What are the responsibilities and job description for the Account Specialist II - Accounts Payable - Finance position at Charleston County Government?
The Account Specialist II (Accounts Payable Technicians) operate as part of a 3-person team to handle all accounts payable transactions for the county in a timely manner.
HIRING HOURLY: $17.26 - $22.61
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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (Order of Essential Functions does not indicate importance of functions.)
- Posts and balances general and subsidiary accounts.
- Audits, computes, and records financial transactions.
- Processes all invoices and purchase orders as instructed.
- Researches and solves accounts payable problems such as overpayments, underpayments, duplicate payments and out of balance purchase orders.
- Gathers, assembles, updates, records, calculates, distributes and/or files information, forms, records, and data related to accounts payable as requested.
- Mails out checks for garnishments and levies.
- Remains current with rules and regulations relevant to accounts payable processing.
- Answers phones and directs customers when covering front desk.
- Performs other duties or assumes other responsibilities as apparent or assigned.
- High School Diploma or GED required supplemented with 1–2 years or more of accounts payable processing for a government or large business setting, processing invoices and purchase orders, verifying, computing, and recording financial transactions
- Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills are essential.
- Skilled in Microsoft Office and Adobe.
- Must be able to work effectively and efficiently with little to no supervision.
SUCCESS FACTORS:
- Take action in solving problems while exhibiting judgment and a systematic approach to decision making; identify the important dimensions of a problem, determine potential causes, obtain relevant information, and specify alternate solutions that result in resolutions.
- Display strong analytical skills.
- Embrace change and actively support all efforts to improve processes, increase cooperation, communication, and collaboration between and among co-workers, departments, and County officials.
- Demonstrate sound time-management skills by effectively and efficiently organizing, prioritizing, and completing multiple assignments on or before the designated deadline.
- Safeguard confidential information and use or disclose it tactfully and only as expressly authorized or specifically required in the course of performing specific job duties.
- Embrace County and Department standards for customer service, accuracy, quality, efficiency and all County and Department policies and procedures ensuring that all work performed meets those standards.
- Keep immediate supervisor and designated others fully and accurately informed concerning work progress and problems.
- Utilize excellent customer service skills to ensure positive outcomes.
- Able to maintain close attention to detail.
- Able to understand and follow oral and/or written policies, procedures, and instructions.
- Able to perform a wide variety of duties and responsibilities with accuracy and speed under the pressure of time-sensitive deadlines.
Salary : $17 - $23