Account Clerk , II, III - Waiakea Intermediate

Account Clerk III

Authorized level of the position is Account Clerk III. Applications are being accepted down to the Account Clerk I in the event of recruiting difficulties.

• Account Clerk I, SR-06: $3,141.00 per month
• Account Clerk II, SR-08: $3,266.00 per month
• Account Clerk III, SR-11: $3,606.00 per month

• 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.

• Experience Requirement:
  Applicants must have had work experience of the kind and quality described below in the amounts shown.
  • Account Clerk I – General Experience 1/2 year, Specialized Experience 0, Total 1/2 year
  • Account Clerk II – General Experience 1/2 year, Specialized Experience 1 year, Total 1-1/2 years
  • Account Clerk III – General Experience 1/2 year, Specialized Experience 2 years, Total 2-1/2 years
• Supervisory aptitude required for some Account Clerk III positions. Demonstrated aptitude or potential for supervisory duties through successful completion of assignments with supervisory responsibilities.
• General
  
  Experience:
  
  Work experience demonstrating knowledge of arithmetic and spelling, ability to follow oral and written directions, write simply and directly, observe differences in words and numbers quickly and accurately.
• Specialized
  
  Experience:
  
  Work involved in posting to accounting records and systematizing fiscal information; knowledge of standard accounting classification and terminology pertinent to account maintenance; for levels III, must involve reconciling accounts and preparation of standard financial statements.
• Non-Qualifying
  
  Experience:
  
  Inventory clerk, stock clerk, supply clerk or other related work primarily concerned with posting non-fiscal data or checking calculations without fiscal record keeping knowledge not considered qualifying specialized experience.
• Substitution of Education for
  
  Experience:
  • Graduation from high school with courses in basic English and arithmetic may be substituted for six (6) months of general experience.
  • Successful completion of a substantially full-time equivalent accounting curriculum leading to a degree or diploma at an accredited business school, community college or equivalent institution may be substituted for specialized experience on basis of one (1) year of such training for one (1) year of experience, up to a maximum of two (2) years.
  • Completion of at least one (1) school year of a full-time accounting curriculum that normally leads to a degree may be substituted for one (1) year of specialized experience.
  • A baccalaureate degree in accounting will be deemed to have met the…