ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN

Job Summary

Responsible for performing representative accounting duties as described below for assigned activities.

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Is assigned a block of accounts for specific Exchanges supported.
• Reviews and analyzes a variety of computerized accounting data including end of month journal accounts and accruals relating to operating statements payroll sales audit inventory and other accounting operations.
• Checks for discrepancies or inconsistencies researches problems and implements corrective action to ensure current and accurate file maintenance.
• Transactions involve distribution of expenditures among many classes of accounts tracks discrepancies to determine source of inaccurate computation.
• Discrepancies arise from improper identification of programs recurrence of transactions at irregular intervals lack of uniformity in data reported from different sources computerized errors etc.
• Compiles periodic reports extracting required accounting information from records maintained.
• Allocates actual amounts payroll and expenses for each activity assigned.
• Obtains data from accounting summary report and incorporates final allocation to the operating statement.
• Posts payroll advances miscellaneous accounts payable and unidentified cash receipts to ledgers and balances same against control ledger.
• Checks against detail ledger to ensure further reconciliation and agreement with end of month purchase journal.
• Specific assignments include the compilation and maintenance of data relating to amortization depreciation obtained from current operating statements posting of data to journal vouchers balancing and reconciling layaways auditing maintenance department expense items on maintenance projects processing data from payroll accounting distribution and analysis reports including FICA and state tax distribution etc.
• Maintains close contact and coordination with activity personnel to resolve discrepancies.
• Conducts research of ledgers and documents to obtain justification to support action taken.
• Maintains close liaison with Exchange personnel in connection with problems or discrepancies encountered during reviews and checking of data received alerts such personnel of inaccuracies and advises as to appropriate action to take to reduce error rate.
• Reviews various line items of operating statements assigned Exchanges and checks to ensure that balances agree.
• Reconciles differences.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Works under general supervision.
• Performs assigned duties independently exercising initiative and judgment.
• Work is reviewed in terms of accuracy and timeliness of data maintained and processed.

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

One year of experience performing clerical work that demonstrated arithmetic aptitude and ability accuracy and attention to detail and ability to apply established procedures for recording or compiling data.

AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

One year of experience performing work that required knowledge of established accounting procedures and techniques such as analyzing and classifying or recording transactions balancing reconciling adjusting or examining accounts developing or verifying accounting data for reports statements and schedules or performing analyses of accounting data.

SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE

Six months of academic study 15 credit hours above the high school level that included 3 credit hours of accounting may be substituted for each 6 months of general experience. One year 30 credit hours of academic study above the high school level may be substituted to each 6 months of specialized experience.

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