Accounting Clerk - Aviation (Temporary Seasonal)

City of Billings; Billings (MT); On-site; USD 22,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Billings is seeking a temporary seasonal Accounting Clerk – Aviation to perform a variety of technical and clerical accounting duties involved in maintaining specialized fiscal records and to assist in the preparation, analysis, and review of budgets and other related financial transactions.

Salary: $19.00 per hour with a varied work schedule. The role supports accounts payable, accounts receivable, and reporting tasks within a municipal finance environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Two (2) or more years of combined education and experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to operate personal computers and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, or equivalent.
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug test and a federal fingerprint based criminal history check.

Responsibilities

• Accounts Payable - manage purchase orders, vendor invoices, coding, and payments.
• Accounts Receivable - manage customer accounts, invoicing, aging, and collections.
• Credit Cards - reconcile card statements and report discrepancies.
• Airport statistics - compile and update statistical reports.
• Concession statistics - maintain revenues reporting.
• Prepare and post journal entries and budget inputs.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

PC proficiency

Microsoft Office

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

The City of Billings is seeking a temporary seasonal Accounting Clerk -- Aviation to perform a variety of technical and clerical accounting duties involved in maintaining specialized and complex fiscal records; and to assist in the preparation, analysis, and review of budgets and other related financial transactions.

Salary Range: $19.00 per hour.

Work Schedule: Varied

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Accounts Payable - Retrieve, distribute, log, track, and monitor purchase order numbers used by division supervisors; create purchase orders from vendor invoices using the City's computerized purchasing system; finalize payment upon approval; verify coding, charges, payments, and credits for accuracy; work with vendors to resolve discrepancies; maintain files and records of accounts payable.
• Accounts Receivable - Establish customers on the receivables system; correctly correlate customer payments with accounts; collect and post payments using the City's accounts receivable system; post changes to customer accounts; accurately calculate customer charges based on lease agreement; create invoices and statements for customer; review trial balance for corrections; maintain and update customer accounts; create and monitor the aging of account receivable; resolve discrepancies with customers.
• Credit Cards - Collect and match Airport Division's credit card receipts against monthly statements; enter charges into bank's credit card charges allocation system and create reports for approval; identify and resolve discrepancies, missing receipts or invoices with division staff.
• Airline Statistics - Collect and account for various statistics on airport and airline activities; utilize statistics to update multiple spreadsheets; distribute statistical reports for review.
• Concession Statistics - Maintain and update concession revenues reporting.
• Reports and Journal Entries - Complete, verify and post monthly transfers and journal entries; complete and transfer capital reports each month based on payments made to vendors, and transfers and adjustments made to accounts in using the City's computerized financial system; prepare, examine and verify budget information; prepare and calculate year end receivables.
• Prepare information to effect adjustments, transfers, or corrections; prepare and post journal entries.
• Compile and prepare a variety of statistical, financial, and operating tabulations, summaries, statements, records and reports; gather, check, and tabulate data used in the preparation of records and reports.
• Establish and maintain complete files and records related to assigned function; input and retrieve a variety of fiscal and statistical information using a computer terminal.
• Assist customers, departments, and employees by providing fiscal information, explaining procedures, and answering questions.
• Operate modern office machines and equipment including calculating or adding machine, word processors, computers, typewriters, printers, copiers, calculators, and FAX machines; routinely use a full range of spreadsheet computer software applications.
• Perform a variety of general clerical duties including typing, maintaining files and records, processing mail and ordering supplies; distribute mail and supplies to appropriate departments; issuing, reimbursing and reconciling petty cash.
• Perform a full range of clerical duties as assigned.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications And Skills

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Two (2) or more years of combined education and experience.
• The job requires strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to operate personal computers and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, or equivalent.
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug test and a federal fingerprint based criminal history check.

Preferred Qualifications And Skills

• Experience with city government and knowledge of department or function operations is preferred.
• An associate's degree or equivalent is preferred.

Equal Opportunity Employer.