Senior Accounting Clerk II – Remote or Onsite (Sacramento)

City of Sacramento; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Sacramento is seeking Account Clerk I/Account Clerk II to perform responsible accounting clerical work for the City's centralized accounting system, under supervision with opportunities for advancement.

Positions involve handling payroll, accounts payable/receivable, ledgers, journals, and various financial statements, within a framework of established procedures. Intermittent remote options exist with on-site reporting within the Sacramento region.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of modern office practices and procedures.
• Ability to operate a typewriter, calculator and other common office machines.
• Keep financial and statistical records.
• Perform varied clerical work.
• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the preparation of payroll, accounts payable and accounts receivable as well as control and account verification of a centralized accounting system.
• Maintain various ledgers, registers and journals according to established account classifications.
• Audit invoices against Purchase orders; research discrepancies; approve for payment and post to the proper account, keeping a running balance of encumbrances to the funds in each of the accounts.
• Audit various claims for payment including those for travel and SMUD invoices; prepare for check writing and input to data processing.
• Perform accounting clerical work involved in the administration of the 1915 Public Improvement Assessments and the 1911 Bond Act Program.
• Initiate accounting transfers.
• Reconcile general ledger accounts with various registers.
• Perform various routine clerical duties such as typing and filing.
• May audit Personnel Action Requests and submit to update the City's employee master file; prepare payroll from time cards submitted.
• Respond to requests for information from outside agencies regarding employees' status and wages.
• Research and answer employee and department questions regarding employee salaries and fringe benefits, the status of accounts and payments, the proper coding of transactions and other matters.
• Prepare a variety of financial statements and costs and statistical reports.
• Interpret computer reports.
• Other related duties may also be performed; not all duties listed are necessarily performed by each individual holding this classification.

Skills

Modern office practices

Operate office machines

Financial record keeping

Clerical tasks

Communication skills

Job description

City of Sacramento is seeking Account Clerk I/Account Clerk II to perform responsible accounting clerical work for the City's centralized accounting system, under supervision with opportunities for advancement.

Positions involve handling payroll, accounts payable/receivable, ledgers, journals, and various financial statements, within a framework of established procedures. Intermittent remote options exist with on-site reporting within the Sacramento region.