Accounting Technician III at City of Norfolk, VA
City of Norfolk, VA · Norfolk, United States Of America · Onsite
- Professional
- Office in Norfolk
About the Department
The Slover is a beautiful venue and multi-use facility in downtown Norfolk with a mission to be a premier destination for residents and visitors to enjoy. The Slover supports a thriving downtown by encouraging tourism, providing resources for entrepreneurs, and housing the Downtown Branch at Slover library component.
The Downtown Branch at Slover invites applications for a full-time Accounting Technician III position to join our Operations Team. Success in this position draws on the incumbent’s competencies in maintaining accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing systems, payroll records, time sheets, and related documents. Assists in accounting for capital improvement projects. Performs administrative duties. Assists with budget preparation and monitoring budgetary accounts. Performs financial duties. Processes transactions and prepares checks for distribution. Enters purchase and pay documents into the City’s financial system. Perform responsible clerical accounting in the auditing, preparation, and processing of financial, personnel, time, and leave actions, statistical records, and documents; may serve as a lead worker supervising and assisting subordinate accounting technicians and other clerical staff; and may be required to perform a highly specialized financial record keeping function.
Position Duties
Essential functions include but are not limited to:
- Performs financial duties by processing transactions and preparing checks for distribution, processing sales and transfers, receiving, compiling and depositing monies into accounts, monitoring petty cash, performing calculations to determine benefits, performing assessments of court orders and tax data, entering data into the system to process payroll, reconciling and balancing cash drawers, setting up vendor accounts, verifying payments, processing vouchers, requisitions and other documents for payment, preparing reports, entering data into the financial system, reconciling accounts, processing journal vouchers and invoices, maintaining files, reviewing invoices for payment and consulting with vendors regarding accounts.
- Assists with capital improvement projects by processing contract payments, preparing monthly status reports and calculating engineering and inspection charges for multiple projects.
- Performs administrative duties by answering and directing telephone inquiries, typing, compiling data for reports, filing documents, processing various reports, resolving administrative personnel issues, maintaining files, compiling information, and keeping logs, writing correspondence, and providing information.
- Assists with budget preparation and monitoring budgetary accounts by reviewing financial files, inputting the budget into the budget request system, making recommendations, gathering, and analyzing data and preparing statistical and financial reports.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Four years' experience in bookkeeping or accounting.
Other Qualifications
Working Hours: This position is full-time/Special Projects. Typical work schedules fall between 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Monday-Friday.
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