Account Clerk -WEOC - Westchester Community College

$50,787 - $61,566/Yr

Westchester Community College - Yonkers, NY

Yonkers, NY

Educational Services

About the position

Under general supervision, the Account Clerk is responsible for performing advanced level financial record keeping duties requiring the exercise of independent judgment in the application of prescribed practices and procedures. The Account Clerk will: Review financial transactions for entry into an automated financial record system, following established financial record-keeping practices and procedures. Verify and substantiate financial data by examining accounting files, confirming source data accuracy, reconcile discrepancies, and alert professional accounting staff to any inconsistencies. Maintain complex data and generate reports from an automated financial record-keeping system. Balance and reconcile accounts, identifying and making necessary adjustments. Maintain detailed cost records in line with established procedures. Prepare, verify, and consult reports compiled from financial records, either manually or using automated systems. Ensure accuracy and completeness of financial reports. Prepare requisitions and other supporting documentation. Enter and retrieve data from an automated records system. Maintain complex filing systems. Provide administrative support for contracts, grants, financial records, purchasing, expense accounts, and related areas. Utilize computer applications or automated systems, including spreadsheets, word processing, calendar, email, and database software, to perform work assignments. May perform other tasks as needed.

Responsibilities

• Review financial transactions for entry into an automated financial record system.
• Verify and substantiate financial data by examining accounting files.
• Confirm source data accuracy and reconcile discrepancies.
• Alert professional accounting staff to any inconsistencies.
• Maintain complex data and generate reports from an automated financial record-keeping system.
• Balance and reconcile accounts, identifying and making necessary adjustments.
• Maintain detailed cost records in line with established procedures.
• Prepare, verify, and consult reports compiled from financial records.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of financial reports.
• Prepare requisitions and other supporting documentation.
• Enter and retrieve data from an automated records system.
• Maintain complex filing systems.
• Provide administrative support for contracts, grants, financial records, purchasing, expense accounts, and related areas.
• Utilize computer applications or automated systems to perform work assignments.
• May perform other tasks as needed.

Requirements

• High school or equivalency diploma.
• Three years' experience in financial record keeping, with at least one year involving the use of automated systems.
• Satisfactory completion of 30 credits towards a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration may be substituted on a year for year basis up to three years.
• Evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of diverse backgrounds of community college students.

Nice-to-haves

• Current knowledge to effectively use computer applications such as spreadsheets, word processing, calendar, e-mail and database software.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English effectively.
• Discretion and tact.
• Physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position.
• Bachelor's degree which includes coursework in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage.
• Choice of defined benefit or defined contribution pension plan.
• Generous leave benefits.
• Access to tax sheltered annuities and a deferred compensation plan.