Accounting Technician III - Sheriff's Office - (1026)

Coconino County•Flagstaff, AZ

About The Position

Under limited supervision, the Accounting Technician III performs advanced accounting, financial, and payroll support duties of moderate difficulty. Work includes processing financial transactions and journal entries; preparing account reconciliations and financial reports; reconciling bank and general ledger accounts; and verifying and reconciling budgetary and fiscal documentation. The position may support payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, purchasing, and special districts. It also reviews and verifies accounting documentation, responds to information requests, resolves complex accounting support issues, verifies other staff’s work, and may train less experienced personnel or supervise bookkeeping, clerical, or temporary employees. The role provides support for external audits and may handle collections, invoices, travel claims, cash, and check runs. The position is non-exempt from overtime. Essential functions include computer work, working with staff and outside agencies, managing interruptions, repetitive hand and wrist motions, reaching, and using near and distance vision, color vision, hearing, speech, and finger dexterity.

Requirements

Four years of increasingly responsible accounting experience; or an associate’s degree in Accounting, Economics, or Business and three years of increasingly responsible accounting experience; or a bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Economics, or Business and two years of increasingly responsible accounting experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience demonstrating the ability to perform the duties.
Knowledge of governmental accounting principles and practices, automated accounting systems, file maintenance, data entry and verification, County policies and procedures, office practices, supervision, and special districts.
Skill in performing and verifying mathematical computations, using computerized budget/financial tracking and reporting programs and other relevant software, and using office equipment.
Ability to meet deadlines; establish and maintain computerized filing systems and financial records; prepare revenue, spending, and costing reports; work safely; maintain effective working relationships; follow written and verbal instructions; and communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
Essential functions include sitting for computer work; working with and around staff and outside agencies; dealing with interruptions; reaching; repetitive hand and wrist motions for computer work, writing, and calculator use; near and far vision, color vision, hearing and speech, and finger dexterity for typing and 10-key.

Nice To Haves

Experience in governmental accounting.
Good communication and customer service skills.
Grant experience.
Accounting experience.
Payroll experience.
Customer service experience.
Ability to work on a team.

Responsibilities

Lead accounting support activities, reviewing and verifying accounting documentation for accuracy, coding, and compliance with policies and procedures.
Provide accounting support in payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, purchasing, and/or special districts.
Prepare, maintain, and reconcile accounting, financial, and other departmental records and accounts.
Audit projected revenues and expenditures.
Verify transactions and reconcile discrepancies.
Respond to requests for information related to the assigned area.
Work with employees, other agencies, and the public to resolve complex accounting support problems.
Verify the work of other accounting support staff.
Train less experienced personnel in clerical accounting activities or unit work.
Support external audits and auditors.
May collect fines and fees, prepare invoices, audit travel claims for policy compliance, handle and account for cash, prepare and perform check runs, or supervise bookkeeping, clerical staff, or temporary employees.