange County. As one of the region’s largest and most impactful utilities, we are committed to the highest standards of transparency, innovation, and environmental stewardship.

Our people drive our progress, innovation, and results. Our collaborative, human-first culture fosters the sense of fun, comradery, and a rewarding sense of purpose as we do work that matters.

Dynamic teams of intelligent individuals work collaboratively to achieve SMWD’s goals and solve challenges with a common aim that fosters a unique bond that is not often found in governmental agencies.

- Exemplary service excellence

- Intelligent innovation that is forward-thinking and adaptive

- Ethical fiscal responsibility and transparency

- Environmental and resource stewardship

- Employee development and leadership training

- Building relationships that strengthen communities

Class specifications are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed by employees in the class. Specifications are not intended to reflect all duties performed by individual positions.

Under direction, plans, organizes and supervises professional accountants and specialists performing routine to complex professional accounting, purchasing and payroll duties in the analysis, preparation and maintenance of financial records and reports; provides professional advice to management on financial policies, procedures and proper internal controls; and performs related duties as assigned.

The Accounting Supervisor is responsible for supervising staff performing a full range of complex, pro­fessional accounting, purchasing and payroll analysis in the preparation and maintenance of financial records, reports and systems for the District; researches issues, performs complex financial analyses, and manages the prep­aration of comprehensive reports. Work provides a basis for sound operational and financial planning through financial review, analysis, monitoring, reconciliation and maintenance of financial accounts, programs and activities. Assignments are broad in scope, requiring signif­icant independent decision-making and impact on department success.

This position typically reports to the Controller and supervises the work of accounting, purchasing and payroll staff. The Account­ing Supervisor is distinguished from the Senior Accountant in that an incumbent in the latter class performs a full range of complex, professional accounting and analysis in the preparation and mainten­ance of financial records.