The Niskayuna Central School District is now accepting applications for a probationary Senior Account Clerk.

ASSIGNMENT: Student Support Services; 12 months per year; 37.5 hours per week.

GENERAL INFORMATION: This position involves moderately difficult clerical responsibility for maintaining varied financial accounts and records through the application of standardized account-keeping practices. The work requires a general understanding of specific law, office rules, procedures and policies. This position may be responsible for utilizing a microcomputer, remote computer terminal or similar computer equipment in the performance of daily work-related tasks. General supervision is received from higher level supervisors, with leeway allowed for making independent judgments concerning routine policies and procedures. Direct supervision may be exercised over the work of Account Clerks or one or more clerical assistants. The incumbent does related work as required.

TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES:

• Oversees and classifies a variety of receipts and expenditures, and distributes items according to prescribed procedures;

• Assigns work, reviews and records work done, and instructs new employees in specialized account-keeping activities;

• Posts entries to a journal or a ledger from a variety of original entry media;

• Prepares reports from journal and ledger entries;

• Reviews and checks account-keeping records and reports for arithmetical and clerical accuracy, completeness and proper extension;

• Supervises the verifying and reconciling of individual account balances;

• Composes and types correspondence on matters where policies and procedures are well-defined;

• Issues receipts for monies received;

• Compiles payroll data, prepares and checks payrolls;

• Compiles and prepares labor, material and operational cost records and reports;

• Supervises the processing, sorting, indexing, recording and filing of a variety of control records and reports;

• Compiles data for and prepares and analyzes complex financial and statistical records and reports;

• May operate a microcomputer, remote computer terminal or similar computer equipment in the performance of several work-related tasks;

• Operates calculating, check-writing and other office machines;

• Assists in the preparation of unit or departmental budgets and in maintaining budget control;

• Performs a variety of related tasks as required.

Job Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and two years’ experience maintaining financial accounts and records; OR

• Three years of experience as outlined in (1) above; OR

• An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (1) and (2) above.

Position Start Date:03/05/2025

Application Deadline:03/05/2025

Civil Service Title: Senior Account Clerk

Job Number: 24-171