Account Clerk I/II - Citywide
Account Clerk I/II - Citywide
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$ 54075 - 70346
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Job Description
Our diverse and inclusive workforce of more than 7000 employees play a key role in the success of San Jos the heart of the Silicon Valley. All City of San Jos employees work together as one team to make San Jos a vibrant innovative and desirable place to live and work.Visithere to learn more about our One Team Leadership Values and Expectations including quality and excellent customer service and hereto learn more about San Jos.
The City of San Jos is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants for all job openings will be considered without regard to age race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation disability veteran statusor any other consideration made unlawful under any federal state or local laws. The City of San Jos is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability please contact us at711 (TTY) or via email at .
About the Department
The City of San Jos the Capital of Silicon Valley is one of the nations best managed cities and one of the top ten cities in which to live work and do business. Moreover San Jos is the center of cultural government and economic activity for the region. The employees of the City of San Jos have embraced the following values: Integrity Innovation Excellence Collaboration Respect and Celebration.
Position Duties
The salary ranges for this classification are:
- Account Clerk I: $54075.84 $65738.40
- Account Clerk II: $57854.16 $70346.64
This is a classbased recruitment. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications for Account Clerk I/II will be added to the active Qualified Candidate Group and contacted when a departmentspecific vacancy becomes available. This candidate pool will supersede any active list. If you are in the current Qualified Candidate Group you will need to reapply in order to be considered for future vacancies.
The City of San Jose invites applications for the citywide classification of Account Clerk I/II. An Account Clerk I/II will have good customer service skills good verbal and written skills and understand basic accounting work. This position will be responsible for the departments accounts payable duties and purchase orders.
Typical duties include:- Performs a variety of accounting and clerical duties involving processing transactions with arithmetic calculations.
- Batches invoices to proper accounts; posts ledgers; prepares purchase orders and requisitions. Posts stores computes prices prorates fees and issues permits. May serve as a timekeeper for smaller departments.
- Using wellestablished procedures and practices processes payment documents; maintains petty cash funds; may serve as timekeeper for small departments; accepts and records revenue; prepares statements and bills; maintains records; and processes and verifies claims.
- Operates and utilizes a variety of standard office equipment including but not limited to computers printers scanners phones calculators fax software programs and accounting machines and equipment.
- Assists customers with getting correct account information account balances to process their payments and other questions by calling the department or directing them to the correct locations for clarification.
- Batches invoices to proper accounts; posts ledgers; maintains equipment inventory lists and conducts periodic audits; prepares purchase orders and requisitions; and handles extensions invoices bills vouchers and other fiscal documents verifying their accuracy and completeness.
- Accepts payments writes receipts and deposit slips; posts stores computes prices prorates fees and issues permits.
- Undertakes routine fiscal clerical duties such as performing arithmetic calculations checking and balancing simple accounts and posting data to various accounts.
- Participates in preparing personnel payroll time cards or shift changes by preparing cards entering changes affecting status or amount computing net changes or charges and tabulating; audits a variety of timekeeping actions and generates/prepares payroll related reports.
- Participates in inventory records of supplies filing of fiscalrelated documents and general office related tasks.
Minimum Qualifications
Account Clerk I
Education: Completion of high school or equivalent (General Education Development GED Test or California Proficiency Certificate).
Experience:None.
Account Clerk II
Education:Completion of high school or equivalent (General Education Development GED Test or California Proficiency Certificate).
Experience:One (1) year of experience in accounting clerical work or office work using arithmetic clerical routines.
Acceptable Substitution:A Bachelors Degree from an accredited college or university may be substituted for the required experience.Other Qualifications
The ideal candidate will possess the following competencies as demonstrated in past and current employment history.
Job Expertise Demonstrates knowledge of and experience with applicable professional/technical principles and practices Citywide and departmental procedures/policies and federal and state rules and regulations.
Computer Skills Experienced with financial management system (FMS) or other accounting system and with common business computer applications including but not limited to: MS Outlook MS Word and MS Excel.
Customer Service Demonstrates the ability to anticipate customers needs and deliver services effectively and efficiently using professional demeanor.
Flexibility Makes effective decisions and achieves desired results in the midst of major changes in responsibilities work processes timeframes performance expectations organizational culture or work environment.
MultiTasking Can handle multiple projects and responsibilities simultaneously; has handled a wide variety of assignments in past and/or current position(s).
Reliability Completes quality work assignments in a timely and efficient manner; fulfills responsibilities and maintains confidentiality as appropriate.
Teamwork and Interpersonal Skills Develops effective relationships with coworkers and supervisors by helping others accomplish tasks and using collaboration and conflict resolution skills
Communication Skills Effectively conveys information and expresses thoughts and facts clearly orally and in writing; demonstrates effective use of listening skills; displays openness to other peoples ideas and thoughts.
Selection Process:
The selection process will consist of an evaluation of the applicants training and experience based on the application and responses to all the job specific questions.You must answer all questions to be considered or your application may be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration.Only those candidates whose backgrounds best match the position will be invited to proceed in the selection process. Additional phases of the selection process will consist of one or more interviews.
If you have questions about the duties of these positions the selection or hiring processes please contact Irina Orozco at
Additional Information:
Employment Eligibility: Federal law requires all employees to provide verification of their eligibility to work in this country. Please be informed that the City of San Jose will NOT sponsor represent or sign any documents related to visa applications/transfers for H1B or any other type of visa which requires an employer application.
You must answer all jobspecific questions to be considered for this vacancy or your application will be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration. Applicants are expected to write their own essays/responses. Please be advised that use of AI content in your responses may result in your removal from the hiring process.
Please note that applications are currently not acceptedthrough CalOpps or any other third party job board application system.
This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.
Please allow adequate time to complete the application and submit before the deadline or the system may not save your application. If your online application was successfully submitted you will receive an automatic confirmation email to the email address you provided. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THE CONFIRMATION please email and we will research the status of your application.
Employment Type
Full-Time
