Senior Financial Clerk & Accounts Supervisor

Nassau BOCES; New York (NY); On-site; USD 38,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Nassau BOCES is seeking a detail-oriented clerical accounting professional to manage financial records, payroll procedures, and ledger maintenance. The role may supervise junior staff and involves operating standard bookkeeping equipment and data entry tasks.

The successful candidate should have a high school diploma with bookkeeping or accounting coursework and 2–3 years of relevant clerical experience focused on financial accounts and records.

Qualifications

• Graduation from high school with bookkeeping or accounting courses.
• Two years of satisfactory office clerical experience focused on financial accounts and records.
• Alternative: Three years of clerical experience with financial record keeping.

Responsibilities

• Computes payrolls, deductions, etc., and prepares summaries by accounting codes.
• Posts ledgers and journals and summarizes for control.
• Directs and assists in training and supervision of new employees.
• Operates bookkeeping machine and other office machines as needed.
• Maintains ledgers, entering receipts and disbursements.
• Issues checks; prepares daily bank deposits and reconciles bank statements.
• Prepares recapitulations of valuation and tax extensions.
• Sets up ledger cards and prepares adjusting journal entries.
• Prepares special reports and answers routine correspondence about accounts.
• May handle clerical and bookkeeping functions for employee benefits.

Skills

Financial records

Accounting basics

Office procedures

Business arithmetic

Following directions

Clerical aptitude

Education

High school diploma with bookkeeping or accounting courses

High school diploma

Tools

Bookkeeping machine

Data entry terminal

Job description

Nassau BOCES is seeking a detail-oriented clerical accounting professional to manage financial records, payroll procedures, and ledger maintenance. The role may supervise junior staff and involves operating standard bookkeeping equipment and data entry tasks.

The successful candidate should have a high school diploma with bookkeeping or accounting coursework and 2–3 years of relevant clerical experience focused on financial accounts and records.