Senior Grants & Budget Accounting Clerk

Baltimore County; Towson (MD); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Baltimore County Government is seeking an Account Clerk III in Towson, MD, under general supervision to perform difficult and advanced accounting clerical work, including preparing, auditing, and maintaining complex fiscal records, statements, schedules, and reports.

The position requires a high school diploma plus four years of bookkeeping, accounting, or auditing experience, with substitutions allowed for additional education.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required; four years of experience in bookkeeping, accounting, or auditing may substitute for education.
• Strong data entry and accuracy skills are essential.
• Experience with fiscal records, reports, and vouchers is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Sets up and prepares periodic fiscal reports, summaries of accounting and operational activities data, and other financial data required by County or other agencies.
• Reviews and monitors vouchers, computer printouts, and other information to verify accuracy, correct errors, and determines availability of required funds and notifies appropriate parties to make adjustments as required.
• Analyzes revenue and expenditure accounts to determine grant eligibility, prepares billings for State and Federal grants, and coordinates grant activities with other agencies.
• Audits daily, weekly, and monthly totals for accounts and reviews work performed by others to verify accuracy, correctness, and completeness.
• Posts charges and other financial data to general and special ledgers, calculates charges, percentages of charges, and interest, prepares a variety of entries, and maintains suspense logs to control workflow.
• Assists in budget preparation, gathers and analyzes historical budget information, and forecasts data.
• Prepares reports, as required.
• Sets up and maintains filing systems.
• Codes and transfers data from manual records to contemporary data processing formats.
• Enters and retrieves information using data entry devices and performs word processing functions relative to the skill level necessary to perform the duties of the position.
• May assign and review work performed by subordinate personnel.

Skills

Attention to detail

Data entry

Records management

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Baltimore County Government is seeking an Account Clerk III in Towson, MD, under general supervision to perform difficult and advanced accounting clerical work, including preparing, auditing, and maintaining complex fiscal records, statements, schedules, and reports.

The position requires a high school diploma plus four years of bookkeeping, accounting, or auditing experience, with substitutions allowed for additional education.