SENIOR ACCOUNT CLERK - ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

THIS IS A COMPETITIVE CIVIL SERVICE POSITION. The selected employee must be among the top three after taking the required exam.

Full-time position (1.0 FTE), 7.5 hours per day, 12 months per year

• Classifies a variety of receipts and expenditures and distributes items according to a prescribed procedure.
• Reviews and checks complex account keeping records and reports for arithmetical and clerical accuracy, completeness and proper extension.
• Conducts routine correspondence on matters where policies and procedures are well-defined.
• Verifies and reconciles of a number of account balances according to a prescribed procedure.
• Receives invoices by mail, verifies amount, and pays invoices.
• Prepares routine reports of information taken from journal or ledger.
• May compile and prepare labor, material and operational cost records and reports.
• Operates personal computer, copier, computing, calculator, and other office machines.
• Compiles data for, and prepared and analyzes complex financial and statistical records and reports.
• Assist with recording of cashed receipts
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduation from a regionally accredited college or university or one accredited by the New York State Board of Regents to grant degrees with an Associate Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field; OR;
• Graduation from high school or possession of an equivalency diploma and completion of a business certificate program that includes coursework in accounting, and OR:
• Graduation from high school or possession of an equivalency diploma and two (2) years of clerical experience involving responsibility for maintaining and checking financial accounts and records.