Accounting Technician: Ledger & Budget Specialist

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

Job summary

CAL FIRE is seeking an Accounting Technician (LEAP) in Sacramento. The position handles bookkeeping, journal entries, ledgers, and budget-related tasks, with attention to accuracy and compliance.

The monthly salary ranges from $3,758 to $4,710 (A) or $3,874 to $4,851 (L) depending on designation. The role involves preparing financial statements, researching discrepancies, processing contracts and payments, and maintaining ledger accuracy across multiple systems.

Responsibilities

• 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

Job description

CAL FIRE is seeking an Accounting Technician (LEAP) in Sacramento. The position handles bookkeeping, journal entries, ledgers, and budget-related tasks, with attention to accuracy and compliance.

The monthly salary ranges from $3,758 to $4,710 (A) or $3,874 to $4,851 (L) depending on designation. The role involves preparing financial statements, researching discrepancies, processing contracts and payments, and maintaining ledger accuracy across multiple systems.