Job Description

Posting number: 27-041530

Department: Health and Human Services Agency

Job classification: Account Clerk Senior

Posting type: Open

Categories: Accounting and Finance, Miscellaneous, Customer Service

Summary

HHSA I(1).jpgThis recruitment will establish an employment list to fill current and any future vacancies for those County departments that have this position. The anticipated life of the employment list is six months. If interested in employment for this position for current or future vacancies, please submit an online application for consideration.

Current vacancy is with the Health and Human Services Agency located in Visalia.

Examples of duties

• Perform the most difficult or complex clerical bookkeeping work.
• Make independent decisions regarding classification of source documents.
• Maintain a variety of detailed financial records.
• Analyze and interpret accounts and records.
• Assist with posting and encumbrance procedures.

For a full list of duties please click here.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications are used as a guide for establishing the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license which are required and equivalent to the following.

Education:

• Equivalent to completion of the twelfth(12th) grade.

Experience:

• Two (2) years of general bookkeeping work.

Knowledge of:

• Double and single entry bookkeeping methods.
• Procedures to receive and disburse funds.
• Encumbrance procedures.
• Methods and procedures used in financial and statistical ledger systems.
• Bookkeeping terminology.
• United States monetary system.
• Numerical and alphabetical filing systems.

Skill/Ability to:

• Perform the most difficult bookkeeping work including preparing and reconciling financial reports, computing tax corrections and making adjusting and closing entries.
• Read, interpret and analyze financial and fiscal documents, accounts and records.
• Define problems, research and collect information, establish facts and develop appropriate conclusions.
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers, decimals, fractions and percentages.
• Record information legibly and with technical accuracy.
• Proofread for spelling, number and typing errors.
• Alphabetize, file and maintain various financial and fiscal records.
• Prepare financial documents for payment.
• Retain and recall factual information.
• Follow complex verbal and written instructions.
• Communicate with people of various educational and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Be patient, tactful and courteous with others.
• Convey written and verbal instructions clearly and concisely.

License or Certificate:

• Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate, valid California driver's license.

Supplemental information

Conditions of Employment

Candidates selected may be required to pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol screening. Additionally, a background investigation may also be conducted, which may include a re-investigation every 10 years for some positions. An Employment Eligibility Verification using E-Verify may be required on the first day of employment for some positions. Some job classes may also require a physical exam.

College Cost Reduction Access Act

This may be a qualifying position for student loan forgiveness through the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA). Only student loan payments made after October 1, 2007 and in a qualified repayment plan are eligible. For more information you are encouraged to speak with your student loan servicer or visit: https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service

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