Location: Dept. of Revenue and Finance, Tax Collector Dept
Requirements:
Knowledge of office methods, practices, and equipment and of performing routine, repetitive, and noncomplex tasks involved in keeping financial and/or other records of a mathematical nature.
Knowledge of basic arithmetic functions, understanding, remembering, and carrying out oral and written directions.
Ability to perform routine/repetitive tasks, compare numerical/verbal data, and select appropriate information for forms.
Ability to acquire an understanding of numerical record keeping and data gathering and other clerical procedures used in a specific establishment.
Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Responsibilities:
Examines and verifies that entries, postings, and totals are accurate and supporting documents are included. Posts entries in cash books, journals, ledgers, and prepares records of cash receipts and disbursements.
Makes extensions and calculates deductions to be made from the pay of individuals.
Keeps a continuous record of the amount, kind, and value of merchandise, material, equipment, and stock on hand, checks and compares for completeness various types of documents such as vouchers, payrolls, requisitions, invoices, bills and receipts.
Examines vouchers to ensure that they have the necessary approvals and that data are arithmetically correct, reviews financial data to ensure correct account and appropriation are cited.
Reviews expense account for funding or budgetary limitations and refers discrepancies to higher level staff, posts accounting information to data transaction forms to reflect correct accounting category or code and utilization of funds in accordance with specific guidelines.
Posts noncomplex disbursements, deductions, and remittances paid and due, and checks.
Records charges, overpayments, refunds, and so forth into the record book, prepares vouchers invoices and assists with the preparation of periodic reports, performs simple reconciliation of bank accounts.
May assist in collecting/compiling data for inclusion in budget requests, financial statements, and other reports.
Refers errors and irregularities to superiors, maintains established records/files where selection and classification of data does not require difficult decisions and where procedures are routinized.
Maintains standardized double-entry bookkeeping records involving making journal entries and posting to ledgers and other records which entail only a few variations in the transactions recorded, clearly established guidelines exist for the actions required, and limited problems in identifying the proper account classification or in balancing and reconciling accounts.
Duration: Permanent Position
Hours: Monday – Friday (between the hours of 9:00 am to 4:30 pm)
Salary: Commensurate with Experience
This application must be completed; otherwise, the application shall be rejected.
Do not leave any questions unanswered.
Interested candidates should apply to this position by submitting a resume with a cover letter to the Township of Irvington.
Incomplete applications will not be considered
EARLY SUBMISSION APPRECIATED
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
The Township of Irvington is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, ancestry, national origin, social status, or physical disabilities.