Job Information
BRAZOS-COUNTY OF Accounting Assistant - Level III in Bryan, Texas
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Job Description
::: {bind="html: pageData().job.description"} General Summary: Reviews, audits, and monitors expenditures of county departments; reconciles accounts payable statements; assists in reviewing payment authorizations; and performs general administrative duties.
Essential Duties: Responsible for reviewing, auditing, and monitoring expenditures of county departments for compliance with applicable policies and procedures; Responsible for reconciling accounts payable statements from vendors, including researching credit balances or past due accounts and follow-up as necessary; Responsible for having a working knowledge of all county contractual agreements; Responsible for assisting the First Assistant county auditor with all research and analyses; Performs general administrative duties, to include, taking messages, answering or directing inquiries, typing letters and other correspondence, faxing documents, making copies, and printing reports as required; Responsible for insuring that all documents received by the auditors office are properly date stamped, to include: incoming mail, requisitions, purchase orders, payment authorizations, travel reimbursements, etc.
Other Duties as assigned.
Supervision Received: From County Auditor Given: This is a non-supervisory position.
Education Required: High school graduation, or its equivalent. Preferred:
Experience Required: Two years of bookkeeping or related experience, at least three years of adequate performance in a county auditors office, or any equivalent combination of education and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. Preferred:
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Required: None. Preferred:
Physical Demands Typical: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move objects weighing up to 20 pounds, such as files, stacks of records, or other similar objects. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Typical: Basic bookkeeping techniques; governmental accounting procedures; personnel policies and procedures; and, standard office practices. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with county employees, representatives of governmental agencies, vendors, and the general public; communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; operate standard word processing and spreadsheet software; read and interpret standard policies and procedures; reconcile accounts; operate various office equipment; basic aptitude for mathematics; ability to work independently.
Work Environment Typical: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The employee must perform multiple tasks simultaneously, perform tedious exacting work, and work closely with others as part of a team. ::: ::: :::
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