Senior Account Clerk

Description RESIDENCY: Candidates must have been legal residents of the following jurisdiction(s) for at least four months immediately preceding the date of the application: Livingston County, or One of the following Counties: Allegany, Genesee, Monroe, Ontario, Steuben or Wyoming Examples of Duties Oversees and classifies a variety of receipts and expenditures and distributes items according to prescribed procedures; Prepares bills for individual and third party payers, records remittances after computing interest and penalties; Reviews and checks account keeping records and reports for arithmetical and clerical accuracy, completeness and proper extension; Verifies and reconciles individual account balances; Conducts correspondence on matters where policies and procedures are well defined; Issues receipts for monies received; Compiles payroll data, prepares and checks payrolls; Compiles and prepares labor, material and operational cost records and reports; Processes, sorts, indexes, records and files of a variety of control records and reports; Provides information in response to telephone or personal requests; Is responsible for the preparation of reports from journal or ledger; Compiles data for, and prepares and analyzes complex financial and statistical records and reports; and Performs other related duties as assigned. Typical Qualifications Applicants must meet all requirements for one of the following qualification options in order to be approved for examination and/or appointment: Qualification Options: Training/Education- Possession of an Associates degree in Accounting, Business Administration or a related field and 6 months of FT, paid experience maintaining financial records OR Possession of an Associate's degree and 1 year of FT paid experience maintaining financial records OR Possession of a HS Diploma or GED and 3 years of FT paid experience maintaining financial records.