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Accounting

The Accounting Assistant performs accounting activities such as updating and maintaining accounting records and preparing various accounting statements, billing documents, and financial reports; enters, retrieves, and maintains information on computerized accounting system; processes customer orders, prepares invoices, and coordinates mailings; calculates, posts, reconciles, and verifies duties to obtain primary financial data; maintains restricted and general funds budgets; collects payments and counsels customers.

• Reconcile, review and approve accounting records and transactions
• Make corrections to transactions and databases
• Calculate revenue, expenditure and budget transactions
• Analyze accounting records for accuracy and completeness; research and solve accounting problems; determine proper classification and coding of income and expenditures
• Develop a variety of reports as needed
• Maintain current fee schedules; batch log of deposits; and prepare and make all daily bank deposits
• May provide financial management information
• Assist with planning and coordinating events and projects

Level:

– Support

Base Description:

– Completes administrative activities and tasks of a technical or functional nature.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates baseline working knowledge of routine tasks. Follows the standard principles and practices. Acts under direct and frequent supervision using established procedures with detailed instructions. Participates as a team member and actively contributes to completion of team goals. Clearly communicates information.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– None

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Typically none
– May handle routine financial transactions

Problem Solving:

– Encounters routine problems
– Follows recommended course of action and procedures to resolve problems
– Demonstrates working knowledge of institutional policies and procedures

Independence of Action:

– Work is closely monitored by supervisor
– Detailed instructions and procedures are provided
– Applies standard operating procedures with limited guidelines for deviation

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates mostly internally within working unit
– May communicate with external audiences for scheduling/coordination
– Collaborates closely with team members
– Clearly communicates information, ideas, or instructions verbally and in writing

• Comp Grade – 4
• Minimum – $34,800.00
• MidPoint – $42,600.00
• Maximum – $50,500.00