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    Accounting Technician, Senior - Los Angeles, United States - CalHR

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    CalHR Los Angeles, United States

    3 weeks ago

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    Description

    Salary Information:
    $21.20 Hourly /

    $3,674.67 Monthly /

    $44,096.00 Annually


    Under limited supervision, the Accounting Technician, Senior performs the more difficult and specialized clerical accounting duties in the preparation and maintenance of financial and statistical records in a manual or automated environment; explains rules, policies, and operations related to assigned work area; may serve as a lead-worker and provide training and work assignments to a group of fiscal support staff; and performs related work as required.

    The Accounting Technician, Senior is the advanced journey level in the Account Clerk series.

    Incumbents either act as the lead-worker to a group of fiscal support staff or exercise detailed and complex subject matter knowledge of a specific program area or specialized system inherent to the operations of the department.

    The Accounting Technician (Account Clerk) class differs from the Office Assistant class in that the primary duties of the

    Accounting Technician (Account Clerk) class


    involve the application of mathematical skills and ability, and the interpretation and application of rules and procedures requiring sustained, frequent, and intensive use of financial, statistical, and numerical data and information.

    The Office Assistant class performs a wide variety of general office support duties in which the use of mathematical ability is incidental to their primary function and most frequently performed duties.

    Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:


    As a lead-worker, instructs employees in the interpretation and application of laws, regulations, policies, and procedures related to fiscal and statistical record-keeping.

    Acts as a technical resource on more difficult problems or specialized issues.

    Prioritizes and manages workload distribution; monitors quality and timeliness of unit work; identifies and provides individual instruction to co-workers for work deficiencies; provides feedback to supervisor as requested.

    Assists the public by answering inquiries about policies and procedures; obtains information, resolves discrepancies or errors, disperses relevant information, or refers clients to the appropriate personnel or location; explains the proper use of forms, documents, and reports.

    Prepares statistical, fiscal, and case record reports required by state, federal, and local agencies; gathers and arranges information by extracting from source documents or computer reports, and arranges in an understandable, presentable, or prescribed format.

    Assists with compilation of budget information including work and time records.

    Receives and verifies bills, invoices, vouchers, purchase orders, claims, and related materials; tabulates amounts; codes data for processing; posts revenue and expenditures to daily journals and control registers; adjusts accounts, proofs and balances total against off-setting total or source materials; traces and corrects errors.

    Maintains financial, statistical, work, time, payroll information, and case record information.

    Handles money transactions such as collecting and disbursing monies and other negotiable items related to the department's programs and agency operations; maintains records of receipts; checks, balances, and reconciles cash statements and computerized reports; processes documents such as invoices, purchase orders, and other records.

    Verifies and processes bank deposits and deposits funds in the appropriate accounts.
    Writes letters, memos, or documents to correspond with public and private organizations/agencies to obtain or verify information.

    May operate automated systems to produce notices, checks, graphs, charts, letters, reports, legal documents, spreadsheets, and standardized forms that are required for the maintenance of fiscal and statistical reports.

    May trouble-shoot problems relating to automated systems.
    Performs related duties as assigned.

    EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS

    Knowledge of:
    Advanced mathematics and statistics such as complex decimal, fraction, percentage formulas, and statistical calculations.
    Grammar, vocabulary, spelling, punctuation, and composition.
    Office and department practices, procedures, programs, services, policies, regulations, and automated systems.
    Laws, rules, and regulations governing the maintenance of account, fiscal, and case records in the area assigned.
    Bookkeeping, accounting, and financial auditing procedures.
    Principles of lead supervision and training.
    Methods and techniques used in researching, proofing, evaluating, gathering, organizing, and arranging data.
    Common word processing, spreadsheet, and database software packages.

    Ability to:
    Verify, compile, reconcile, and interpret more difficult and complex financial and statistical data.
    Make arithmetic computations with speed and accuracy. Calculate solutions to math problems including addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, percentages, decimals, and fractions.
    Lead and train subordinate employees on laws, rules, regulations, and office procedures.
    Read and understand specific rules, codes, regulations, procedures, policies, and precedents.
    Communicate information effectively and orally to a wide variety of people.
    Compose reports and correspondence (e.g., letters, memorandums) using appropriate grammar and spelling.
    Compile multiple pieces of information clearly and concisely into an organized and understandable written report/document.
    Research, proof, evaluate, gather, organize, and arrange a diversity of information.
    Maintain journals, ledgers, and complex accounting and case records.

