Accounting Clerk PT

City Of Boynton Beach FL•Boynton Beach, FL

52d

About The Position

The purpose of this classification is to perform a variety of cashier and account clerk duties for the Financial Services department, to process various financial transactions, forms and reports, and to perform general office duties as assigned.The following duties and functions, as outlined herein, are intended to be representative of the type of tasks performed within this classification. They are not listed in any order of importance. The omission of specific statements of the duties or functions does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.

Requirements

High school diploma or valid equivalent
One (1) year previous experience involving clerical and customer service work
Must possess (or able to obtain within fourteen (14) days of hire) and maintain a valid Florida driver's license.

Nice To Haves

Prior work experience using Superion, Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.
Cashiering and/or accounting experience.

Responsibilities

Receives and processes payments for Utility bills from the public.
Receives and reconciles money from the beach and posts payments to the General Ledger through cash receipt posting.
Corresponds with customers and assists in explaining their Utility Bill account with reference to late fees, extra turn on charges and past due amounts.
Performs data-entry work to input cash receipts in the computer; posts adjustments and corrections as needed; assigns codes and account numbers to financial transactions; batches, sorts and matches financial records and forms; verifies account and transaction figures; processes forms and records.
Contacts vendors, customers, banks, City departments and others in the performance of assigned job duties.
Processes payments, updates inspection reports, and balances accounts for fire inspections.
Processes returned checks, performs follow-up collections work, and compiles monthly report.
Records program and financial data for Police, City Clerk, Library, Human Resources, Development and various other departments on activity reports through cash receipt posting.
Sorts checks and forms in preparation for distribution to City departments and vendors.
Establishes and maintains various files and records and dispositions records for storage.
Posts incoming drop box and mail payments.
Posts all payments with relation to Accounts Receivable invoices sent to various types of vendors.
Prepares daily deposit and review of cash receipts.
Performs various clerical duties including typing checks and other documents, preparing bills for mailing, copying and faxing documents.
Performs other related duties as required.