Wayne

• Finger Lakes BOCES
• Vacancy Salary range: $32,864.00
• 38,583.

75/yr. Under the

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Program, the Civil Service Exam for this title has been waived. For additional information regarding the

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ACCOUNT CLERK-TYPIST MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Either:

1.Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma AND one (1) year of full-time paid, or its part-time equivalent, account clerical/bookkeeping experience that involved maintaining financial accounts and associated financial records; OR 2.Two (2) years of full-time paid, or its part-time equivalent, account clerical/bookkeeping experience as described in (1) above.

SUBSTITUTION

Completion of one (1) year of college (30 credit hours equaling 1 year) with study in accounting, secretarial science, office technologies or business administration may be substituted for the one (1) year of required experience as noted in option (1) above.

SPECIAL NOTE

EDUCATION:

Your degree must have been awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education. If your degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. A list of acceptable companies who provide this service can be found on the Internet at http://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/degrees.cfm. You must pay the required evaluation fee.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS

The work is primarily of a routine nature and involves use a computer and various software applications in the application of standard account keeping practices in maintaining and reviewing of financial accounts and records. Employees usually work under general supervision on standard assignments in accordance with defined procedures. Supervisors are available for consultation on unusual problems and provide instructions on all new or difficult assignments. Excepting the ability to operate a computer, this class is equivalent to that of Account Clerk. Does related work as required.

TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES

(Illustrative only) Posts to journal or ledger accounts, paper or electronic, from appropriation, expense, invoice, payroll, receipts, voucher records and other original entry media; Receives remittances by mail or in person, verifies amounts, computes interest and penalties and posts to books of original entry; Assists in maintaining labor, material, and operational cost records; Assists in verifying and reconciling account balances according to a prescribed procedure; Types forms, form letters, transcripts, invoices, vouchers, records, payrolls, title searches, judgments, lis pendens, reports, index cards, timecards, and similar materials; Classifies constantly recurring receipts and expenditures and distributes costs according to a prescribed code; Compiles data for and helps in the preparation of simple financial and statistical reports; Sorts, indexes and files requisitions, vouchers, ledger cards and other material; Compiles payroll data, prepares and checks payroll; Operates computers, calculating, check writing and other office machines. Continued on Page 2