Inside Higher Ed · 1 week ago
Accounting Technician* - Accounts Payable/Controller's - Central Services
Modesto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
$4,817/mo - $6,141/mo
2+ years expInside Higher Ed is seeking an Accounting Technician to join the Yosemite Community College District. This role involves performing technical financial and accounting duties related to financial record maintenance, report preparation, and supporting departmental fiscal functions.
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Responsibilities
Performs technical financial and accounting functions that include assembling, tabulating, calculating, verifying, and filing accounting and fiscal-related data
Performs a wide range of technical fiscal record management operations related to one or more specialized accounts payable, accounts receivable, purchasing, budget control, student loan, financial aid and other functions
Assists with the revision, formulation and implementation of accounting and budget control record management systems and procedures
Posts, balances and verifies accounting and budget control records in manual and/or automated systems; reviews, verifies and reconciles output reports
Prepares trial balances and financial statements
Establishes, posts and maintains journals, ledgers and a variety of other accounting and fiscal records
Prepares technical accounting, budget control and fund analyses
Performs technical accounting functions pertaining to student loan review and loan collection
Interprets and provides information regarding routine legal mandates, policies, regulations and operational guidelines to District personnel
Provides technical information to county, state and federal agencies
Prepares and performs warrant runs; researches complex issues related to lost, canceled or unpaid checks
Audits and processes complex reimbursement requests related to travel, training and special events, ensuring compliance with District policies and procedures
Performs other related duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Knowledge of: Principles and practices of technical accounting
Knowledge of: Methods and techniques of accounts receivable
Knowledge of: Principles and procedures of financial record keeping and reporting
Knowledge of: Methods and techniques of cash handling
Knowledge of: Principles and applications of mathematics
Knowledge of: Principles and practices of filing and record keeping
Knowledge of: Modern accounting and financial software applications
Knowledge of: Modern office procedures, methods and equipment including computers
Knowledge of: Pertinent Federal, State and local laws, codes and regulations
Ability to: Maintain and reconcile assigned accounting ledgers
Ability to: Utilize accounting and financial software applications
Ability to: Develop, implement and monitor operating budgets
Ability to: Receive, process and account for all cash collected from various campus sources
Ability to: Perform complex mathematical calculations
Ability to: Process and maintain accounts receivable records
Ability to: Maintain a variety of accounting files and records
Ability to: Prepare financial statements and reports
Ability to: Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
Ability to: Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work
Education: Possession of an associate's degree from an accredited college or university, with major course work in general accounting, finance or a closely related field
Experience: Two years of financial and/or accounting clerical work that included extensive responsibility with computer-assisted accounting record management systems
Depending upon assignment, a valid typing or keyboarding certificate for 45 words per minute may be required
Depending upon assignment, a valid license to drive in California may be required
Benefits
The District currently pays for a health options for the employee and dependents.
Vision care and dental insurance premiums for the employee and dependents is District paid.
Income protection and life insurance premiums for the employee are also District paid.
The estimated cost of District provided benefits (health, dental, vision, and life) is $24,408 annually.
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