— Account Technician Job Description

Miscellaneous Bargaining Unit/Range 124-126
Formatting (only) changed July 2017

ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN

DEFINITION:

Under direction from the Finance Manager, performs assigned clerical level accounting work for the

Finance Division of the City Administrative Services department and does related work as required.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

This position requires the ability to work effectively in a busy environment with multiple distractions and

demonstrate flexibility, versatility and attention to detail in the performance clerical level accounting work

within the Finance Division of Administrative Services. Must possess a considerable degree of tact, mature

professional judgment and high degree of organization and be deadline oriented.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES:

Processing customer utility, business license and accounts receivable payments, request for new and
discontinuance of utility services.

Billing and collection of receivables in accordance with established guidelines.

Processing payables in accordance with the policies and procedures.

Prepare and modify documents including correspondence, spreadsheets, reports, drafts, memos and
emails.

Ability to accurately maintain a cash drawer and follow the established internal control procedures.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 2 years of increasingly responsible experience in a financial clerical support position.

• Successful experience in two accounting disciplines

• High school graduate or equivalent. Enrollment in a community college accounting or business related

(business bookkeeping, business management, computer science). Additional experience may be

substituted for education.

• Valid California Driver’s License Class “C”

Physical Requirements:

Position requires prolonged sitting, standing, walking, reaching, twisting and turning, kneeling,

bending, squatting, crouching and stooping in the performance of daily activities; grasping, repetitive

hand movement and fine coordination in preparing reports and documents using a computer

keyboard; near vision in reading correspondence and documents and viewing a computer screen

throughout the day; work in a noisy environment with multiple distractions; operate a variety of office

equipment such as a calculator, computer and typewriter. Acute hearing is required when providing

telephone service and communicating in person; ability to lift, drag and push files, computer reports

or other materials weighing up to twenty pounds.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOLLOWING AND/OR ABILITY TO:

Miscellaneous Bargaining Unit/Range 124-126
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• Accounting theory, principles and practices and their application to a wide variety of accounting

• Laws, ordinances and regulations affecting the municipal financial operations;

• Principals of account classifications

• General knowledge of electronic data processing and its application to financial analysis and

• Basic purchasing principles and practices.

• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.

• Employ good judgment and make sound decisions in accordance with established procedures and

• Understand and patiently, effectively explain local ordinances, regulations and procedures to the

• Understand and follow oral and written management direction.

• Learn specialized computer programs.

• Analyze situations accurately and develop effective courses of action

• Accurate use of an adding machine

• Create and maintain spreadsheets

• Access Internet and research items as requested

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by

this employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other

duties requested by his or her supervisor.

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