Accounting Tech II

State of Oklahoma•Clinton, SD

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibility for performing paraprofessional technical work involving the maintenance and reporting of financial accounting data. This includes maintenance of appropriate accounts, ledgers, journals, registers, and other financial records, reconciliation of various financial statements and documents, processing of various transactions for payment of invoices or expense vouchers, maintenance and processing of payroll data, and the preparation of routine or standard reports concerning financial operations and data. This is the career level of this job family where employees are assigned responsibilities at the full performance level for performing technical accounting duties involving the maintenance and reporting of financial accounting data. This includes reviewing and processing moderately complex invoices and other documents for payments, assigning revenues and expenditures to appropriate accounts or functions and posting appropriate records, preparing routine reports and financial statements, posting payroll data to a payroll system, checking accounts for appropriateness and accuracy of entries, and performing routine reconciliation’s of accounting data and information.

Requirements

One year of clerical, bookkeeping, or technical accounting experience plus one additional year of experience in performing technical accounting work; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Substituting completion of six semester hours in accounting or bookkeeping at an accredited college or university for each six months of the required experience.
Completion of a vocational training course in accounting for the one year only of the required clerical, bookkeeping or technical accounting experience.
Knowledge of accounting procedures and terminology.
Knowledge of business arithmetic.
Knowledge of modern office methods and procedures.
Ability in the use of office equipment such as calculators, personal computers or computer keyboards, and copiers.
Ability in the maintenance and reporting of financial accounting data.

Responsibilities

Maintains accounting records including ledgers, journals, registers, and individual accounts; classifies and codes revenues and expenditures for entry into appropriate accounting records.
Reviews and reconciles various financial transactions; examines invoices, expense vouchers and other source documents to verify obligations and post appropriate records.
Prepares financial reports, statements and schedules of standard design.
Maintains files of source documents and other information related to accounting activities.
Reviews and processes moderately complex invoices and other documents for payments.
Assigns revenues and expenditures to appropriate accounts or functions and posting appropriate records.
Prepares routine reports and financial statements.
Posts payroll data to a payroll system.
Checks accounts for appropriateness and accuracy of entries.
Performs routine reconciliation’s of accounting data and information.