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Job Number
030 MSC25/26
Application Deadline
8/12/2025

Position Title
SENIOR ACCOUNT CLERK
Required Application Type
School Related Personnel
Job Description

THIS IS A COMPETITIVE CIVIL SERVICE POSITION.  The selected employee must be among the top three after taking the required exam.

 

Full-time position (1.0 FTE), 7.5 hours per day, 12 months per year                                         

  • Classifies a variety of receipts and expenditures and distributes items according to a prescribed procedure.
  • Reviews and checks complex account keeping records and reports for arithmetical and clerical accuracy, completeness and proper extension.
  • Conducts routine correspondence on matters where policies and procedures are well-defined.
  • Works with vendors and departments in processing purchase orders and payments
  • Verifies and reconciles of a number of account balances according to a prescribed procedure.
  • Receives invoices by mail, verifies amount, and pays invoices.                                  
  • Voids and re-issues checks as needed.
  • Prepares routine reports of information taken from journal or ledger.  
  • May compile and prepare labor, material and operational cost records and reports.
  • Operates personal computer, copier, computing, calculator, and other office machines.
  • Compiles data for, and prepared and analyzes complex financial and statistical records and reports.
  • Assist with recording of cashed receipts
  • Treasurer for extra classroom activity funds
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

 

Civil Service Title
SENIOR ACCOUNT CLERK
Job Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Graduation from a regionally accredited college or university or one accredited by the New York State Board of Regents to grant degrees with an Associate Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field; OR;
  • Graduation from high school or possession of an equivalency diploma and completion of a business certificate program that includes coursework in accounting, and OR:
  • Graduation from high school or possession of an equivalency diploma and two (2) years of clerical experience involving responsibility for maintaining and checking financial accounts and records.

 

SALARY:  Per Support Staff contract, plus comprehensive benefits package.

Application Procedure

Please complete your file by submitting the following information:

*  Employment application

*  Letter of interest

*  Detailed résumé

*  Evidence of NYS certification, license or Registration Certificate (if applicable)

*  College undergraduate and graduate transcripts conferring degree

*  If no college education, furnish a copy of high school diploma or GED

*  One to three current, dated and signed letters of professional reference (must be less than 1 yr. old)

Job Category
CLERICAL
Job Location
GST BOCES REGION; BUSH EDUCATION CENTER

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