Senior Account Clerk

Senior Account Clerk

Advance your career in accounting and finance with the County of Sonomanow hiring Senior Account Clerks! Multiple opportunities are currently available. Starting salary up to $37.67 / hour ($78,621 / year), plus a competitive total compensation package!

Do you have?

• The ability to accurately prepare, maintain, and reconcile financial transactions in a timely manner
• The drive to provide exemplary customer service
• Prior experience in bookkeeping and accounts payable / receivable
• Previous experience processing vendor payments and employee reimbursements
• Experience extracting and analyzing data, creating reports using financial systems and databases
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to effectively interact with employees, managers, vendors, and other agency personnel
• Strong computer skills, including experience with Excel, Outlook, and Word
• Experience working with Enterprise Financial Systems (EFS), highly desired

If you found yourself saying yes to many of the questions above, don't waitapply today and start your journey in public service!

Across the County, Senior Account Clerks maintain and review financial and statistical records for their department, agency, and / or commission. Senior Account Clerks may provide direction to other clerical accounting personnel, may guide and train employees, and may participate in the new hire selection process. When you join the County as a Senior Account Clerk you will use your independent judgment and discretion to confer with staff, management, and other County departments and agencies regarding best practices and County policies / procedures related to processing and maintaining financial records.

This recruitment is being conducted to fill :

Working at the County of Sonoma offers expansive opportunities for growth and development, the ability to be a part of a challenging and rewarding work environment, and the satisfaction of knowing youre working to better our communities. You can also look forward to flexible work arrangements and excellent benefits including :

Salary is negotiable within the established range. Benefits described herein do not represent a contract and may be changed without notice. Additional information can be found in the Service Employees International Union Local 1021 Memorandum Of Understanding (SEIU MOU) and our Employee Benefits Directory.

Qualified County employees who wish to be considered for future positions should consider apply to this recruitment.

Application submissions require the Supplemental Questionnaire be completed.

Education and Experience : Any combination of education, training, and experience which would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities. Normally, this would include completion of 12 semester units or 16 quarter units in accounting, record keeping, business math, or a closely related field; and one year of responsible full-time experience which includes the review, processing, and maintenance of fiscal transactions and accounts, or statistical data and records.

OR

Some coursework in accounting, record keeping, business math, or a closely related field, and two years of increasingly responsible full-time experience which includes the review, processing, and maintenance of fiscal transactions and accounts, or statistical data and records.

Possession of a valid driver's license at the appropriate level including special endorsements, as required by the State of California, may be required depending upon assignment to perform the essential job functions of the position.

The position advertised on this announcement does not require possession of a valid California Driver's License.

Considerable knowledge of methods, practices, and terminology used in financial and statistical clerical work, including working knowledge of costs and budgetary accounting principles, and double entry bookkeeping; government and departmental policies, regulations, and procedures in order to satisfactorily perform assigned account or statistical record keeping functions, resolve the related problems, or assess acceptability of work performance and procedures; department services, organization, and functions to proficiently plan, prioritize, coordinate, implement, direct, review, and perform work assigned to a clerical accounting section.

Working knowledge of basic arithmetic to include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and derivatives in order to count, calculate, balance, check, and adjust fiscal and / or statistical data; modern office methods and procedures; database, spreadsheet, and word processing applications.

Ability to exercise judgment and technical skill in performing assigned duties without direct supervision; work with tabular detail such as codes, figures, and numbers; set up and revise account or statistical record keeping procedures and records; review, code, post, adjust, and summarize fiscal transactions or statistical data; maintain and reconcile control records; prepare final reports and statements; oversee the maintenance of financial and statistical records, and act as a subject matter resource to other workers; provide lead direction to other clerical accounting staff; make arithmetic computations rapidly and accurately; use and understand common database, spreadsheet, and word processing applications; transcribe data and record information neatly and legibly; establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers and the general public; operate office equipment such as adding machines, calculators, and computers in order to post, balance, summarize, and adjust data; type accurately.

Your application information and your responses to the supplemental questions are evaluated and taken into consideration throughout the entire selection process. You should list all employers and positions held within the last ten years in the work history section of your application. Be as thorough as possible when responding to the supplemental questions.

You may include history beyond ten years if related to the position for which you are applying. If you held multiple positions with one employer, list out each position separately.

Failure to follow these instructions may impact your competitiveness in this process or may result in disqualification.

Application submissions require the Supplemental Questionnaire be completed. Responses to supplemental questions will be scored using position-specific criteria. Please provide specific and detailed responses of a reasonable length to allow for a thorough assessment of your qualifications. Responses that state, "See Resume" or "See Application" may be considered insufficient and therefore may not be scored.

The selection procedure will consist of the following examination : An Application & Supplemental Questionnaire Appraisal Examination (weight 100%) will be conducted to evaluate each applicant's application and supplemental questionnaire for satisfaction of minimum qualifications (pass / not pass); and for educational coursework, training, experience, knowledge, and abilities which relate to this position. Each applicant will be evaluated based on the following criteria :

Candidates demonstrating possession of the minimum qualifications will be placed on an employment list in order of most qualified to least qualified based on the achieved score received in the Application & Supplemental Questionnaire Appraisal Examination which evaluates the education, training, experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, and other qualifications that you demonstrate in your application and / or response to the supplemental questionnaire.

Important Note : Benefits described herein do not apply to Extra Help positions.