Account Clerk III - Student Services Section

Salary Range: Account Clerk III, SR-11: $3,606.00 per month Responsibilities Verifies and enters details of costs, charges or other similar bookkeeping items to correct accounts or classifications; Receives receipts and deposits cash collections of various kind, and maintains appropriate records; consults or studies specific books, manuals, catalogs or other sources in order to obtain desired information; Performs numerous types of computations such as discount, interest, ratio and percentage; determines rates, costs, amounts or other specifications for various types of items, selecting and using tables or classification data; Explains details of services, methods or policies; prepares requisitions or purchase orders, and may place orders for supplies, materials, equipment or contract services; processes invoices and may prepare vouchers for approval to authorize disbursement; May maintain inventory control records; Reviews the accounts clerical work of others, calling attention to use of incorrect procedures or methods and to incorrect entries or results; Composes correspondence requiring specific knowledge of methods, procedures, policies or other information; determines the general ledger accounts, journals and subsidiary accounts affected and the debit and/or credit entries to be made; summarizes transactions having a like effect and preparing control sheets or other posting documents reflecting the debit and/or credit entries to be made; Totals entries at specified intervals and takes a trial balance of debits and credits; determines corrective entries required to bring accounts into balance; closes and reconciles accounts; May supervise one or more lower‑level account clerk or other subordinates. Qualifications Applicants must have worked a total of 2½ years for the Account Clerk III level. This includes 0½ years of general experience and 2 years of specialized experience. Some positions require supervisory aptitude, demonstrated by previous supervisory duties or training. General Experience Work experience demonstrating knowledge of arithmetic and spelling, and the abilities to follow oral and written directions, to write simply and directly and to observe differences in words and numbers quickly and accurately. Specialized Experience Work involving posting to accounting records, classifying and recording financial information, reconciling accounts, and preparing standard financial statements. Non‑Qualifying Experience Experience as an inventory clerk, stock clerk, supply clerk or other non‑fiscal posting work is not considered qualifying specialized experience. Substitution of Education for Experience High‑school graduation with basic English and arithmetic courses may substitute for six months of general experience. One year of a substantially full‑time accounting curriculum may substitute for one year of specialized experience, up to a maximum of two years. Completion of one school year of a more than one‑year accounting curriculum may substitute for one year of specialized experience. A bachelor’s degree in accounting meets the experience requirements for Account Clerk V level. Fifteen semester hours of accounting coursework may substitute for six months of experience, up to a maximum of 3½ years. Salary Details The advertised salary is based on full‑time employment and includes shortage and school‑year differentials, if applicable. #J-18808-Ljbffr Hawaii State Department of Education