Accounting Technician

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate for the Accounting Technician role is a highly organized and detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment requiring precision and analytical thinking. They possess a natural aptitude for numbers, paired with a keen ability to identify patterns, discrepancies, and opportunities for process improvements.

This individual approaches their work with a sense of responsibility and integrity, ensuring accuracy in financial records and reports. They are a proactive problem-solver who takes initiative to resolve challenges, anticipate needs, and adapt quickly to changing priorities. A strong communicator, they can clearly explain financial data and collaborate effectively with colleagues across departments, fostering a team-oriented atmosphere.

To succeed in this role, the candidate must be self‑motivated and possess excellent time-management skills, balancing multiple responsibilities while meeting deadlines without sacrificing quality. They are tech‑savvy, comfortable navigating accounting software and other digital tools, and they leverage technology to streamline workflows and enhance efficiency. Additionally, the ideal candidate is resourceful and demonstrates a continuous improvement mindset, constantly seeking ways to optimize processes and deliver exceptional results.

They exhibit a high level of professionalism, reliability, and discretion when handling sensitive financial and payroll information.

The incumbent will perform complex clerical work required in the maintenance of fiscal and statistical records. Tasks may include processing purchase requisitions and invoices, reconciling monthly purchasing card transactions and vendor statements, processing journal entries, preparing calculations for cost allocation, performing cost accounting functions, auditing payroll, assisting human resources, and using various software including Cost Accounting Management System, People Soft, Microsoft Access Database, Oracle Cloud modules, and other related work as assigned.

• Maintain journals and ledgers of financial transactions and prepare analytical reports on revenues and expenditures;
• Prepare calculations for billing of services provided by the County;
• Maintain general, statistical, and cost records;
• Prepare and process information that requires the analysis of complex source documents;
• Compile a variety of narrative and statistical reports, locating sources of information, devising forms to secure data, and determining the proper format for finished reports;
• Answer questions that involve searching for and abstracting data;
• Coordinate statistical input for electronic data processing;
• Reconcile credit cards;
• Process accounts payable;
• Review facility work orders for accuracy and assign service request numbers for routinely provided services;
• Audit payroll timekeeping entries to ensure completeness and accuracy;
• Obtain payroll supporting documentation;
• Provide assistance with human resource tasks.

• Principles of basic accounting;
• Supervising methods and techniques;
• Record keeping techniques;
• Statistical concepts and techniques;
• Computerized accounting, spreadsheet, charting, and word processing applications.

• Perform fiscal and statistical record keeping at the journey level;
• Analyze data and present logical conclusions;
• Develop and maintain record-keeping systems;
• Minimize workload through efficient use of automated and manual procedures.

Education / Experience

Pattern I

• Three (3) years of full‑time general clerical experience involving bookkeeping, statistical or financial record keeping, payroll, or related duties; two (2) years of which must have been at a journey level.

Pattern II

• Two (2) years of full‑time journey-level clerical experience involving bookkeeping, statistical or financial record keeping, payroll, or related duties; and
• One (1) year of full‑time schooling in relevant college coursework or business school training (24 semester units or 36 quarter units).

• Pass County-paid pre‑employment job‑related background investigation.
• Perform job duties in a manner assuring a safe working environment for oneself and others.
• Maintain confidential information according to the legal standards and/or County regulations as required.
• Some positions may be required to possess and maintain a valid California Driver’s License and meet County insurability requirements.