Accounting Technician

Join CAL FIRE; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

CAL FIRE is seeking an Accounting Technician to support bookkeeping, journal entries, and ledger maintenance at the Sacramento location. The role involves preparing financial statements, budget data, and reports in accordance with department standards.

You will trace input documents to correct errors, manage encumbrances and contracts for payments, and contribute to month-end closing and accuracy of financial records. This is a full-time on-site position with a monthly salary in the posted range.

Responsibilities

• Maintains bookkeeping and accounting control records.
• Makes journal entries and posts to general ledger.
• Prepares financial statements, reports, and documents.
• Reviews input documents to trace and correct errors.
• Manages budgets, encumbrances, and contract-related payments.

Skills

Bookkeeping

Journal entries

General ledger

Budgeting

Financial statements

Financial reporting

Job description

Exam # 4627

Deadline Continuous

Working title Accounting Technician Monthly salary $3,758.00 - $4,710.00 (A) per Month | $3,874.00 - $4,851.00 (L) per Month Exam # 4627 Deadline Continuous

Position Description

00101741 - ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN

Maintains bookkeeping and accounting control records; makes journal entries; posts to general ledger and subsidiary ledgers; makes the more difficult adjusting entries required in correcting tax computation errors and other discrepancies; closes and balances accounts; complies data for budget preparation purposes; prepares financial statements, reports, and documents; prepares correspondence; researches original input documents to trace, identify and correct errors; prepares input documents to correct errors; maintains control of account codes and expenditure authorizations; checks allotments to see how much money has been encumbered by program; receives contracts where the department is entering into agreement to pay for specific services; posts amendments to contracts; receives, reviews and processes claims for payment in accordance with contract stipulations; maintains estimate and claims filed registers; maintains revolving fund ledger cards; processes revolving fund checks for salary and travel advances.

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