Account Clerk

Broome-Tioga BOCES; City of Binghamton (NY); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Broome-Tioga BOCES is seeking a clerical support role to review financial documents, process claims, and ensure accuracy against procedures. The position involves data entry, communication with vendors, and basic accounting tasks using Excel, Word, and Outlook.

The ideal candidate will have at least one year of clerical experience with financial account-keeping duties and may substitute coursework in accounting or business administration for experience.

Qualifications

• One year of clerical experience including financial account-keeping duties such as reconciling bank statements and posting to ledgers.
• Coursework in accounting, business administration or closely related field may substitute for the experience.

Responsibilities

• Reviews documents for completeness, accuracy and conformity with procedures.
• May process claims and verifies billing accuracy.
• Performs clerical tasks: phones, filing and data entry.
• Conducts reconciliation of vendor accounts and communicates status to vendors/customers.

Skills

Clerical experience

Data entry

Financial accounts maintenance

Attention to detail

Education

Accounting/business coursework

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Teams

Word

Outlook

WinCap

nVision

Job description

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

Reviews a variety of documents, reports and other documents for completeness, accuracy, processes and conformity with defined procedures. May process claims and verifies the accuracy of billing. Performs a variety of clerical tasks, including phones, filing and data entry. Does related work as needed. Conducts reconciliation of vendor accounts and communicates the status of accounts to vendors and customers as needed. Utilizes software applications, including but not limited to Excel, Microsoft Teams, Word, WinCap, nVision and Outlook.

• Three (3) Professional References Required - These must be filled out in the section of your application where requested.
• A copy of your diploma may be uploaded in place of transcripts if necessary

REQUIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• One year of clerical experience maintaining financial accounts and records. Must include as a regularly occurring function of the job some financial account keeping duties such as reconciling bank statements, posting to ledgers, making entries to journals or checking voucher and purchase orders for arithmetical accuracy and completeness.

NOTE: Successful completion of coursework in accounting, business administration or closely related field at a regionally accredited college or university, or one accredited by the NYS Board of Regents to grant degrees may be substituted for the required experience with one semester credit hours of related coursework as indicated above being equivalent to one month of experience.