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Application Opening: July 23 2025
Application Deadline: July 31 2025
Annual Salary: $69368 to $84292 Annually
Role type: Temporary Exempt Role Description
Schedule: Full-time
Division: Finance and Information Technology
Section/Unit: Accounting Operations Accounts Payable
Work Location: One S. Van Ness Avenue 8th floor San Francisco CA
Work Hours: Monday Friday; 8:00am 5:00pm
POSITION DESCRIPTION:
Under general supervision the Account Clerk performs routine bookkeeping and financial record keeping operations within complex accounting systems. Incumbents post adjust and balance entries to ledgers; verify the correctness of accounting documents; respond to inquiries and provide financial information; organize and file source documents; perform operations involving automated accounting systems and spreadsheet programs and perform related duties as required.
1. Performs routine bookkeeping and financial record-keeping operations within complex accounting systems to ensure accurate balances and available budgeted funds.
2. Posts adjusts and balances entries to subsidiary ledgers by searching out details and resolving numerical imbalances.
3. Verifies correctness of accounting documents by comparing postings to source documents and checking calculations for accuracy.
4. Responds to inquiries from other units departments or the public by extracting information and providing summaries to callers or in person.
5. Organizes and files source documents such as invoices purchase orders payment vouchers and other related documents according to accepted practice and to locate them readily in the event of the need for research at a later date.
6. Performs tasks in software related to accounting including databases automated accounting systems spreadsheets and word processing.
7. Assists in the maintenance of cost control records.
8. Reports available budget balances and expenditures by uniform account classifications.
9. Assists in reconciling and summarizing accounts.
10. Performs mathematical calculations such as addition subtraction multiplication and division to arrive at correct balances when working on financial and accounting matters such as cost records deposits expenditures allocations taxes and penalties.
11. Prepares statements orders receipts and related forms as required.
12. Inputs simple accounting documents for processing vendor payments.
Qualifications :
Six (6) months (equivalent to 1000 hours) of verifiable experience processing financial and accounting matters (e.g. cost records deposits expenditures allocations) bookkeeping and/or financial record keeping. Such experience typically includes verifying correctness of financial documents; maintaining expenditure records and reconciling subsidiary accounts
Substitution of Experience:
15 semester units (or equivalent quarter units) of coursework from an accredited college or university with a minimum of 6 semester units (or equivalent quarter units) in accounting may be substituted for the required experience as described above.
Additional Information :
HOW TO APPLY
To apply for this position:
Selection Procedures: Selected candidates will be invited to participate in one or more interviews at the Controllers Office.
Recruitment Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process please contact Kira Sanchez the recruitment analyst at
Additional Information:
The City and County of San Francisco encourages women minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex race age religion color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition (associated with cancer a history of cancer or genetic characteristics) HIV/AIDS status genetic information marital status sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression military and veteran status or other protected category under the law.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Full-time