Accounting Assistant

City of Albuquerque • Full-time • Albuquerque, NM, US • 2w ago

Position Summary

Perform a variety of routine basic bookkeeping and accounting duties including reconciling of various data, accepting payments over the counter and through the mail, financial record keeping, performing cashiering services, processing payments and preparing bank deposits; perform various payroll processing duties and respond to customer complaints and inquiries.

Job descriptions are intended to present a general list of tasks/duties performed by employees within this job classification. Job Descriptions are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job.

Minimum Education, Experience And Additional Requirements

Education and experience directly related to the minimum requirements below may be interchangeable on a year for year basis.

High school diploma or GED supplemented by fifteen (15) credit hours of college-level course work in business; and

Two (2) years of basic bookkeeping or accounting experience.

Additional Requirements

Possession of a valid New Mexico Driver's License or the ability to obtain within ninety (90) days from date of hire.

Possession of a City Operator's Permit (COP) within 6 months from hire date.

Preferred Knowledge

Basic mathematical principles
Customer relations techniques
Operations, services and activities of a customer service program
Principles and procedures of financial record keeping and posting
Office practices, procedures and equipment including a computer
Alphabetical and numerical filing systems
Bookkeeping and accounting principles and techniques
General procedures related to accounts payable and receivable

Preferred Skills & Abilities

Deal tactfully and courteously with the public in handling complaints
Operate a variety of office equipment including a typewriter, calculator and a computer
Perform varied clerical work
Learn to post amounts to various ledgers and prepare journal entries
Accurately tabulate, record, and balance assigned transactions
Communicate clearly and concisely
Perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work