Education and Experience:

High school diploma or equivalent with a minimum of two (2) years' experience in accounting, preferably from a municipal, county, or publicly funded agency; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Special Qualifications:

• Must be bondable.
• Possession of a valid, State of Alabama driver’s license to operate a motor vehicle.Requirement exists at the time of hire and as a condition of continued employment.

• Knowledge of the field of cash and accrual accounting.
• Knowledge of tax collections and public revenues.
• Knowledge of City ordinances, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledge of modern office practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other similar programs).
• Skill in planning and organizing work.
• Skill in utilizing such office equipment as a calculator, typewriter, facsimile machine, and copier.
• Skill in interpersonal relations; establish and maintain effective working relationships with fellow employees and the general public.
• Skill in verbal and written communication.
• Skill in the use small office equipment, including copy machines or multi-line telephone systems.
• Skill in using computers for data entry, word processing, and/or accounting purposes.
• Skill in mathematics and analytics.
• Ability to read and interpret policies, ordinances, rules, regulations, and laws pertaining to taxes and licenses.
• Ability to operate a computer system.
• Ability to schedule own time such that deadlines are met in a timely and professional manner.
• Ability to concentrate on details for extended periods of time to ensure accuracy.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, verbal, or diagram form.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of city and taxpayer records.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, the public, and outside agencies.
• Ability to maintain regular attendance on the job.
• Ability to organize and communicate effectively.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Sitting: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Handling: Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand. Must have the ability to place records, files, and boxes weighing no more than 25 pounds on shelves about head level.
• Hearing 2: Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound. Must have the ability to hear well enough to carry on a normal conversation with clients both in person and on the telephone.
• Manual Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling. Must have the ability to efficiently operate a computer, calculator, fax, copy machine and other related office machines.
• Visual Acuity 1: Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading. Must have the ability to see well enough to interpret data on a computer monitor.
• Visual Acuity 2: Including color, depth perception, and field vision.
• Visual Acuity 3: Visual Acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another. Must have the ability to move freely about the office.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is primarily performed indoors without exposure to harmful conditions.