Account Clerk

Account Clerk

Under direction, the Account Clerk performs a variety of clerical and accounting support functions involving the computation, classification, verification, and recording of financial data. Maintains accurate financial records by reconciling accounts, reviewing transactions and documentation for accuracy, processing routine financial information, and ensuring the completeness and integrity of accounting records. Assists with the maintenance of fiscal records and performs related administrative and accounting duties as required.

Responsibilities:

• Examines and verifies that entries, postings, and totals are accurate and that supporting documents are included.
• Performs routine arithmetic calculations and tabulates by hand or with the aid of machines.
• Performs varied clerical tasks involved in keeping accounts of a simple, routine, and repetitive nature.
• Post entries in cash books, journals, ledgers, and/or other records.
• Prepares records of cash receipts and disbursements.
• Makes extensions and calculates percentages and discounts.
• Calculates deductions to be made from the pay of individuals.
• Keeps a continuous record of the quantity, type, and value of merchandise, materials, equipment, and stock on hand.
• Checks and compares the completeness of various types of documents, such as vouchers, payrolls, requisitions, invoices, bills, and receipts.
• Examines vouchers to ensure they have the necessary approvals and that the data are arithmetically correct.
• Reviews financial data to ensure correct accounts and appropriations are cited.
• Reviews expense account for funding or budgetary limitations and refers discrepancies to higher-level staff.
• Post accounting information to data transaction forms to reflect the correct accounting category or code and utilization of funds in accordance with specific guidelines.
• Post noncomplex disbursements, deductions, and remittances paid and due, and checks.
• Records charges, overpayments, refunds, and so forth into the record book.
• Prepares vouchers and invoices and assists with the preparation of periodic reports.
• Performs simple reconciliation of bank accounts.
• May assist in collecting/compiling data for inclusion in budget requests, financial statements, and other reports.
• Refers errors and irregularities to superiors.
• Gives routine information in person and over the telephone.
• Maintains established records/files where selection and classification of data do not require difficult decisions and where procedures are routinized.
• Maintains standardized double-entry bookkeeping records involving making entries in journals and posting to ledgers and other records, which entail only a few variations in the transactions recorded.
• Clearly established guidelines exist for the required actions, and limited problems arise in identifying the proper account classification or in balancing and reconciling accounts.
• Will be required to learn to use various electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Qualifications:

• Appointees will be required to possess a New Jersey driver's license only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
• Knowledge of office methods, practices, and equipment, and of performing routine, repetitive, and non-complex tasks involved in keeping financial and/or other records of a mathematical nature.
• Knowledge of basic arithmetic functions.
• Ability to understand, remember, and carry out oral and written directions.
• Ability to perform routine/repetitive tasks, compare numerical/verbal data, and select appropriate information for forms.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and find averages/percentages.
• Ability to apply arithmetic principles and to correct computational errors.
• Ability to acquire an understanding of numerical record keeping, data gathering, and other clerical procedures used in a specific establishment.
• Ability to perform work requiring constant/close attention to clerical and numerical detail.
• Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
• A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.

The anticipated starting base pay for this position is:

• $45,000 - $55,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.

Benefits: You can build your own future while helping to build the future of your community. With competitive benefits, including a pension plan, on-site wellness coaches, and health and dental insurance, Middlesex County offers the support employees need. The County also promotes a healthy work-life balance with generous vacation, sick, and holiday leave.

Middlesex County is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.