Account Clerk III

County of Shasta • Redding, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Account Clerk III is an advanced journey-level position in Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency Administration Branch. Under limited supervision, the role performs difficult and specialized clerical accounting work to prepare and maintain financial and statistical records in manual or automated settings. The employee explains rules, policies, and operations for the assigned work area and may serve as a lead worker, providing training and assigning work to fiscal support staff. The position may focus on lead-worker responsibilities or detailed subject-matter expertise in a program area or specialized system.

The ideal candidate has excellent communication skills and at least one year of experience in accounting, business, or relevant work demonstrating knowledge of auditing, compliance, data entry, complex bookkeeping, or financial recordkeeping. The role calls for a strong work ethic, attention to deadlines, analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

The position is in the UPEC GENERAL bargaining unit. The listed approximate salary is $3,813–$4,867 per month, or $22.00–$28.08 per hour. The salary range has six steps; newly hired employees begin at Step A and may qualify for merit-based increases. The current vacancy is in the HHSA Administration Branch. An oral exam is tentatively scheduled for November 2026, and the application and supplemental-question deadline is November 16, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.

The work is primarily office-based. Employees regularly sit, use their hands, and talk or hear; frequently reach with their hands and arms; and occasionally stand, walk, or stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employees may occasionally lift or move up to 10 pounds, encounter outside-weather conditions, and work in an environment with usually moderate noise. A valid California driver's license is required.

Requirements

• Either one year of full-time experience comparable to an Account Clerk II with Shasta County, or two years of full-time office-support experience involving fiscal, statistical, and case-record maintenance, including one year at the journey level.
• Possession of a valid California driver's license.
• Knowledge of advanced mathematics, including complex decimal, fraction, and percentage formulas and calculations.
• Knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, spelling, punctuation, and composition.
• Knowledge of office and department practices, procedures, programs, services, policies, regulations, and automated systems.
• Knowledge of laws, rules, and regulations governing account, fiscal, and case-record maintenance in the assigned area.
• Knowledge of the assigned department's programs, goals, and purpose; lead-supervision and training principles; and methods for researching, proofing, evaluating, gathering, organizing, and arranging data.
• Knowledge of common spreadsheet and database software packages.
• Ability to verify, compile, reconcile, and interpret difficult and complex financial and statistical data, and perform arithmetic calculations accurately and efficiently.
• Ability to lead and train employees effectively and establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to understand and apply rules, codes, regulations, procedures, policies, and precedents; select, interpret, and explain regulations and procedures to others.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing; use initiative and discretion to organize and complete work; and research, proof, evaluate, gather, organize, and arrange diverse information.
• Ability to perform difficult fiscal and statistical recordkeeping assignments and maintain journals, ledgers, and complex accounting and case records.

Nice To Haves

• At least one year of experience in an accounting or business field, or relevant experience demonstrating knowledge of audit, compliance, data entry, complex bookkeeping, and financial recordkeeping.
• Experience reviewing timecards for completeness and accuracy.
• Experience with accounting software.
• Excellent communication skills, a strong work ethic, commitment to deadlines, analytical and problem-solving skills, and ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Instruct employees in interpreting and applying laws, regulations, policies, and procedures for fiscal and statistical recordkeeping and reporting, including work involving programs, automated systems, payroll, and administrative reporting.
• Prioritize and distribute workloads; act as a technical resource on difficult problems or specialized issues; monitor work quality and timeliness; identify deficiencies and provide individual instruction; and provide feedback to a supervisor as requested.
• Assist the public by answering questions about policies and procedures, obtaining information, resolving discrepancies or errors, sharing relevant information, and directing clients to appropriate personnel or locations.
• Explain the proper use of forms, documents, and reports.
• Prepare statistical, fiscal, and case-record reports required by state, federal, and local agencies.
• Assist with compiling budget information, including work and time records.
• Gather information from source documents or computer reports and arrange it in a clear, presentable, or prescribed format.
• Receive and verify bills, invoices, vouchers, purchase orders, claims, and related materials; tabulate amounts and code data for processing.
• Post revenue and expenditures to journals and control registers; adjust accounts, prove and balance totals against offsetting totals or source materials, and trace and correct errors.
• Maintain financial, statistical, work, time, payroll, and case-record information.
• Handle money transactions, including collecting and disbursing money and other negotiable items related to department programs and agency operations; maintain receipt records; and check, balance, and reconcile cash statements and computerized reports.
• Process invoices, purchase orders, and other documents and records.
• Answer telephone inquiries to provide, obtain, or verify information or data.
• Operate automated systems, as needed, to produce notices, checks, graphs, charts, letters, reports, legal documents, spreadsheets, and standardized forms; troubleshoot automated-system problems.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• CalPERS retirement program, subject to applicable laws and the employee's eligibility; the posting lists possible formulas of 2% at 55, 2% at 60, or 2% at 62.
• Merit-based salary-step increases may be available after six months of satisfactory service and annually thereafter, subject to eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed