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Accounting Technician (Entry)

This is an internal promotional recruitment, only open to City of Napa full-time classified employees. Do you have a passion for providing vital support to a collaborative team? Are you eager to use your technical accounting experience to serve our community? Has your collaborative work style allowed you to bring value and make positive impacts? Then apply today and continue your accounting career with the City of Napa! We are currently seeking qualified applicants to fill an Accounting Technician (Entry) opening in the Finance Department. You would contribute to the organization by supporting the Revenue Section, assisting with system improvement efforts, providing experience in reporting to government organizations at the Federal and State levels, working with automated financial systems and more. You may also perform duties in accounts payable, utility billing, accounts receivable, bank reconciliation, or benefits administration support, performing routine to difficult work processing requests and other municipal transactions. This outstanding opportunity will support our staff and display your math/accounting/bookkeeping skills, attention to detail, organization and use of tact.

The Finance Department consists of 26 full-time employees and an annual department budget of $7.2 million, for FY25/26. The Finance Department is composed of the Administration, Accounting and Auditing, Revenue, and Budget divisions. The department is responsible for safeguarding public financial resources, providing the City Council with thoughtful policy analysis and development of financially sound funding options, developing the City budget, utility billing, overseeing purchasing activities, and assisting city departments to implement their programs through budget development and management, and reporting the city's financial activity in a clear and understandable manner to the organization and the community.

Important dates: In-person panel interviews will take place on Thursday, May 14, 2026. This date has been confirmed, and it is recommended that you plan your calendar accordingly. Departmental interviews will take place on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

Ideal candidates for the position of Accounting Technician (Entry) will have shown success in demonstrating the following competencies:

• Technical knowledge and skill
• Emotional intelligence
• Customer service
• Quality orientation
• Information monitoring
• Adaptability
• Initiating action

Mission statement for the City of Napa: Rooted in public service, our mission is to grow a vibrant, sustainable community for all who live in, work in, and visit the City of Napa, through thoughtful leadership and dedication to excellence. Core values for the City of Napa:

• Integrity
• Service
• Inclusion
• Collaboration

***Note: City of Napa employees should use a personal email address during the application process***

The City of Napa utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on broad outreach efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to take part in a process designed to determine the qualifications, fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant position, in which case, an eligible list may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments and eligible lists may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work. Candidates who have participated in a testing process for a recruitment are not eligible to re-take the same test within six (6) months.

What happens next?

• We will review your application and all supplemental materials to select the best qualified applicants to continue in the selection process. Application appraisal includes a review of qualifications, education, training, and experience related to the job, as well as supplemental questions if applicable.
• Applicants moving forward in the selection process may be asked to participate in any combination of the following (at any phase of the selection process): online assessment, written examination, job-related exercise, phone interview, and panel interview. These testing steps may be conducted on a pass/fail basis, and/or percentage-based scoring methodology.
• Based on the City Charter, the final phase of the selection process is the Probationary Period, which in most cases is six (6) months but may be twelve (12) months depending on the classification.
• When three or fewer candidates are available, the testing procedures outlined in the Job Announcement may be waived by the Human Resources Department.

Language equity: If you need assistance with the recruitment and selection process in Spanish, contact us at 707-257-9505. These requests will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.