Account Technician, Accounting, Springfield

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support in maintaining and processing financial information by reconciling accounts, maintaining, updating, and adjusting accounting records; obtaining, gathering, verifying, summarizing and providing information pertaining to charitable organizations registrations and annual reports.
• Verify financial documents and related charitable organization documents to ensure that information has been accurately posted to the database/record system.
• Document and process financial documents, annual reports and registrations by verifying information and entering data into the accounting system.
• Maintain historical financial records by updating, adjusting, and entering information into account books, records, and ledgers (manual or automated); verifying accounting information with other internal records.
• Assist other staff by maintaining detailed records; coding, preparing, and processing routine financial documents; and answering routine questions.
• Maintain customer confidence and protect operations by keeping financial information confidential.
• Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing related results in a cooperative and collaborative manner.
• May be required to cross‑train and serve as a backup on other accounting functions.
• Attendance in the office is an essential function of this position.

• Completion of two years of college and one year of technical accounting experience, or four years of related clerical or bookkeeping experience, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Knowledge of general bookkeeping and accounting techniques and elementary knowledge of State accounting laws, regulations and procedures.
• Familiarity with standard office accounting machines and personal computers.
• Ability to maintain satisfactory working relationships with other employees and the general public.