    Two (2) years of full-time clerical accounting experience performing fiscal or statistical work in an office environment, with one (1) year of full-time experience at the journey level.

    *Thirty (30) semester units or forty-five (45) quarter units that included coursework in basic financial and statistical recordkeeping practices and procedures; mathematics such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, fractions, and percentages; or computer applications and spreadsheet software may be substituted for up to one year of qualifying experience.

    Qualifying experience or education may be combined in order to meet the above requirements.

    When combining education and experience; fifteen (15) semester units or twenty-two and one-half quarter units equals six months of experience.

    A valid driver's license will be required at the time of interview. Individuals who do not meet this requirement due to a disability will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
    Positions require pre-employment screening, including background checks, and fingerprinting.

    Government agencies accessing US government information, which includes federal tax information, must ensure that background investigation requirements for all agency employees and contractors that have access to federal tax information are consistent to the IRS background investigation requirements for access to federal tax information.

    A background check is required for all Social Services positions.

    Background checks are required and must be repeated every 5 years.

    Background requirements consist of three components which include, fingerprinting, citizenship verification and local law enforcement checks.

    Lake County is required to verify Employment and Education if a conditional offer of employment is made to an applicant.


    Lake County offers:

    Flexible Office Hours available for most positions; Monday - Friday with a variety of schedules between 6:30am - 7:00pm.

    Work remotely from home available for some positions upon Lake County Department of Social Services Approval.


    EXAMINATION INFORMATION
    WRITTEN EXAMINATION – WEIGHTED 100%
    The written examination will consist of a multiple choice in-person written exam with the following five (5) test sections:
    General Office
    Basic Arithmetic
    Bookkeeping and Accounting
    Written Communication
    Interpersonal Relations

    In order to obtain a position on the eligible list, candidates must receive a minimum rating of 70% on the examination.

    It is anticipated that the examination will be held during March

    2024

    . Competitors who do not appear for the written examination will be disqualified.


    ELIGIBLE LIST INFORMATION
    A departmental

    open

    eligible list will be established for the county of Lake

    . The list will be utilized for 12 months after it is established unless the needs of the service and conditions of the list warrant a change in this period.


    RETEST PERIOD
    Once you have taken the examination, you may not retest for SIX (6) MONTHS from the established eligibility date.

    SPECIAL TESTING ARRANGEMENTS
    Special testing arrangements may be made to accommodate applicants for disability, military, or religious reasons. If you require such arrangements, please contact

    CalHR

    at or upon notification that your application has been approved.

    Documentation from medical, military, school or church officials outlining the accommodation request must be received by our office a minimum of five business days prior to a scheduled examination.


    APPLICATION DOCUMENTS
    If you are using education to meet the minimum qualifications, you must attach your transcripts to your application.

    Applicants with foreign transcripts must provide a transcript evaluation that indicates the number of units to which the foreign course work is equivalent.

    Transcripts and evaluations may be unofficial; official transcripts may be required upon appointment. Please redact birthdates and social security numbers.

    GENERAL INFORMATION

    MSS reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the recruitment if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change.

    Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all competitors will be notified.
    If you meet the requirements stated on this bulletin, you may take this examination. Your performance in this examination will be rated against predetermined rating criteria. All competitors who pass will be added to the eligible list. Meeting the entry requirements does not assure success in the examination or placement on the eligible list.

    General Qualifications:


    Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgement, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class.

    A medical examination may be required. As part of the hiring process, a background investigation may be required.


    EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

    The Merit System Services program is committed to equal employment opportunity for all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.


    ABOUT LAKE COUNTY

    Nestled inland and to the north of the San Francisco Bay Area, Lake County is rich with geographic history and landmarks.

    Lake County is home to Clear Lake, which is said to have been formed more than 2 million years ago and is the largest natural freshwater lake in the state of California.

    As a neighboring county to Napa, Lake County is renowned for growing premium wine grapes, pears, and walnuts, and as certified by the State's Air Resources Board, has the cleanest air in California.

    Also found in Lake County is Mount Konocti, which was formed from volcanic eruptions between 100,000 and 600,000 years ago.

    The local economy is based primarily on agriculture, tourism, and the geothermal power industry.
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