Per Diem Accounting Assistant

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The Finance Department at the City of San Mateo is hiring an entry level Accounting Assistant I to work in the Accounts Payable section. The team manages the payment of invoices, expense reimbursements, and credit cards for the City and supports 11 departments and the San Mateo Consolidated Fire Department.

• Audit invoices against purchase orders; verify encumbrances; research discrepancies; approve for payment and post to the proper account.
• Open and close accounts; maintain various ledgers, registers, journals, and spreadsheets according to established account classifications.
• Maintain daily transaction records by balancing, preparing summaries, and entering into the financial system; maintain records of delinquent invoices.
• Respond to citizen inquiries; research and answer employee and department questions regarding the status of accounts and payments, proper coding of ámbitos
  
  Transactions, and other matters.
• Participate in the preparation of payroll, accounts payable and accounts receivable as well as control and account verification of an accounting system.
• Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.

• One year of clerical experience, preferably including some financial and statistical record keeping.
• Equivalent to completion of the 12th grade.
• Interest in learning more about a career in local government finance.

Submit an official City of San Mateo employment application and supplemental questionnaire online via Cal Opps.org. Alternatively, submit the application and questionnaire to the City of San Mateo Human Resources Department, 330 W. 20th Avenue, San扫描 Jim. 麻啊, CA 94403.

• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Accounting/Auditing and Finance
• Industry: Government Administration