Accounting Assistant
Accounting Assistant
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$ 20 - 31
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Job Description
TARGET CLOSE DATE:
05/23/2025PAY GRADE:
Grade 16TYPE:
Full timeJOB SUMMARY:
Employees in the Accounting Assistant job maintain a complete and accurate record of financial transactions by preparing automated and manual financial and statistical reports to ensure proper accounting and reporting of all transactions. These employees perform routine calculations post and transfer fiscal data check the accuracy of computations reconcile invoices with purchase orders review and approve receipts for disbursement of funds and prepare departmental payrolls. Employees exercise considerable judgment in deciding which guidelines or accounting procedures to follow in accomplishing tasks. Work is completed in an office setting and is reviewed by a higherlevel accounting or revenue employee for compliance with desired results. Accounting Assistants do not supervise others.COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
Agencies provide competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance employersponsored retirement plan (pension) generous paid holidays sick and vacation leave and more.Applications for this position will be considered for the following Merit System employing agencies. The pay range for this job varies depending upon the Merit System employing agency.
Bessemer $17.13 $26.58
Birmingham $17.67 $27.41
Center Point $16.85 $26.13
Gardendale $20.22 $31.37
GRS $16.56 $25.70
Health Department$19.63 $30.45
Homewood $19.74 $30.62
Irondale $20.62 $31.98
Jefferson County $19.25 $29.87
Leeds $18.32 $28.42
Midfield $13.79 $21.40
Mountain Brook $21.86 $33.91
Tarrant Utilities $15.39 $23.88
Vestavia Hills $20.33 $31.54
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
The following are jobrelated qualifications that are required for employment consideration for this position:
Experience providing customer service to the public other jurisdictions departments and/or entities to maintain a positive working relationship.
Ability to learn new software programs and/or systems on computers to maintain records.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
The following are jobrelated qualifications deemed desirable by Merit System agencies. These qualifications may be considered by a hiring agency when reviewing applications and inviting candidates to participate in subsequent steps in the selection processes.
Experience performing data entry functions for recordkeeping and/or calculations.
Experience working as a cashier waiter/bartender bank teller or other position that requires the handling of monies with a customer service emphasis.
TYPICAL JOB DUTIES:
Provides service to internal and/or external customers.
Provides clerical support to a department by processing mail creating and updating paper and digital files maintaining office equipment attending and taking notes at meetings transcribing minutes tracking information making copies and/or gathering documentation.
Generates and processes invoices and/or payments.
Manages departmental accounts receivable and payable.
Receives maintains and processes human resourcerelated documents and requests (e.g. W4s terminations FMLA requests) and relays related information to the appropriate personnel or department.
Plans organizes and directs the activities of the payroll function within the department to ensure that payroll is accurate and distributed properly.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Job is primarily sedentary involving sitting for long periods of time but may involve occasional walking or standing for brief periods.WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Work is conducted almost exclusively indoors in an office setting. Work involves use of standard office equipment such as computer phone copier etc.EEO STATEMENT:
The Personnel Board of Jefferson Countyprovides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training. Each Merit System member city/agencyoperate its own equal employment opportunity policies available on the individual city/agency website.
ACCOMMODATION:
To request an accommodation in the application or hiring process due to your own ongoing medical condition or disability please contact our Accommodations Coordinator at or phone at(select option 1) Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time. The accommodation process is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or accommodation in the job application process.
NOTE:
This job posting may close before or be extended beyond the listed Target Close Date based on the employment needs of the Merit System. More detail regarding this job is available by clicking Apply.
DISCLAIMER:
This job posting is not meant to be an allinclusive list of the job duties responsibilities or skills and abilities required to do the job and may be changed at the discretion of the Personnel Board at any time.
Employment Type
Full-Time
