Position Title

Senior Account Clerk

Required Application Type

School Related Personnel

Salary/Pay Scale

$34,781 Minimum

Job Description

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Reconciles accounts and prepares reports as they relate to Payroll for customers 
• Coordinates pay period activities across multiple departments, including ensuring appropriate account coding. 
• Reviews and processes payroll-related financial documents, ensuring accurate calculation of hours worked, deductions, overtime, and tax changes. 
• Makes necessary adjustments and updates to payroll records, including changes in rates or deductions. May confirm budget codes, earnings codes, deduction codes. 
• Maintains, organizes and files payroll-related records in compliance with established policies and procedures. 
• Prepares and processes payroll deductions, ensuring timely submission of reports and payments. 
• Prepares and submits periodic reports related to state and federal payroll tax withholdings and compliance matters. 
• Compiles and processes monthly retirement reports for the New York State Employees' Retirement System. May coordinate work for others in the department as it relates to ERS reports/requirements. 
• Responds to inquiries from employees, department heads, and external agencies regarding payroll-related matters. 
• Perform monthly, quarterly or annual reconciliation of payroll to general ledger transactions. Processes this information for BFA and Accounting department. 
• Acts as liaison between school district staff, as well as external contacts such as government agencies, retirement systems, and banks. 
• Does more complex payroll transactions or may do payroll for the entire department and prepares related reports, processes bi-weekly payrolls for employees. 
• Prepares more complex financial or statistical summary reports. Prepares files for payroll-related banking transactions. 
• May assist in preparation of figures and reports for use in budget preparation as it relates to Payroll PO process with financial software 

Civil Service Title

Senior Account Clerk

Job Qualifications

REQUIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A) Graduation from a New York State registered or regionally accredited college or university with an Associate's Degree or higher in accounting, business, or a closely related field; OR

B) Completion of 60 credit hours at a New York State registered or regionally accredited college or university which must have included at least twelve credit hours in accounting or bookkeeping; OR

C) Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and two years of clerical experience maintaining financial accounts and records, which must include, as a regularly occurring function of the job, some financial account-keeping duties, such as reconciling bank statements, posting to ledgers, making entries to journals or checking voucher and purchase orders for arithmetical accuracy and completeness; OR

D) An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A), (B) and (C) above.

 

Application Procedure

• Three (3) Professional References Required - These must be filled out in the section of your application where requested.
• A copy of your diploma may be uploaded in place of transcripts if necessary

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Job Category

Account Clerk/Accountant/Payroll

Job Location

Central Business Office

Additional Information