Senior Accounts Payable & Ledger Specialist

Baldwinsville Central School District; Town of Lysander (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Baldwinsville Central School District seeks an Account Clerk I or similar to manage and supervise complex financial accounts. The role involves maintaining ledgers, posting cash books, reconciling balances, handling remittances, and assisting payroll and budgeting tasks.

Qualified candidates need 2+ years of account keeping experience or equivalent education, with background check as required. Opportunity to advance within the district's financial administration.

Qualifications

• Two years of account keeping work experience including reconciling and posting to ledgers, journals and other accounting records.
• 12 semester credits in accounting or an associate's degree in accounting from a regionally accredited college, university, or business school.
• Equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by (A) and (B).
• Incumbents may be required to successfully pass a background check.

Responsibilities

• Maintain or supervise maintenance of accounts and general ledgers.
• Post or supervise posting to cash books, general ledgers, appropriation ledgers, voucher ledgers and subsidiary journals.
• Receive remittances by mail, in person or from cashiers; verify amounts; issue receipts and post totals for posting.
• Post or supervise posting of cash disbursements and review transactions for accuracy.
• Check purchase orders and claims for payment; post to ledgers.
• Prepare ledger cards for machine or manual posting; check posting accuracy.
• Reconcile balances in various ledgers with comptroller's reports.
• Prepare or supervise payrolls; assist in preparation of payrolls.
• Compile figures for annual budget preparation and provide statistics for supervisor.

Skills

Accounting

Bookkeeping

Reconciliation

Financial records

Education

Associate's degree in accounting

12 semester credits in accounting

Equivalent combination of training and experience

Tools

Ledgers

Job description

Baldwinsville Central School District seeks an Account Clerk I or similar to manage and supervise complex financial accounts. The role involves maintaining ledgers, posting cash books, reconciling balances, handling remittances, and assisting payroll and budgeting tasks.

Qualified candidates need 2+ years of account keeping experience or equivalent education, with background check as required. Opportunity to advance within the district's financial administration.