ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN

About the role

The Department of Planning & Development within the Finance Division seeks an Accounting Technician to perform paraprofessional accounting and auditing duties.

Responsibilities

• Reviews program contracts, budgets, and budget amendments and revisions for conformance to federal, state, and local government accounting requirements
• Interprets contract provisions in order to identify allowable and non-allowable expenditures
• Audits vouchers, invoices, and completes payment transactions processing
• Checks and reviews audited vouchers to ensure accuracy and conformance to established accounting procedures
• Solves problems regarding budget limitations, allocations, or modifications and prepares necessary documentation
• Provides technical assistance on the preparation of documents for reimbursements to department staff, contractors, subcontractors, or other agencies
• Maintains control ledgers, prepares routine financial reports, and approves vouchers for payment
• Uses computerized accounting systems to record and reconcile accounting records
• Prepares memos and updates transactions into spreadsheets
• Establishes electronic files and scans transactions into the appropriate file
• Updates supervisor with information regarding transactions and related activities including workload and special projects

Requirements

• Two (2) years of paraprofessional accounting or auditing experience
• Graduation from an accredited college or university with an Associate’s degree or higher in Accounting
• Graduation from an accredited college or university with an Associate’s degree or higher, including 15 semester hours in Accounting

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications for this position

Skills

• Proficiency working with Microsoft Word and Excel
• Proficiency working with Oracle-based accounting software
• Previous accounts payable experience
• Previous experience auditing invoices and/or vouchers
• Associates degree or higher in Business or Public Administration
• Previous accounts reconciliation experience

Benefits

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Pay

$57,000.00

Schedule

Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 4:30pm

Commitment to Diversity

The City of Chicago has adopted ordinances 2-74-020 and 2-74-075 to provide a preference to applicants meeting certain criteria. These hiring preferences do not apply to bidders.