What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounting Technician II position at Collier County, FL?
Job Summary
Performs entry level accounting, fiscal and administrative work for an assigned accounting function. Work may involve receiving, preparing and processing financial documents; performing accounts payable and/or receivables work; reconciling accounting transactions; maintaining and balancing accounting ledgers; creating and maintaining accounting databases and automated files; and preparing records, reports and summaries regarding assigned fiscal operations.
Essential Functions
- Plans and implements daily operational tasks for assigned specialized accounting function such as grants administration or lease management; also performs general accounting and fiscal work for other division accounting functions.
- Receives and processes financial documents for assigned accounting; reviews documents, ensures accuracy and completes with appropriate information such as account codes, assigning vendor numbers, etc.
- Prepares and processes documents for assigned accounting functions; ensures accuracy, completeness, appropriate coding, etc.; accepts and posts payments for assigned programs/functions and prepares receipts for same.
- Monitors accounting activities and compares with established budgets and/or projections; prepares reports of accounting activities such as grant reporting summaries, reports of budget deviations, revenue and sales reports, revenues and expenditures reports, etc.
- Establishes and maintains accounting information in automated financial information systems; posts information and performs data entry for accounting transactions; maintains automated files and databases; processes data to produce accounting documents.
- Reconciles accounting transactions and documentation, bank statements and the general ledger for assigned accounts and/or accounting functions; maintains running balances on assigned accounts.
- Performs other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED required.
- One (1) year of related experience.
- Fingerprinting Required.
Supplemental information
- Salary offers above the minimum pay grade may be considered based on qualifications.
- Essential Employees may be required to work during an undeclared or declared emergency. The County’s Administrative Office will determine who will be required to work on an incident-by-incident basis.
- This job posting is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the position.
