ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT III

Thurston County•Olympia, WA

7d•$4,669 - $6,210•Onsite

About The Position

Thurston County Public Health and Social Services (PHSS) is recruiting for an Accounting Assistant III for our Fiscal Division. As an Accounting Assistant III, you will play a vital role in supporting both departmental and county-wide financial operations. You will dive into everything from overseeing county-wide bookkeeping functions and developing procedural and policy changes, to directing the work of other Accounting Assistant I’s and II’s. If you are a detail-driven accounting professional leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you!

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED and two years of college level accounting courses. Additional experience may substitute for college level courses on a year-for-year basis.
Two years of general accounting experience.
Typing and 10-key adding machine skills may be required for specified positions.
Ability to use word processing and computer equipment and programs may be required for specified positions.

Nice To Haves

Create an environment where employees and partners can safely express needs or concerns and where employees can make and correct mistakes
Effectively interact with sensitivity while working with persons from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, ethnic, and professional backgrounds, and persons of all ages, gender identities, sexual orientations, and lifestyles
Thrive in a fast-paced, robust organization maintaining a positive work environment
Serve the public in a timely, complete, accurate, and professional manner while ensuring that written and verbal communication is clearly understood by others
Maintain cultural competency to support diverse perspectives in developing, implementing, and evaluating policies, programs, and services that affect the health of the community
Strong oral communication for networking and interpersonal relationships
Excellent written communication including the ability to craft correspondence, reports, and articles or web postings with minimal grammatical and syntax errors
Use strategic thinking and planning for goal setting and evaluation
Effectively plan, organize, and manage competing priorities and challenges under pressure
Create a sense of mission by articulating and modeling confidentiality, professional values, and ethics with honesty and integrity
Operate with a high degree of flexibility, initiative, attention to detail, and commitment
Delegate and use persuasion and negotiating skills for shared responsibility and acceptance of change

Responsibilities

Oversee a county-wide bookkeeping function such as payroll, fixed assets, or accounts payable, and assume responsibility for departmental accounting records and payroll system liaison
Develop recommendations for procedural or policy changes in the accounting and payroll systems or procedures
Audit entries and documents to ensure accuracy, propriety, proper account coding, adequate explanations, and other applicable information in accordance with federal state regulations
Process complex bookkeeping transactions
Prepare and present training sessions for County staff in preparing documentation or performing specific bookkeeping and/or payroll functions
Undertake independent research projects as assigned and prepare various schedules and reports for financial statements requiring the knowledge of governmental accounting principles
Assist in testing computer accounting programs used within the work unit
Perform other work as required or assigned, including, but not limited to, a 24/7 response during public health emergency situations and disease outbreak investigations