SENIOR ACCOUNT CLERK - PURCHASING

Exceptional package including but not limited to:

• Paid annual holidays

• Longevity Pay

• Schedule follows BOCES school calendar or host site school calendar

• Generous paid sick/vacation time

• Premium Health plans (GST pays 85.5%)

• Premium Dental and Vision Plans

• FSA & HRA

• NYS Retirement System

• 403b Plan/457 optional

• Deferred Comp Optional

• Short-term disability

• Bonus Longevity Pay

• Additional Stipends per SSA contract

• Tuition Reimbursement

THIS IS A COMPETITIVE CIVIL SERVICE POSITION. The selected employee must be among the top three after taking the required exam.

Full-time position (1.0 FTE), 7.5 hours per day, 12 months per year

• Researches products for purchase by maintaining vendor lists and catalogs;

• Reviews departmental requisitions and budget requests for the purchase of equipment, supplies, and services;

• Maintains a system for tracking purchase orders, vendors, and other pertinent information related to purchasing;

• Issues inventory ID tags and maintains appropriate records

• Conducts routine correspondence on matters where policies and procedures are well-defined

• Works with vendors and departments in processing purchase orders and requisitions

• Verifies and reconciles a number of account balances according to a prescribed procedure

• Responsible for data entry of inventory records and retrieval of records information;

• Prepares routine reports of information taken from journal or ledger

• May compile and prepare labor, material and operational cost records and reports

• Operates personal computer, copier, computing, calculator, and other office machines

• Assists with bid openings, keeping appropriate records and recording bids at public bid openings in accordance to New York State Laws and county policy;

• Compiles data for, and prepared and analyzes complex financial and statistical records and reports

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduation from a regionally accredited college or university or one accredited by the New York State Board of Regents to grant degrees with an Associate Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field OR

• Graduation from high school or possession of an equivalency diploma and completion of a business certificate program that includes coursework in accounting, and one year of clerical experience involving responsibility for maintaining and checking financial accounts and records; OR

• Graduation from high school or possession of an equivalency diploma and two (2) years of clerical experience involving responsibility for maintaining and checking financial accounts and records.

Application Deadline:10/26/2026

Job Number: 034 CBO26/27