Accounting Technician - County of Merced
Various Merced County locations, CA
About the Job
Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:
When working within the general County departments, the incumbent may be responsible for the following duties:
When working within the Auditor/Controller Department, the incumbent may be responsible for the following duties:
Acts in a lead capacity and is responsible for performing the more difficult work which may include:
When working within the general County departments, the incumbent may be responsible for the following duties:
- Compiles data and interprets such data for budget preparation purposes in a large department.
- Supervises and participates in the maintenance of records in accounting systems for fund appropriations and expenditures, accounts payable and accounts receivable, purchasing and similar financial and statistical activities.
- Assists in developing forms and methods of financial record keeping, or accounting systems.
- Initiates fund transfers, interdepartmental billing and other administrative adjustments in budget appropriations.
- May prepare technically difficult statistical and/or accounting reports from a variety of sources.
- May prepare grant expenditure claims and reports.
- Reviews timecards of the employees and tracks vacation, holiday, and time off earned and taken.
When working within the Auditor/Controller Department, the incumbent may be responsible for the following duties:
- Assists in reviewing and auditing computer-based accounting input documentation for accuracy, adequacy and conformity to instructions or prescribed work methods.
- Balances accounts and research errors by checking previous entries, records and supporting documents.
- Notifies departments of errors and corrections made or to be made.
- Reviews various account balances before releasing payment where high rate of expenditures or periodic reallocation of fund exists.
- Contacts departments or divisions because of insufficient appropriations and holding warrants until budget transfers are made.
- Assists in maintaining general ledger, appropriation and revenues ledgers, encumbering funds by department and budget classification.
- Posts expenditures and appropriations charges; liquidates encumbrances; assists in verifying accuracy of multiple data entries that go into the overall computerized accounting systems.
- Interprets and applies detailed and extensive instructions.
- Functions in a specialized area such as in warrant control and processing or encumbrance/purchase order control, and solving problems related to input and output of data.
- Contacts other staff, public, and vendors regarding difficult and complex transactions and problems in the accounting or bookkeeping system.
- Explains laws and regulations and procedures, and answers inquiries from departments using independent judgment.
Acts in a lead capacity and is responsible for performing the more difficult work which may include:
- Prepares and submits periodic payroll reports.
Audits and verifies the employee appointment and status change action.
- Computes and processes payroll deductions, and voluntary payroll deduction.
- Processes vacation accrual, sick leave and other types of time off; reviews and assists in the preparation of complex and large periodic IRS, unemployment, and similar reports required in the payroll function.
- Reviews work of lower-level Account Clerks and related account payable and claims processing, trains new employees.
Job Type: Full-time
Agency: Various Merced County Departments
Location: Various Merced County locations
Source : County of Merced