Accounting Technician 3

Job Description

Under general supervision, performs full-performance accounting support duties. This position is responsible for ensuring all utilities, services, and invoices are paid in a timely manner while not exceeding quarterly allotments. This position is responsible for invoices received, monthly contracts, placing service calls, assisting purchasing agents, reconciling P-Cards, completing purchase orders, and obtaining verbal and written bids. Works closely with the Corrections Business Manager, and budget review committee, to make quarterly expenditure projections. Must complete several mandatory reports. Those reports require submission on a bi-weekly, weekly, and/or monthly basis. Works closely with the Accounting Technician II, Trustee Clerk, to ensure offender financial operations are completed to include, but not limited to: processing financial related interview requests, verifying Union Supply property packages are filled and complete, processing commissary vouchers, billing for offender fresh favorites selections, offender fund releases are processed, monthly fund sweeps of inmate charges are performed and disbursed, and fills in for Accounting Technician II, Trustee Clerk, as assigned. This position ensures compliance with Federal, State, Agency, and Local regulations. Performs related work as required.

Training: Graduation from a standard four-year high school or the equivalent.

Experience: Three years of full time or equivalent part time paid bookkeeping, accounting or related experience.Substitution: Successful completion of college-level accounting courses from an regionally accredited college or university may be substituted at the rate of three semester hours equals six months experience;
OR
Successful completion of related business school or vocational training may be substituted for the experience through an established formula.