Junior Accounting Clerk – Finance Team

Bridgeport; Bridgeport (CT); Sur place; USD 41 000 - 50 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Comprehensive benefits package

CMERS retirement

Health insurance

Paid leave

457(b) plan

Résumé du poste

The City of Bridgeport, CT is seeking a clerical accountant for the Finance Department. The role focuses on routine bookkeeping tasks, coding and posting transactions, and preparing reports under supervision. A high school diploma and two years of office accounting experience are required.

The position is full-time with benefits, including retirement CMERS, health insurance, paid leave, and other city employee programs. Provisional status may apply during Civil Service testing periods.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of the fundamental principles of bookkeeping.
• Working knowledge of standard office practices and procedures.
• Skill and accuracy in performing arithmetic computations.

Responsabilités

• Maintains subsidiary ledger records
• Verifies calculations of accounts payable and receivable
• Posts entries, takes trial balances and prepares a variety of standardized reports of prescribed form.
• Receives and records miscellaneous cash receipts
• Frequently, the assignment requires the operation of a standard bookkeeping and posting machine
• Checks payrolls and payroll records
• Keeps cost records, prepare monthly statements of money received from various sources
• Makes and maintains standardized account controls of disbursements and of material labor costs

Connaissances

Bookkeeping basics

Keyboard/data entry

Numerical accuracy

Formation

High school diploma or equivalent

Description du poste

The City of Bridgeport, CT is seeking a clerical accountant for the Finance Department. The role focuses on routine bookkeeping tasks, coding and posting transactions, and preparing reports under supervision. A high school diploma and two years of office accounting experience are required.

The position is full-time with benefits, including retirement CMERS, health insurance, paid leave, and other city employee programs. Provisional status may apply during Civil Service testing periods.