Accounting Clerk 1223 (C) (Revised 06-12-26)

City of Los Angeles • Los Angeles, CA

20h • Remote

About The Position

An Accounting Clerk performs difficult and responsible clerical accounting work in the review, preparation, processing, reconciliation, and maintenance of accounting records and reports, or payroll and time keeping documents; processing and monitoring of invoice payments, and personal services contract invoice payments; may perform cashiering duties; or may act as a lead person in the performance of such work.

Requirements

• Two years of full-time paid office clerical experience, including one year of full-time paid clerical accounting work.
• Successful completion of 6 semester or 9 quarter units in bookkeeping or accounting from an accredited trade school, college or university may be substituted for a maximum of six months of the above required experience.
• Applicants who lack six months or less of the required experience may file for this examination. However, they cannot be appointed until the full experience requirement is met.
• Applicants wishing to substitute completion of 6 semester or 9 quarter units in bookkeeping or accounting for experience must list their school name and location, appropriate course titles, their respective number of semester or quarter units, and completion dates for each course claimed as qualifying in the Supplemental Questions section of the on-line application.
• Qualifying education must be from a college or university accredited by a City of Los Angeles recognized agency.
• Candidates completing the examination process that are substituting experience with education will be contacted by the Personnel Department to provide required proof of completion of qualifying coursework.
• Applicants who wish to expedite this process may attach a copy of their transcripts (annotated with bookkeeping or accounting courses, credit earned, and grade received) in the Attachments section of the on-line application at the time of filing.
• Retail cashiering does not qualify as clerical accounting experience.

Responsibilities

• Review, preparation, processing, reconciliation, and maintenance of accounting records and reports
• Review, preparation, processing, reconciliation, and maintenance of payroll and time keeping documents
• Processing and monitoring of invoice payments
• Processing and monitoring of personal services contract invoice payments
• May perform cashiering duties
• May act as a lead person in the performance of such work

Benefits

• Employee benefit coverage (including health and dental coverage as well as life insurance) will commence approximately six weeks after your original regular appointment.
• Inquire regarding the availability of employee benefits prior to accepting a position.

What This Job Offers

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