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Principal Account Clerk/Accountant

Performs responsible clerical work involving the application of bookkeeping principles and practices in the supervision or maintenance of financial records and accounts; performs related duties as required.

Under general supervision, the duties comprise important and complex clerical work involving independent performance of responsible financial and related recordkeeping tasks and the direction of the work of a group of clerical assistants.

TYPICAL DUTIES

1. Assigns, supervises, and evaluates work of subordinate Account Clerks or Business Machine Operators engaged in keeping cash books, vouchers, registers, general ledgers, general journals and ledger accounts.2. Prepares financial and statistical reports and assists professional accountants in the preparation of difficult fiscal accounting reports and statements.3. Maintains a complete set of books of original entry including cash book, fee books, inventory books, check register, appropriation and allotment book, equipment books, exchange account books, etc.4. Assists in preparation of annual budget estimates.5. Audits accounts, claims, and records and prepares reports thereon.6. Maintains and/or supervises in all phases of payroll procedures.7. Revises and systematizes account-keeping methods and procedures.8. Supervises all clerical and bookkeeping functions for employee benefits and interprets laws and rules concerning same.9. Operates data entry terminal, bookkeeping and other office machines and instructs assistants in machine operation, as required.10. Performs a wide variety of related and special tasks, as required.

FULL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES

1. Extensive knowledge of modern methods used in keeping and checking financial records and reports.2. Thorough knowledge of office terminology, procedures, equipment, business arithmetic and English.3. Experience & Ability to work with Vendors (ideally copy-or-business-machine vendors) plan, assign and supervise the work of account keeping and clerical assistants.4. Ability to understand and carry out complex oral and written directions.5. Ability to make arithmetic computations rapidly and accurately.6. Ability to prepare correspondence and reports.7. Ability to solve complex account-keeping problems. Class Specification for

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNT CLERK Training and Experience

1. Graduation from high school, including or supplemented by courses in bookkeeping or accounting and Page} of 2 Four years of office clerical experience which included compilation and maintenance of financial accounts and which shall have been in a supervisory position; or2. Graduation from high school and Five years of office clerical experience which included compilation and maintenance of financial accounts (ideally in a supervisory position; or two years of which as the major function of the records)3. A two-year certificate in Accounting, or an Associate's degree in a business curriculum which included courses in accounting, from a regionally accredited or New York State registered business school, college, or universityandTwo years of office clerical experience which included as the major function the compilation and maintenance of financial accounts and records, one year of which must have been in a supervisory position.

NOTE: Experience, as outlined in (l) or (2) above, in excess of the four or five-year requirement, respectively, may be substituted for high school education on a year-for-year basis up to a maximum of two years.

THIRD PARTY AGENCIES, SUBCONTRACTORS, AND RECRUITERS NEED NOT APPLY. Applicants received from firms will not be considered. Subcontracting is not available for this position.

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ID	#23755714
State	New York
City	Westbury
Job type	Contract
Salary	USD TBD TBD
Source	Softworld, Inc.
Showed	2021-12-02
Date	2021-12-02
Deadline	2022-01-31
Category	Et cetera
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