City of Battle Creek is Hiring an AR/OFFICE CLERK/CSR II Near Battle Creek, MI
JOB Performs intermediate administrative support work floating between the City Treasurer’s office, Income Tax, Purchasing, and Finance Department; performs cashier work; post and maintain ledgers, journals or other statistical records; customer services tasks regarding utility inquiries, accounts, rates and service; perform routine clerical work and filing, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the moderate supervision of the City Treasurer or other designated official. EXAMPLE OF DUTIES Serves as a floater between the City Treasurer, Utility Billing, Income Tax, Purchasing (including Mail Room) and Finance Department.Maintains and operates a cash drawer. Collects and processes payments. Reconciles balances, posts to and maintains bookkeeping and other records. Receives and records remittances from other City departments.Provides customer services in person and on the phone by answering questions, providing information, and directing customers appropriately and take payments.Performs routine clerical work to include preparing vouchers, typing correspondence, receiving, sorting and processing mail; scanning and organizing documents; compile information for use in reports including database and spreadsheets, and preparing other related documents.Serve as backup for the mail clerk in processing and sorting incoming and outgoing mail, perform routine delivery and pick up of incoming and outgoing mail to appropriate city departments, distribute outgoing mail to Post Office.Endorse items such as checks, receipts, and lists.Reconcile cash balances, balance receipts and maintain bookkeeping and other records.Process work orders for utility service maintenance/installation; maintain and update databases as assigned. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION Physical Requirements/Working Conditions: This work is sedentary and requires the occasional exertion of up to 25 pounds of force; work regularly requires sitting, bending, reaching, hand dexterity (grasping, holding, keyboarding, repetitive movements), reading, writing, eye-hand coordination, seeing (near and/or far, color, depth, field of vision), hearing, using the telephone, contact with the general public, and working inside and alone; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data; work has no exposure to environmental conditions; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).