Banning, California, United States Looking for Senior Accounting Assistant – Countywide Candidate Pool For Temporary & Permanent Positions at permanent Full Time

Full Job Description

ABOUT THE POSITION

Riverside County

is seeking qualified for
Senior Accounting
Assistants

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This county-wide recruitment will establish a Senior
Accounting Assistant Countywide Candidate Pool
of qualified applicants for Regular and Temporary Senior
Accounting Assistant openings for multiple departments. This candidate
pool will be used to fill current and future vacancies throughout the
county.

Please note, some Senior Accounting Assistant job openings
may not be filled using this candidate pool and will require you to
apply separately.

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HOW IT WORKS
–
Applicants will answer questions about location preferences, work
experience, and
qualifications.
– The most competitive
applicants (based on specialized skills) will be referred
for
interviews.
– Applicants will receive email notification once
their application is no longer being
considered due to Candidate
Pool expiration.

Some positions may require a law enforcement
background investigation which requires completion of an extensive
questionnaire, meeting with a background investigator, and submitting
several references.
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Position Duties and Responsibilities:

The role includes various tasks such as
preparing revenue reports, handling customer deposits, cashiering,
collections, generating invoices, and reconciling accounts. It also
involves customer assistance, data research, and journal entries.

Necessary Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
(KSA’s):

• Strong customer
  service skills
• Basic accounting knowledge
  
• Bookkeeping experience
• Cash handling expertise
• Software systems proficiency
• Microsoft Excel skills
• Financial report preparation
• Data extraction using a trial balance

Desired Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSA’s):

• Complex financial issue resolution
  
• Financial data interpretation
• Project costing experience
• Record reconciliation skills
• Operation of financial equipment

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
• Prepare
reports on the status of service accounts, contracts, grants, fee
receipts, entitlements and reimbursed programs, accounts receivable,
accounts payable, trust accounts; prepare regular reports of revenues
and expenditures which are sent directly to management.

• Answer
questions that involve searching for and abstracting technical data
and detailed explanations of laws, policies or procedures referring
matters requiring policy decisions to a superior.

• Develop or
assist in the development of software applications to collect and
manipulate accounting data and fiscal information; prepare
spreadsheets compiling revenue activity and trends for management use;
reformat data or create specific reports, charts or graphs.

• Assist
staff in solving, or personally respond to, the more complex and
difficult inquiries; train and orient new staff members; review and
correct work.

• Provide technical supervision to staff maintaining
and compiling computer generated spreadsheets, tracking incoming
revenue, auditing daily deposits reconciliations, preparing daily
deposits and reconciliation and revenue distribution reports, posting
and reconciling trust funds and revenue ledgers.

• Supervise a small
number of lower level Accounting Assistants and clerical support
staff.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
OPTION
I

Experience: One year of experience as an Accounting Assistant II
with the County of Riverside or an equivalent position.

OPTION
II

Experience: Three years of experience in the review,
reconciliation, and preparation of financial accounts. (Substitution:
One year of the required experience may be substituted with the
completion of 12 semester or 18 quarter units in accounting from an
accredited college.)

Knowledge of: Basic methods, practices, and
terminology of fiscal record keeping, basic business mathematics;
checks, money orders and other common negotiable instruments and their
proper validation and endorsement; common methods of balancing cash
and checks against records of receipt; methods of handling, recording
and controlling monies received and disbursed; basic
mathematical/fiscal computer applications; Basic payroll practices and
procedures including FLSA requirements; Accounting systems,
procedures, regulations and source documents including expenditure,
revenue, general ledger and related accounting procedures and the
interrelationship of internal and external record keeping systems;
general bookkeeping, accounting and audit methodology, terminology and
standards.

Ability to: Make arithmetical computations quickly and
accurately; operate standard office equipment which may include
computers, calculators, cash registers, adding machines, and
duplicating machines; read, understand and follow written and oral
instructions; use computerized accounting systems; prepare data in
proper format for data entry; understand and maintain financial
accounting files or other record systems; recognize and correct
computational errors; accurately compare, post and transfer numbers;
understand transactions in terms of accounting codes and
classifications; prepare routine and special financial reports;
communicate effectively by phone or in person; learn County accounting
systems; establish and maintain effective working relationships with
others; Perform a wide variety of difficult and responsible
financial/accounting duties involving a broad range of
technical/complex and/or specialized transactions; review and
consolidate records from multiple sources and summarize into reports,
abstracts and other accounting documents; analyze data and draw
logical conclusions; review and evaluate the work of lower level
accounting clerical staff may be required for some positions in the
class.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Veterans’ Preference

The County has a Veterans
Preference Policy. Upload a copy of your (or your spouse’s) Member-4
Form DD-214 (or NGB-22) indicating dates of service, and a copy of
your spouse’s letter of disability (if applicable) with your
application. For privacy reasons, it is recommended that you remove
your social security information from the document(s). A Human
Resources Representative will review the materials and determine if
you qualify for veterans’ preference. See the policy here .

