Accounting Technician II

2 days ago


CA United States County of Riverside Full time

The County of Riverside is seeking qualified Accounting Technician II.

This county-wide recruitment aims to create a Candidate Pool of qualified applicants for the permanent position of Accounting Technician II . This pool will be available for regular permanent vacancies across all Departments within the County.


The Accounting Technician series is used in all County Departments to provide accounting services. Incumbents in this class either function primarily as key assistants to professional accountants or other management staff performing the more difficult and complex paraprofessional accounting work or supervise a fiscal support unit in the financial function of an agency, large division or department.


HOW IT WORKS:
  1. Applicants will answer questions about location preferences, work experience, and qualifications.
  2. The most competitive applicants (based on specialized skills) will be referred for interviews.
  3. Applicants will receive email notification once their application is no longer being considered due to Candidate Pool expiration.

Some positions may require a law enforcement background investigation which requires completion of an extensive questionnaire, meeting with a background investigator, and submitting several references.


Position Responsibilities:

  • Performs specialized/technical review with final approval and control of fiscal records and accounts.
  • Researches and resolves a variety of difficult problems independently through review of multiple records; exercises initiative in anticipating or identifying problems or errors and follows up to resolve; forecasts impact of potential actions/decisions.
  • Interprets a wide variety of complex policies, procedures, regulations, contracts and agreements to determine their applicable provisions and clauses for assistance with difficult problems and circumstances.
  • Performs final review of claims against the County which requires the verification of compliance with instructions, specifications and provisions of contracts which have complex terms and language that may be ambiguous and/or have potential for expenditure of large amounts of County funds.
  • Supervises and reviews the work of a fiscal support unit; resolves difficult problems pertaining to the work of the staff; personally performs the more difficult work of the unit.
  • Reviews work procedures and recommends changes to be more efficient.
  • Trains staff in how to perform the work, including office/program policies and procedures.
  • Analyzes procedural and/or technical problems; develops recommendations regarding resolution of other problems and/or resolves the problems; acts as a resource to staff.
  • Provides support functions to managers and professional accounting staff in accomplishment of special projects and assists with a variety of support functions.

Experience: One year of experience as an Accounting Technician I or Supervising Accounting Assistant with the County of Riverside or an equivalent position.

OR

Four years of experience in the maintenance and review of fiscal, financial or statistical records including one year in the reconciliation of accounts (experience in reconciling governmental budget accounts is preferred). One year of the required non-specialized experience may be substituted as listed under Education.

Education Substitute: One year of the required non-specialized experience may be substituted with the completion of 12 semester or 18 quarter units in accounting, finance, auditing, taxation, financial reporting, business finance, financial statement analysis, or external and internal reporting, or closely related coursework from an accredited college or university. All required experience may be substituted with a Bachelor of Arts/Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting from an accredited college or university.

Knowledge of: Principles and practices of supervision; principles of office management, governmental accounting systems, procedures and regulations; the interrelationships of internal and external recordkeeping systems, accounting systems and procedures containing such items as expenditures, revenues, general ledger and related accounting procedures; legal requirements of County contracts, agreements, minute orders and resolutions.

Ability to: Effectively supervise employees engaged in performing a variety of accounting support duties; understand the relationships among fiscal or statistical records and documents; understand transactions in terms of accounting codes and classification; perform a wide variety of difficult and responsible financial/accounting duties; maintain and monitor control totals of primary accounting record sources and summarize and assimilate into reports and other accounting documents; understand and interpret the principles, laws and procedures involved in the bookkeeping and auditing functions; gather and analyze a variety of financial data and draw logical conclusions.

In addition to the above, some assignments may require:

Knowledge of: accounting and business law terminology; the significance of the accounting cycle, and the interrelationship of data contained in various accounts; the principles and procedures used in the preparation of financial statements and bank reconciliations; mathematical techniques and concepts involved in collection, organizing, interpreting, summarizing, analyzing and graphically presenting numerical data.

Ability to: Communicate effectively with the public and staff in other departments, requiring the explaining of difficult and/or complex accounting systems or procedures; interpret complex and/or varied source documents, laws, regulations and procedures and apply them to varied or difficult circumstances.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

Certificate: Possession of the Fundamental Payroll Certification issued by the American Payroll Association within 12 months from date of hire is required for Accounting Technician I positions within the Payroll Unit of the County Auditor-Controller's Department. In addition, possession of a valid California Class C Driver's License may be required of some positions in this class.

What's Next?
This recruitment is open to all applicants. Qualified applicants may be considered for future vacancies throughout the County.

Recruiter Information:
For specific questions regarding this position, please contact Veronica Rodriguez at .

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