What are the responsibilities and job description for the Healthcare Facility Account Clerk I/II position at Merced County?
Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:
Two (2) years of experience in general clerical, clerical accounting, typing work at a level comparable to the Account Clerk II level. One (1) year of college or business school training may substitute for one (1) year of the required experience.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Knowledge of:
Ability to:
- Opens, verifies, balances, and adjusts accounts and other financial records requiring the use of independent judgment.
- Posts, assembles, tabulates, and compares financial data; makes arithmetical calculations.
- Maintains ledger accounts, including balancing, checking, and correcting irregularities. receives money and maintains records of receipts.
- Prepares journal entries and reconciles various fiscal records and documents.
- Receives financial documents.
- Screens for accuracy and adherence to legal and procedural requirements.
- Maintains departmental expenditure records and assigns costs to proper accounts or funds.
- Makes computations and changes to financial data, applying standard formulas and using predetermined guides.
- Assembles financial or statistical data from a variety of sources and prepares or assists in the preparation of financial or complex statistical reports.
- May contact other governmental agencies and County personnel to discuss financial records and transactions.
- Operates a variety of office machines including the typewriter, adding machine, calculator, word processor and personal computer.
- Does variety of typing and filing.
- Calculates payroll and payroll withholding.
- Prepares summaries of withholding categories and balances payroll.
- Resolves payroll discrepancies.
- Prepares periodic reports of payroll withholdings by category.
- Explains personnel rules and regulations as requested to employees in the department
Two (2) years of experience in general clerical, clerical accounting, typing work at a level comparable to the Account Clerk II level. One (1) year of college or business school training may substitute for one (1) year of the required experience.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Operate a personal computer and other office equipment.
- Communicate effectively with others in person, in writing, and over the telephone.
- Analyze data, interpret directions, procedures and regulations, and develop appropriate responses.
- Perform job duties under stressful conditions and respond appropriately to situations.
- Maintain confidential information in accordance with legal standards and/or County regulations.
- Frequent use of depth perception, peripheral vision and color perception.
- Frequently lift, carry, reach, push, pull, twist and manipulate large and small objects.
- Kneel, bend, twist, squat, balance and crawl.
- Frequent use of hand-eye coordination.
- Frequent use of data entry device including repetitive hand and arm motion.
- Occasionally lift and carry up to 40 pounds.
- Normal dexterity, frequent holding and grasping.
- Regular attendance is an essential function.
Knowledge of:
- Methods, practices, and terminology used in financial record keeping work.
- Basic principles of governmental accounting procedures.
- Office methods, practices, and procedures.
- Operation of adding machine, calculator, word processor/personal computer, and other office machines.
- Proper English usage, spelling, and punctuation.
- Arithmetic operations.
Ability to:
- Perform clerical accounting work of above average difficulty.
- Analyze financial records and reports and correct errors or deviations.
- Make arithmetical calculations rapidly and accurately.
- Maintain cooperative working relationships with others.
Salary : $43,867 - $53,373
