Accounting Clerk - Accounts Receivable

Description

Job Description: This position consists of complex clerical accounting work with fiscal responsibilities. Performs assigned accounting tasks in accounts payable and/or accounts receivable area.

Examples of Duties

Responsibilities:

• Perform pre-audit on checks and payments to check for signatures, account information, vendor information, date and time stamp.
• Review outstanding Accounts Receivable and communicate information effectively to manager and upper-level accounting staff.
• Check processing and review.
• Prepare reconciliations for numerous general ledger accounts monthly.
• Prepare daily deposits for checks and cash.
• Daily bank coding and statement review.
• Department review, communication and journal entries for revenues brought in by various departments.
• Maintenance of internal spreadsheets used for tracking.
• Maintaining organized files within Accounts Receivable.
• External agency communication with interlocal departments.
• Prepare cash receipts and/or journal entries for daily work.
• Promptly and effectively communicating with BOCC staff and outside vendors regarding payments received. Including but not limited to business-like activities, grant monies, and donations.
• Conduct cash book audits annually, consisting of receipt books and bank deposit books.
• Maintain subsidiary ledger for certain accounting records and reconcile to the general ledger.
• Other duties as assigned.

Typical Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Graduation from high school or a General Educational Development (GED) required

Supplemental Information

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Possess excellent customer service and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain cooperative, tactful, effective, and harmonious working relationships with co-workers, attorneys, external agencies, and the public.
• Skilled in speaking clearly and distinctly, both in person and on the telephone, using appropriate vocabulary and grammar to communicate routine and complex information in a manner that is understandable and respectful.
• Excellent writing skills to compose general correspondence using correct grammar and punctuation and using tone and format appropriate for the intended audience.
• Strong computer skills with proficiency in desktop office solutions, such as Microsoft Office Suite, database applications, email, .pdf file attachments, internet search tools, and various computer peripheral devices.
• Ability to learn and understand specialized information, including codes, rules, policies,
• procedures, forms, and legal terms, and apply that knowledge in carrying out job assignments accurately and efficiently.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret spreadsheets.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Accounting software, Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of bookkeeping and accounting
• Knowledge of fiscal record keeping and data processing.
• Knowledge of office machines, skill in typing or data entry
• Ability to work with confidential and/or sensitive data; interpret and comply with state and federal guidelines.
• Have strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize work in an environment that includes frequent interruptions and simultaneous detailed attention to multiple tasks.
• Dependable and able to meet the assigned work schedule. Must be flexible as work assignments may frequently change.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision and exercise good judgement and discretion.
• Comply with legal advice restrictions of the Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller’s Office

Equal Opportunity Statement:

The St. Lucie County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller is committed to the principals of equal employment opportunity and will assure compliance with all Federal and State laws concerning discrimination in employment. No person will be discriminated against in employment because of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, military status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable Federal or State law.