Accounting Technician II - Countywide Pool

For questions regarding this position, please contact Jesus Berrelleza at jberrelleza@rivco.org or at (951) 955-1524.

About the role

The County of Riverside seeks to fill Accounting Technician II positions for various departments throughout the County. A pool of qualified candidates will be established to fill current and future vacancies, including temporary positions. The Accounting Technician series is used in all County Departments to provide accounting services. Incumbents in this class either function primarily as key assistants to professional accountants or other management staff performing the more difficult and complex paraprofessional accounting work, or supervise a fiscal support unit in the financial function of an agency, large division, or department.

Applicants will answer questions about location preferences, work experience, and qualifications. The most competitive applicants (based on specialized skills) will be referred for interviews. Applicants will receive email notification once their application is no longer being considered due to Candidate Pool expiration. Some positions may require a law enforcement background investigation, which includes completing an extensive questionnaire, meeting with a background investigator, and submitting several references.

Responsibilities

• Performs specialized/technical review with final approval and control of fiscal records and accounts.
• Researches and resolves a variety of difficult problems independently through review of multiple records; exercises initiative in anticipating or identifying problems or errors and follows up to resolve; forecasts impact of potential actions/decisions.
• Interprets a wide variety of complex policies, procedures, regulations, contracts, and agreements to determine their applicable provisions and clauses for assistance with difficult problems and circumstances.
• Performs final review of claims against the County, verifying compliance with instructions, specifications, and provisions of contracts that have complex terms and language, which may be ambiguous and/or involve large expenditures of County funds.
• Supervises and reviews the work of a fiscal support unit; resolves difficult problems pertaining to the work of the staff; personally performs the more difficult work of the unit.
• Reviews work procedures and recommends changes to improve efficiency.
• Trains staff in performing the work, including office/program policies and procedures.
• Analyzes procedural and/or technical problems; develops recommendations for resolution; acts as a resource to staff.
• Provides support functions to managers and professional accounting staff in the accomplishment of special projects and assists with a variety of support functions.

Requirements

Experience

• One year of experience as an Accounting Technician I or Supervising Accounting Assistant with the County of Riverside or an equivalent position.
• OR four years of experience in the maintenance and review of fiscal, financial, or statistical records, including one year in the reconciliation of accounts (experience in reconciling governmental budget accounts is preferred).

One year of the required non-specialized experience may be substituted as listed under Education.

Education

One year of the required non-specialized experience may be substituted with the completion of 12 semester or 18 quarter units in accounting, finance, auditing, taxation, financial reporting, business finance, financial statement analysis, or external and internal reporting, or closely related coursework from an accredited college or university.

All required experience may be substituted with a Bachelor of Arts/Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting from an accredited college or university.

Knowledge

• Principles and practices of supervision.
• Principles of office management, governmental accounting systems, procedures, and regulations.
• The interrelationships of internal and external recordkeeping systems, accounting systems, and procedures containing expenditures, revenues, general ledger, and related accounting procedures.
• Legal requirements of County contracts, agreements, minute orders, and resolutions.
• Accounting and business law terminology (for some assignments).
• The significance of the accounting cycle and the interrelationship of data contained in various accounts (for some assignments).
• Principles and procedures used in the preparation of financial statements and bank reconciliations (for some assignments).
• Mathematical techniques and concepts involved in collecting, organizing, interpreting, summarizing, analyzing, and graphically presenting numerical data (for some assignments).

Abilities

• Effectively supervise employees engaged in performing a variety of accounting support duties.
• Understand the relationships among fiscal or statistical records and documents.
• Understand transactions in terms of accounting codes and classification.
• Perform a wide variety of difficult and responsible financial/accounting duties.
• Maintain and monitor control totals of primary accounting record sources and summarize and assimilate into reports and other accounting documents.
• Understand and interpret the principles, laws, and procedures involved in the bookkeeping and auditing functions.
• Gather and analyze a variety of financial data and draw logical conclusions.
• Communicate effectively with the public and staff in other departments, explaining difficult and/or complex accounting systems or procedures (for some assignments).
• Interpret complex and/or varied source documents, laws, regulations, and procedures and apply them to varied or difficult circumstances (for some assignments).

Supplemental Information

• Possession of the Fundamental Payroll Certification issued by the American Payroll Association within 12 months from the date of hire is required for Accounting Technician I positions within the Payroll Unit of the County Auditor-Controller's Department.
• Possession of a valid California Class C Driver's License may be required for some positions in this class.

This recruitment is open to all applicants. Qualified applicants may be considered for future vacancies throughout the County. Based on the number of applications received, the posting may close without notice.