Senior Account Clerk - Keyboard Specialist
Schuyler County New York
Montour Falls, New York
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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$23.62–$23.62
LOCATION
Montour Falls, New York
POSTED
30+ days ago
HOW TO APPLY:
Applicants must submit a Civil Service “Application for Employment and/or Examination” to Schuyler County Civil Service office. Applications WILL be accepted via email or fax. You may include a resume with your application; however, you may NOT substitute “See Resume” for completing any portion of the application form. INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL BE DISAPPROVED.
VACANCY:
At the present time, there is one full-time (35 hours/week) provisional opening in the Schuyler County Treasurer’s Office. The person hired will need to take a Civil Service test at a later date and be reachable on the list to gain permanency in the position.
RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT:
Candidates must have been legal residents of Schuyler or a contiguous (Chemung, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins and Yates) county for at least one month immediately preceding the date of application. Preference in appointment may be given to a resident of the jurisdiction for which there is a vacancy.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The work involves responsibility for independently performing and/or supervising clerical duties in the maintenance and review of moderately difficult financial accounts and records. The work may require decision-making as to methods to be used and classification of records and accounts. The incumbent will be responsible for entering and retrieving information from a computer database/spreadsheet using software. The work is performed under general supervision and the incumbent may train lower level clerical workers. Supervision is not a responsibility of this class. Does related work as required.
TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES:
Applicants must submit a Civil Service “Application for Employment and/or Examination” to Schuyler County Civil Service office. Applications WILL be accepted via email or fax. You may include a resume with your application; however, you may NOT substitute “See Resume” for completing any portion of the application form. INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL BE DISAPPROVED.
VACANCY:
At the present time, there is one full-time (35 hours/week) provisional opening in the Schuyler County Treasurer’s Office. The person hired will need to take a Civil Service test at a later date and be reachable on the list to gain permanency in the position.
RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT:
Candidates must have been legal residents of Schuyler or a contiguous (Chemung, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins and Yates) county for at least one month immediately preceding the date of application. Preference in appointment may be given to a resident of the jurisdiction for which there is a vacancy.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The work involves responsibility for independently performing and/or supervising clerical duties in the maintenance and review of moderately difficult financial accounts and records. The work may require decision-making as to methods to be used and classification of records and accounts. The incumbent will be responsible for entering and retrieving information from a computer database/spreadsheet using software. The work is performed under general supervision and the incumbent may train lower level clerical workers. Supervision is not a responsibility of this class. Does related work as required.
TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES:
- Reviews a variety of complex financial documents, classifies them and distributes items into a variety of accounts according to prescribed procedures and policies.
- Posts figures to appropriate accounts, makes all necessary adjustments in balances and verifies and reconciles balances.
- Renews status of accounts as adjustments are made and takes appropriate action as authorizing payment, issuing checks or preparing bills.
- Track audits and monitors a variety of accounts.
- Verifies adjustments are made to correct allocations and issues reports as required.
- Prepares complex financial or statistical summary reports.
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- Prepares in final format accounting and financial statements, payrolls, statistical tabulations and data, form letters, memoranda, vouchers, reports, requisitions or data from various equipment as the source material.
- Prepares funds for deposit into book accounts, reconciles accounts, and prepares reports from information.
- Contacts clients, vendors or other agencies to obtain additional information.
- Provides information orally or in writing in response to inquiries on status of accounts and other financial matters.
- Receives payments in person or by mail.
- Processes, sorts, indexes, records and files a variety of control records and reports, or supervises the process.
- Performs complex payroll transactions or may prepare payroll for entire department and prepare all related reports.
- Operates calculator, peripheral computer equipment and other office equipment.
- May assist in preparation of figures and reports for use in budget preparation.
- Set up installment agreements for property tax payments.
- Research and prepare tax searches.
- Research, prepare, and disburse bail money; Order office supplies.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Possession of an Associates Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Graduation from high school or possession of an equivalency diploma and completion of a business certificate program that includes coursework in accounting and one year of clerical experience involving responsibility for maintaining and checking financial accounts and records.
- Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and two years of clerical experience involving responsibility for maintaining and checking financial accounts and records.
Note: Your degree must have been awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education. If your degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. A list of acceptable companies who provide this service can be found on the Internet at http://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/degrees.cfm. You must pay the required evaluation fee.
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