Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduation from high school or possession of a GED; and
• Two years of experience in financial record keeping work.
• Experience with electronic spreadsheet, on-line financial system, or similar computer program is required.

• Maintains journals and ledgers of financial transactions, including revenue and expenditure accounts
• Prepares financial or statistical statements and reports
• Makes arithmetical calculations
• Classifies, collects, sorts, compiles and posts invoices, warrants, claims, receipts and other data
• Verifies salary claims, computes and proves payroll deductions, prepares the City payroll, and maintains department payroll records
• Prepares contractor progress payments
• Establishes and updates project budgets
• Maintains monthly budget status
• Maintains status report of contracts and insurance
• Prepares account receivable records for reimbursable funds
• Establishes and maintains records and maintenance contracts for office equipment
• Calculates and analyzes industrial utility bills
• Prepares requisitions and purchase orders; matches requisitions; receives copies of purchase orders and vendor invoices to verify description, quantity, price, extension, discounts, freight and taxes
• Provides information to the public
• Operates adding, calculating, bookkeeping, and other office machines
• May supervise clerical assistants
• Performs other related work as assigned

• Methods, practices and terminology used in financial record keeping work
• Standard business practices and terminology
• Office methods, procedures and appliances

• Post financial data and make arithmetic computations rapidly and accurately
• Use modern business computers and applications such as spreadsheets, word processing, databases, email, internet, intranet and other electronic programs
• Operate calculating, ten-key adding and other office machines
• Prepare and verify financial statements, invoices and reports
• Type on a word processor from clear copy at a speed of not less than 25 words per minute
• Establish and maintain tactful, courteous, and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work, including the general public
• Work in a team-based environment and achieve common goals
• Handle multiple priorities, organize workload, and meet strict deadlines
• Take direction from supervisor
• Organize and supervise the work of Account Clerk I or other clerical personnel
• Follow oral and written instructions
• Communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing