Associate Finance Clerk - Invoicing & Reconciliation

Turner-; Oak Court (MD); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend Heery seeks an Associate Consultant Financial Clerk to perform varied clerical accounting operations within the central accounting system or subsidiary billing system. The role demands independence under policy guidance and occasional audit review.

The position involves posting transactions, balancing accounts, and preparing financial reports while ensuring compliance with procedures. On-site work is required with potential client-driven adjustments.

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of accounting documents and their uses in a billing or accounting system.
• Thorough knowledge of departmental accounting transaction practices and procedures and related laws and regulations.
• Familiarity with data processing billing or accounting systems and their use in the assigned system or sub-system.
• Thorough knowledge of technical accounting and bookkeeping principles, practices, and procedures.
• Skill in operating a variety of office equipment including calculator, typewriter, CRT terminal and personal computer.
• Ability to make arithmetical computations rapidly and accurately.
• Ability to maintain a wide variety of complex accounting records and to prepare reports.
• Requires basic analytical skills.
• Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office Suite products such as Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Knowledge of Financial software systems (e.g. PeopleSoft, MTA, VAS and I-Track).

Responsibilities

• Posts encumbrances, expenditures, cash receipts, revenues, and disbursements to journals.
• Reconciles and balances accounts.
• Analyzes and evaluates data input and output of a computerized system.
• Examines departmental requests for monies from accounts and confirms the availability of funds.
• Monitors accounts and notifies agency personnel of over expenditures.
• Authorizes disbursements to vendors and/or taxpayers.
• Examines vouchers, claims, invoices, checks and supporting data for conformance with established procedures and regulations.
• Maintains large computer files, database and/or accounting systems.
• Compiles data and prepares financial statements and other statistical and financial reports in accordance with standardized accounting procedures.
• Contacts vendors, departmental personnel, grant recipients and others to obtain and provide information and resolve disagreements.
• May assign, review, approve, supervise and/or train other office support personnel.
• Handles more complex problems referred by lower level office support personnel.
• Performs related work as required.

Skills

Accounting principles

Billing systems

Office software

Numerical computations

Data analysis

Analytical skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

PeopleSoft

VAS

I-Track

Job description

Turner & Townsend Heery seeks an Associate Consultant Financial Clerk to perform varied clerical accounting operations within the central accounting system or subsidiary billing system. The role demands independence under policy guidance and occasional audit review.

The position involves posting transactions, balancing accounts, and preparing financial reports while ensuring compliance with procedures. On-site work is required with potential client-driven adjustments.