Account Technician - Operations Dept​/DSC - TRANSFER Account Technicians of MVUSD

Position: Account Technician - Operations Dept./DSC - TRANSFER Only - (Current Account Technicians of MVUSD only may apply at
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MURRIETA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 10/8/98

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ACCOUNT TECHNICIAN QUALIFICATIONS Knowledge of 1. State and district laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to school accounting and record keeping requirements and standards.
2. General accounting and bookkeeping principles and procedures related to assigned areas of responsibility.
3. Business math, ledger, statistical, and record keeping procedures.
4. Modern office methods and procedures.
5. Correct English usage, spelling, grammar, punctuation, and math.
6. Safety rules and regulations for this position. Ability to 1. Perform complex clerical work and make above average mathematical calculations with speed and accuracy.
2. Establish and maintain a variety of complex record-keeping systems and to prepare a variety of financial and statistical reports related to assigned areas of responsibility.
3. Audit and tabulate, balance, reconcile and extend data, including district checking accounts.
4. Balance the district cash account and Revolving Cash Fund; prepare bank reconciliations involving a variety of district accounts.
5. Prepare accurate financial summaries, projections, reports, and correspondence independently without immediate supervision.
6. Learn the appropriate rules, regulations and technical procedures used in assigned areas of specialization.
7. Conduct workshops.
8. Understand and carry out directions in an independent manner.
9. Understand and carry out oral and written instructions, policies, and procedures. 10. Receive and give information over the telephone or in person in a courteous manner. 11. Communicate effectively and tactfully in both oral and written forms. 12. Operate office machines and equipment including a typewriter, copier, personal computer and calculator proficiently. 13. Type accurately at a rate of forty (40) words per minute from clear copy containing a large percentage of numerical or tabular data.

14. Be a productive and active team member. 15. Work successfully with diverse groups of people. 16. Maintain a pleasant appearance and demeanor. 17. Handle all matters in a tactful, courteous, and confidential manner so as to maintain and/or establish good public relations. 18. Learn and follow the operations, procedures, policies, and requirements of an assigned program or operations unit.

19. Exercise independent judgment and problem-solving skills related to specific areas of responsibility. 20. Establish and maintain effective work relationships with those contacted in the performance of required duties. Training and Experience
1. Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth (12th) grade, including or supplemented by college-level courses in bookkeeping, budget, and principles of accounting.
2. Three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience in office clerical work involving responsible account, financial, or statistical records maintenance. 3. Has working knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet software. 4. A work history demonstrating dependability and reliability.

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Assistant Superintendent for Business Services or designee JOB GOAL:
Performs varied and increasingly responsible clerical accounting functions in support of specialized programs and fiscal services such as district revenues, accounts receivable, attendance accounting, records and reports, and developer fees. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
1. Maintains financial records and processes documents involved in financial/special reporting transactions such as accounts receivable, attendance accounting, mandated costs, and district checking accounts.
2. Computes, verifies, balances and adjusts accounts, records and data requiring independent judgment based on established procedures and policies.
3. Maintains and reconciles assigned check registers.
4. Maintains revolving cash account; receives requests, checks for proper authorization, account coding and accuracy of extensions; writes check(s), obtains proper signatures and routes checks.
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