What are the responsibilities and job description for the ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN I position at Los Angeles County Department of Human Resources?
Type of Recruitment:
We encourage applications from everyone.
When to Apply:
We will be accepting online applications from FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2025, AT 8:00 a.m. (PT) until MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2025 5:00 p.m. (PT). All applications must be received before 5:00 p.m. (PT) on MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2025, to be accepted.
About Us:
Why work for us?
With more than 10 million residents, Los Angeles County is the most populous county in the nation! As the largest employer in Southern California, over 116,000 employees in more than 38 Departments provide vital public services as diverse as law enforcement, property assessment, public health protection, water conservation, cultural activities and many more.
We are dedicated professionals committed to preserving the dignity and integrity of the workplace as well as protecting the rights of each employee. The County has more than 2,300 different job descriptions, offering a lifetime of opportunities and careers! We offer one of the strongest public-sector benefits packages in the nation. Join us and discover a rich selection of health care options, robust retirement plans and the flexibility to work, relax, and rejuvenate in order to reach your fullest personal and professional potential.
Essential Job Functions
No withhold will be allowed. Required experience/education should be fully met by the last day of filing, and clearly indicated on the application.
WHAT WILL I DO AS AN ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN I?
- Performs technical accounting work, including general accounting, accounts payable and receivable, cost and fund accounting, budget support, auditing, financial reporting, capital asset management, and statement preparation.
- Supports department-wide accounting functions by handling the full accounting cycle, from setting up records and balancing ledgers to making adjustments, closing entries, and generating reports.
- Classifies and records accounting transactions, interprets policies and guidelines, and processes financial activities such as encumbrances, cost allocations, vendor payments, employee reimbursements, cash receipts, and revolving fund reimbursements.
- Ensures accurate financial reporting by apportioning expenditures, recognizing deferred revenues and receivables, settling accrued revenues and expenses, and calculating asset depreciation.
- Prepares financial documents, including journal vouchers, internal vouchers, and cash receipts, to adjust entries for revenue and expenditure allocations.
- Develops statistical, cost, and operational reports, financial statements, budget summaries, and final accounting for construction and other projects.
For more information, please view the classification specification: Accounting Technician I
Requirements
We are looking for individuals who have:
Completed 12 semester or 18 quarter units of accounting, including a course in Advanced Accounting, Cost Accounting, Governmental Accounting, Auditing, or Accounting Information Systems in an accredited college or university.
AND
One year of accounting clerical experience
Graduation from an accredited two-year college with an Associate's degree in Accounting or a closely related field may be substituted for one year of accounting clerical experience.
NOTE: Lower-level accounting classes may be taken at a two-year community college if the units are transferable to a four-year college or university.
Applicants are required to submit a photocopy of their official transcripts with the application.
Accounting clerical experience is performing accounting clerical work to maintain accounting records within a comprehensive established framework of procedures under general supervision. Graduation from an accredited two-year college with an associate’s degree in accounting or a closely related field may be substituted for one year of accounting clerical experience.
"Closely related" refers to fields that focus on core accounting practices, including but not limited to Finance and Auditing. The field must also cover the principles and practices of accounting. For degrees that do not explicitly align with these fields, we will review and confirm whether the degree is closely related on a case-by-case basis. We may evaluate the school and its curriculum to determine whether the degree meets the necessary accounting-related criteria.
An official transcript is a transcript that bears the college seal and states "official and/or copy" issued by the school's Registrar's Office. A "printout" of the transcript from the institution's website is NOT considered official and, therefore, cannot be accepted, which could lead to your application being rejected.
What can you do if you do not attach the documents at the time of filing?
To receive credit for your education, include a copy of your official diploma, official transcript, or letter/certificate from an accredited institution within seven (7) days of the end of the filing period. The document should show the date the degree was conferred and be in English; if it is in a foreign language, it must be translated and evaluated for equivalency to U.S. standards. For more information on our standards for educational documents, please visit: https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhr/070812_PPG123.pdf (Download PDF reader) and https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhr/205105_PPG_123_ACE_Resource_Guide.pdf (Download PDF reader)
Please submit documentation to KMacaranas@hr.lacounty.gov and indicate your name, the exam name, and the exam number.
If you are a veteran, you may be eligible for veteran’s credit, which is an additional 10% of the total points added to a passing score. We will need a copy of your form DD214 to review, so please include that with your application or email it to the exam analyst at KMacaranas@hr.lacounty.gov within seven (7) calendar days from the end of filing period.
We do not accept password-protected documents. Ensure documents are unlocked before attaching to your application or sending to the exam analyst.
PHYSICAL CLASS:
Physical Class II – Light: This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10-pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved.
Additional Information
Once we have identified that you meet the requirements, an invitation regarding the following assessment processes will be sent:
EXAMINATION CONTENT:Our Assessment Process
This examination will consist of TWO (2) parts:
- Conscientiousness
- Service Professionalism
- Quantitative Ability
- Drive for Success
- Numerical Calculation
Candidates may be invited to participate in both Part I and II. However, only those who achieve a passing score of 70% or higher in Part I will have Part II scored.