Degree Verification

Prior to the closing date,
upload a copy of any license(s), official/unofficial transcript(s),
degrees, and/or related employment documents to your NeoGov account.
If your education was completed outside of the United States, you will
need to provide a copy of your Foreign Education Equivalency
evaluation from a member of the National Association of Credential
Evaluation Services (NACES) or Association of International Credential
Evaluators, Inc. (AICE).

What’s Next

Applicants
who are current regular or temporary employees of the County of
Riverside may be considered befor e other applicants depending on
the volume of applications received.

Applications received prior to
the closing date will be considered based on the information
submitted. Changes or alterations cannot be accepted. No late
applications will be permitted.

Based on the number of applications
received, this posting may close without notice. Qualified applicants
may be considered for future vacancies throughout the County.

For
specific questions regarding this position, contact Joseph Miller at
josephmiller @rivco.org .

GENERAL APPLICATION
INFORMATION:

Please read and follow any special
application instructions on this posting. Click the ‘Apply’ link
located on this page to submit your application. For instructions on
the application process, examinations, Veteran’s preference,
pre-employment accommodation or other employment questions, please
refer to our web site, . A pre-employment physical examination and
background check may be required.

MEDICAL/DENTAL/VISION INSURANCE: A
choice of different medical, dental and visions plan are available to
elect. The County provides a Flexible Benefit Credit contribution as
governed by the applicable LIUNA Memorandum of Understanding to
contribute towards the cost of these plans.

Note: Employees on
assignment through the Temporary Assignment Program (TAP) receive
different benefits. See the list here .
MISCELLANEOUS
RETIREMENT : County of Riverside has three retirement Tiers
through the California Public Employees’ Retirement System
(CalPERS).

• Tier I (Classic Member –
  Formula 3% @ 60): Applicable to current and former County of Riverside
  local miscellaneous employees hired prior to 08/24/2012 and did not
  withdraw CalPERS contributions. The employee contribution is eight
  (8%) percent.
• Tier II (Classic Member –
  Formula 2% @ 60): Applicable to local miscellaneous employees 1) hired
  after 08/23/2012 through 12/31/2012; 2) Previously employed with
  another CalPERS contracting public agency or a reciprocal retirement
  system, with a break in service of less than six months between the
  separation date with the previous employer and the appointment date
  with the County of Riverside. The employee contribution is seven (7%)
  percent.
• Tier III (PEPRA New Member –
  Formula 2% @ 62): Applicable to CalPERS local miscellaneous new
  members hired on or after the implementation of the Public Employees’
  Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) which took effect January 1, 2013.
  As of July 1, 2020, the employee contribution is 7.25% and subject
  to change annually.

A new member is defined as
any of the following:

A new hire who enters CalPERS
membership for the first time on or after January 1, 2013, and who has
no prior membership in any California Public Retirement System.

A new hire who enters CalPERS membership for the first time
on or after January 1, 2013, and who was a member with another
California Public Retirement System prior to that date, but who is not
subject to reciprocity upon joining CalPERS.

A member who
first established CalPERS membership prior to January 1, 2013, and who
is rehired by a different CalPERS agency after a break in service of
greater than six (6) months.

CalPERS refers to all members
that do not fit within the definition of a new member as “classic
members”.

Contribution rates are subject to change based on the
County of Riverside annual actuarial valuation.

Note:

This summary is for general information purposes only.
Additional questions regarding retirement formulas can be sent to
[email protected] or by calling the Benefits Information Line at
(951) 955-4981,
Option 2.

If you have prior service credit with
another CalPERS agency or within agencies, please contact CalPERS at
(888) 225-7377 to determine which retirement tier would be applicable
to you. CalPERS is governed by the Public Employees’ Retirement Law.
The Retirement Law is complex and subject to change. If there’s any
conflict between this summary and the law, the law will prevail over
this summary.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION: Voluntary employee
contribution with a choice between two 457 deferred compensation plan
options.

VACATION ACCRUAL (Bi-Weekly Accrual):

0410 or more years =
160 Hours (20 Days)

Maximum Vacation leave accumulation is 480
hours.

SICK LEAVE: Four (4) hours Sick Leave accrual per pay period
with unlimited accrual.

HOLIDAYS: Normally 12 paid holidays per
year

BEREAVEMENT LEAVE: Allowed 5 days (3 days are County paid; 2
additional days can be taken from accrued Sick Leave balance)

BASIC
LIFE INSURANCE: Equal to one times annual base salary not to exceed
$50,000 of term life coverage. Premiums are paid by the County.
Additional Supplemental Life plan is available for employee
purchase.

DISABILITY: Short-term Disability benefit pays up to a
maximum of $461.54 weekly, payable up to a maximum of 52 weeks.

POST
RETIREMENT MEDICAL CONTRIBUTION: A monthly contribution is made by the
County towards retiree health insurance offered through the County as
governed by the applicable Memorandum of Understanding.

OTHER: There
may be other benefit provisions as specified in the applicable
Memorandum of Understanding. Please contact the recruiter listed on
the job posting directly for more information.