Accounting Clerk III

Posting Details

Position Information

Job Title
Accounting Clerk III

Nature of Work

This is a leadership position involving the independent application of advanced accounting principles and practices to a wide range of financial accounts and records within an established accounting system.

Work responsibilities include updating, reconciling and maintaining facility accounts receivable and accounts payable ledgers, updating, reconciling and maintaining individual student payment accounts and compiling statistical information and preparing financial statements and reports. An employee within this classification is expected to use independent judgment in making decisions within the context of professional edicts and departmental policies and procedures.

General supervision is received from an administrative superior with work reviewed in the form of compliance with financial policies and procedures and overall accuracy. Employees in this classification will provide leadership over other accounting and clerical staff.

Examples of Work Performed

Process the Accounts Payable

Requisition s for payment of vendor invoices. Maintain records of campus utility consumption. Complete journal entries to ensure all accounts are accurate and up-to-date.

Essential Duties:
1. Process accounts payable requisitions
a. Check incoming accounts payable forms for errors before processing
b. Batch documents and enter into accounting system for payment
c. Process utility payments and maintain records of utility consumption

d. Coding of state purchasing and travel cards
2. Complete journal entries

a. Calculate indirect costs for TRIO and Upward Bound grants and complete the appropriate journal entry quarterly or as requested

b. Monthly departmental journal entries (motor pool, print shop, postage, etc.)

c. Journal entries as requested both from within our department and across campus (corrections of GL coding and/or budget codes)
Secondary Duties:
1. Address questions from vendors and campus personnel concerning vendor payments
2. Preparation of cancel and stop pay/reissue of state warrants
3. Responsible for collection of W-9 tax information from new vendors and setting up new vendors in SAP
4. Filing and other normal office procedures
5. Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor

Required Qualifications

High School diploma or equivalent
Associate's degree in accounting or bookkeeping or two years' of supervisory experience in accounting or bookkeeping or any combination of skills, knowledge and abilities that meet these requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

None

Physical Demands

License and Certification Requirements

None

Other Requirements

Successful background records and credit check

Salary Information
$40,158-$40,625

FTE

1.000

FLSA
Non-Exempt

Union Status
NAPE

Number of Vacancies
1

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number
PS1675P

Desired Start Date
07/01/2026

Open Date

Close Date

Open Until Filled
Yes

Special Instructions to Applicants

General Information

EEO Statement

The Nebraska State Colleges are equal opportunity institutions and prohibit unlawful discrimination and harassment. Each College has designated an individual to coordinate the Colleges' non-discrimination efforts to comply with regulations implementing Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies and practices may be directed to the Compliance Coordinators assigned at each College and identified on each College website.

Veteran Statement
This position is subject to Veterans Preference.