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Lower Lake, CA - USA

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Salary Information
$18.83/ hourly $3263.87 / monthly $39166.40/ annually

Performs a variety of general or specialized clerical accounting activities related to the preparation and maintenance of financial and statistical records in a manual or automated environment; obtains and compares information related to department records programs and services; and performs related work as required.

Working under close supervision Account Clerk I is the entry level in the Account Clerk series. Employees in this class receive inservice training and are given detailed instructions in the performance of routine accounting statistical and case recordkeeping tasks and perform tasks that are more structured and repetitive than those assigned at level II. As requisite skills and knowledge are developed greater independence and the full scope of responsibility are exercised. Unless a position is permanently allocated to level I due to the nature of the work employees are expected to promote to the Account Clerk II level after one year of satisfactory performance at the trainee level.

Examples of Duties

Duties may include but are not limited to the following:
(For Account Clerk I duties are performed at the entry level)
  • Maintains financial and statistical records; makes arithmetical tabulations; posts financial data by hand or computer to registers subsidiary ledgers expenditure and case records; checks data in various documents for accuracy.
  • Prepares or assists in preparing statistical and fiscal reports.
  • Assists with compilation of budget information including work and time records; gathers and summarizes information from source documents or computerized reports and arranges in an understandable presentable or prescribed format.
  • Codes verifies and files various financial documents.
  • Handles money transactions such as collecting and disbursing monies and other negotiable items including preparing bills and calculating refunds.
  • Checks balances and reconciles cash statements and computerized reports.
  • Processes or assists with the processing of documents such as invoices purchase orders warrants and other records.
  • Writes letters memos or documents to correspond with public and private organizations/agencies to obtain or verify information.
  • Answers telephone calls to provide elicit or verify information or data.
  • May operate automated systems to produce letters reports summaries notices checks data spreadsheets and standardized forms that are required for the maintenance of fiscal and statistical reports.
  • Performs other clerical duties such as typing filing counter service copying etc. on an as needed basis.
  • Performs related duties as assigned.
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS
Note: The level and scope of the knowledge and skills listed below are related to job duties as distinguished between the two levels in the Definition section.
Knowledge of:
  • Modern office practices methods and procedures.
  • Grammar vocabulary spelling punctuation and composition.
  • Basic mathematics such as addition subtraction multiplication division decimals fractions and percentages.
  • Procedures for compiling basic statistics.
  • Methods practices and procedures of financial and statistical record keeping.
  • Basic financial auditing principles and procedures.
  • Common word processing spreadsheet and database software packages.
Ability to:
  • Make arithmetic computations with speed and accuracy. Calculate solutions to math problems including addition subtraction division multiplication percentages decimals and fractions.
  • Compare transcribe track and reconcile information between documents accounts and ledgers.
  • Enter data quickly and accurately into automated system.
  • Compare and transcribe numbers and words accurately.
  • Locate identify and correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
  • Read English at a level necessary to understand procedure manuals policy guidelines software manuals technical documents and reports.
  • Communicate verbally with individuals from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
  • Compose reports and correspondence (e.g. letters memorandums) using appropriate grammar and spelling.
  • Compile multiple pieces of information clearly and concisely into an organized and understandable written report/document.
  • Perform a variety of financial statistical and case recordkeeping assignments.
  • Maintain accurate reports and records.

Minimum Qualifications

Six 6 months of fulltime clerical experience in an office environment that included some application of mathematical skills in the performance of duties;
OR
Equivalent to fifteen 15 semester units or twentytwo and onehalf 22.5 quarter units that included coursework in basic financial and statistical recordkeeping practices and procedures; mathematics such as addition subtraction multiplication division decimals fractions and percentages; or computer applications and spreadsheet software.

Qualifying experience or education may be combined in order to meet the above requirements. When combining education and experience; seven 7 semester units or eleven 11 quarter units equals three months of experience.

Supplemental Information

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
  • A valid drivers license will be required at the time of interview. Individuals who do not meet this requirement due to a disability will be reviewed on a casebycase basis.

  • Positions require preemployment screening including background checks and fingerprinting

  • Government agencies accessing US government information which include federal tax information must ensure that background investigation requirements for all agency employees and contractors that have access to federal tax information are consistent to the IRS background investigation requirements for access to federal tax information.

  • Background checks are required and must be repeated every 5 years. Background requirements consist of three components which include fingerprinting citizenship verification and local law enforcement checks.

  • Lake County is required to verify Employment and Education if a conditional offer of employment is made to an applicant.

  • Lake County offers: Flexible Office Hours available for most positions; Monday Friday with a variety of schedules between 6:30am 7:00pm.

  • Work remotely from home available for some positions upon Lake County Department of Social Services Approval.


EXAMINATION INFORMATION

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE EXAMINATION WEIGHTED 100

The Training & Experience Examination is designed to elicit a range of specific information regarding each candidates knowledge skill abilities and potential to effectively perform the duties relative to the classification. Responses to the questionnaire will be assessed based on predetermined rating criteria.All applicants must complete the entire examination to receive a score. To obtain a position on the eligible list candidates must receive a minimum rating of 70 on the examination.Examination administration and processing time is approximatelytwoweeks after the closing date of the job bulletin.

ELIGIBLE LIST INFORMATION

A departmentalopeneligible list will be established for the county of Lake. The list will be utilized for 12 months after it is established unless the needs of the service and conditions of the list warrant a change in this period.


RETEST PERIOD

Once you have taken the examination you may not retest for SIX 6 MONTHS from the established eligibility date.


SPECIALTESTARRANGEMENTS

Special testing arrangements may be made to accommodate applicants for disability military or religious reasons. If you require such arrangements please contact CalHR at orupon notification that your application has been approved. Documentation from medical military school or church officials outlining the accommodation request must be received by our office a minimum of five business days prior to a scheduled examination.


EDUCATIONDOCUMENTS

If you are using education to meet the minimum qualifications you must attach your transcripts to your application. Applicants with foreign transcripts must provide a transcript evaluation that indicates the number of units to which the foreign course work is equivalent. Transcripts and evaluations may be unofficial; official transcripts may be required upon appointment. Please redact birthdates and social security numbers.


GENERAL INFORMATION

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship by the start date of employment.

MSS reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the recruitment if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all competitors will be notified.

If you meet the requirements stated on this bulletin you may take this examination. Your performance in this examination will be rated against predetermined rating criteria. All competitors who pass will be added to the eligible list. Meeting the entry requirements does not assure success in the examination or placement on the eligible list.


General Qualifications:Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity initiative dependability good judgement the ability to work cooperatively with others and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. As part of the hiring process a background investigation may be required.


EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

The Merit System Services program is committed to equal employment opportunity for all regardless of age ancestry color disability (mental and physical) exercising the right to family care and medical leave gender gender expression gender identity genetic information marital status medical condition military or veteran status national origin political affiliation race religious creed sex (includes pregnancy childbirth breastfeeding and related medical conditions) and sexual orientation.


ABOUT LAKE COUNTY
Nestled inland and to the north of the San Francisco Bay Area Lake County is rich with geographic history and landmarks. Lake County is home to Clear Lake which is said to have been formed more than 2 million years ago and is the largest natural freshwater lake in the state of California. As a neighboring county to Napa Lake County is renowned for growing premium wine grapes pears and walnuts and as certified by the States Air Resources Board has the cleanest air in California. Also found in Lake County is Mount Konocti which was formed from volcanic eruptions between 100000 and 600000 years ago. The local economy is based primarily on agriculture tourism and the geothermal power industry.


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