Part II: Multiple choice and/or simulation assessment(s), worth 50%, assessing:
- Accounts Payable: Purchase Orders, Invoices and Claims, and Expense Vouchers.
- Account Receivable: Invoice Processing, Cheque and Cash Receipts, Aging Report, and Vendor Registrations
- Microsoft Excel 365: Basic Text and Cell Formatting, Visual Improvements, Using Functions and Formulas, Printing an Excel Workbook, Applying Passwords and Encryption to an Excel Workbook, Conditional Formatting, and Charts and Data Tables
The passing score for each weighted assessment part is 70%.
Multiple choice and/or simulation assessments are not reviewable by candidates per Civil Service Rule 7.19.
Scores cannot be given over the telephone.
Transfer of test components:If you have taken identical components recently for other exams, your responses may be automatically transferred to this examination. This exam contains test components that might be used on future exams, and your responses could be transferred to that exam.
Test preparation:We provide study guides and other test preparation resources to help prepare for employment tests. While the guides may help in preparing for the test, we recommend reviewing all related materials that seem necessary.
- Online practice tests are available at https://www.shldirect.com/en-us/practice-tests.
- Various information can be found on our website at https://hr.lacounty.gov/job-search-toolkit/. The section dedicated to test preparation is "Employment Test Assistance."
Eligibility Information:
The names of candidates receiving a passing grade in the examination will be placed on the eligible list in the order of their score group for a period of six (6) months.
Vacancy information:
The eligible list resulting from this examination will be used to fill vacancies throughout Los Angeles County as they occur.
AVAILABLE SHIFT: Any
APPLICATION AND FILING INFORMATION:
Please fill out the application completely. Provide relevant job experience including employer's name and address, job title, beginning and ending dates, number of hours worked per week, and description of work performed.
We may verify information included in the application at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. Falsification of information could result in refusal of application or rescission of appointment. Copying verbiage from the Requirements or class specification as your work experience will not be sufficient to demonstrate meeting the requirements. Doing so may result in an incomplete application and may lead to disqualification.
We will send notifications to the email address provided on the application, so it is important that you provide a valid email address. If you choose to unsubscribe or opt out from receiving our emails, it is possible to view notices by logging into governmentjobs.com and checking the profile inbox. It is every applicant's responsibility to take steps to view correspondence, and we will not consider claims of missing notices to be a valid reason for re-scheduling an exam part. Register the below domains as approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam/junk mail.
- info@governmentjobs.com
- talentcentral@shl.com
- noreply@proctoru.com
- donot-reply@amcatmail.com
- KMacaranas@hr.lacounty.gov
New email addresses need to be verified. This only needs to be done once per email address and can be done at any time by logging in to governmentjobs.com and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of the online application and to prevent incorrectly entered email addresses.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES: For those who may not have access to a computer or the internet, we provide access to complete an application at public libraries throughout the county, which can be found by visiting https://lacountylibrary.org/library-locator.
NO SHARING OF USER ID AND PASSWORD: All applicants must file their application online using their own user ID and password. Using a family member or friend’s user ID and password may erase a candidate’s original application record.
Anti-Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion (ARDI): The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. The Department of Human Resources is committed to promoting Anti-racism, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts to address the inequalities and disparities amongst races. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment, selection, and employment practices.
Testing Accommodations Coordinator Email: TestingAccommodations@hr.lacounty.gov
Teletype Phone: (800) 735-2929
California Relay Services Phone: (800) 735-2922
Department Contact Name: Kat Macaranas
Department Contact Phone: (213) 433-3637
Department Contact Email: KMacaranas@hr.lacounty.gov
Exam Number : R0642O-R
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Employment Information
Any language contained in the job posting supersedes any language contained below.
This document is intended to provide general information about the recruitment process of the County of Los Angeles. Applicants with questions about a specific job posting should contact the exam analyst listed on the posting.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Non-Discrimination Statement:
The County of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to non-discrimination in the County workforce, regardless of age (40 and over); ancestry; color; ethnicity; religious creed; protected family or medical leave status; disability; marital status; medical condition; genetic information; military and veteran status; national origin; race ; sex; gender; sexual orientation; or any other characteristic protected by State or federal law. For more information, please visit: https://employee.hr.lacounty.gov/eeo-programs/.
Testing Accommodations for Applicants:
The County of Los Angeles complies with all federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process, please contact the testing accommodation coordinator listed on the job posting. Hearing impaired applicants with telephone teletype equipment may leave messages by calling the teletype phone number on the job posting. For more information on accommodations, please visit: https://hr.lacounty.gov/accessibility/.
Fair Chance:
The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws, you will not be asked to provide information about conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and will also consider potential mitigating factors, which may include, but is not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).
Employment Eligibility:
Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.
Career PathFinder:
Resources to help current and prospective employees plan a career with Los Angeles County are available. To explore career paths to and from nearly all job titles, please visit our interactive Career PathFinder application at http://career-pathfinder.hr.lacounty.gov.
Revised January 2025
