Account Clerk

City of Montgomery, AL; Montgomery (AL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Montgomery, AL is seeking a detail-oriented clerk to perform skilled accounting and clerical duties. The role involves maintaining financial records, entering data from source documents, and supporting various accounts activities in a municipal setting.

The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma or GED, completion of two bookkeeping or accounting courses, and two years of accounting clerical experience, with six months additional experience offering substitution options.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Completion of two bookkeeping or accounting courses.
• Two years of accounting clerical experience.
• Six months of additional accounting clerical experience can substitute for the two courses.

Responsibilities

• Review, prepare, and enter information from source documents and support documents.
• Manage accounts and perform accounts payable tasks.
• Perform general clerical duties and prepare bank deposits.
• Compile data for reports and perform accounts receivable tasks.

Skills

Bookkeeping

Data entry

Accuracy

Education

High school diploma or GED

Two bookkeeping/accounting courses

Job description

The fundamental reason that this position exists is to perform skilled clerical accounting tasks involving the application of bookkeeping principles to the maintenance of financial accounts and records. Based on specific job assignment, work responsibilities may include reviewing, preparing, and entering information from source and support documents, managing accounts, performing accounts payable tasks, performing general clerical duties, preparing bank deposits, compiling data for a variety of reports, and performing accounts receivable tasks. Account clerks are supervised by a variety of classifications depending on their assignment.

High school diploma or GED, completion of two bookkeeping or accounting courses, and two (2) years of accounting clerical experience. Six months of additional accounting clerical experience can substitute for the two courses.

NOTE: Qualifying education, training and experience that provide the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the job will be considered.