Boces - Principal Account Clerk (Helps Program)

Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES - Vacancy

Salary range: $48,000-$52,000/yr.

Under the NY HELPS Program, the Civil Service Exam for this title has been waived. For additional information regarding the NY HELPS Program, please visit:

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNT CLERK

QUALIFICATIONS:

County Values: All employees of Ontario County are expected to uphold and exhibit the County's shared values and behaviors to achieve the County's Vision and Mission.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: EITHER:

1.Possession of a Bachelor's degree, or higher, in Accounting, Finance, Business Administrator or closely related; OR

2.Possession of an Associate's Degree that includes with 18 credit hours in accounting AND two

(2)years of full-time, or part-time equivalent, paid experience in accounting or auditing experience involving the use of double entry books; OR

3.An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (1) and (2) above.

NOTE: In addition to the minimum education required noted in number (2) above, study in the field of accounting, may be substituted for the experience on a year-for-year basis, up to two years, with 12 credit hours in accounting equal to 1 year of experience.

SPECIAL NOTE: EDUCATION: Your degree must have been awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education. If your degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. A list of acceptable companies who provide this service can be found on the Internet at You must pay the required evaluation fee.

HR Dept. Only: Only those titles included in the promotional field are acceptable for meeting open- competitive qualifications.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: This is high-level account keeping work involving responsibility for planning and overseeing complex account keeping activities and independently performing the most important phases of such work including ledgers and journal entries. Work is performed under general supervision and in accordance with outlined policies and procedures, but it calls for the frequent exercise of independent judgment. Oversight of the duties performed by subordinate employees may be exercised. Difficult technical or policy problems are referred to a supervisor for decision, or review of judgment where recommendations are initiated; does related work as required.

TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES: (Illustrative only)

Plans, assigns, and reviews the maintaining and checking of a wide variety of financial reports and records, including ledger and journal accounts;

Instructs employees in the specialized details of this work;

Oversees and assists in the classification of a complex variety of receipts and expenditures and the distribution of costs according to prescribed codes;

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