[Hiring] Accounting Assistant 2 @Pierce County

Role Description

In this critical support role, you will be supporting a broad range of Accounts Payable functions, including:

• Reviewing supplier invoices
• Ad hoc payments
• Procurement card transactions
• Employee expense reports

You will be maintaining and updating supplier information and records to ensure accurate and verified information for payments. You will also support weekly warrant and ACH settlement runs, research and resolve payment issues. This position provides you an opportunity to gain broad experience with Countywide financial operations while serving as an important resource to our departments and suppliers. Your work will directly help ensure responsible stewardship of public funds.

Qualifications

• Substituting on a month-for-month basis, successful completion of course work in bookkeeping, accounting or closely related subjects relevant to the requirements of the position for a maximum of one year experience requirement.
• Two or more years of progressively responsible bookkeeping, accounting, auditing or closely related work experience.
• A resume and cover letter are required for this position.
• Previous customer services experience desirable.

Requirements

• As a condition of employment, the applicant will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration.

Benefits

• You will have access to professional development through robust online learning and other training opportunities throughout your career to ensure your success.
• This position has multiple career growth and promotional opportunities in Pierce County to build on a great career while directly impacting the communities in Pierce County.

Core daily responsibilities

• Audits payment vouchers and employee claim for expenses for accuracy and compliance with state and county statutes.
• Batches vouchers, checks and/or cash for data entry and financial system processing.
• Analyzes financial system transaction rejects and makes necessary corrections.
• Analyzes expenditures, prepares calculations, and verifies accuracy of Washington State BARS account code distribution.
• Monitors expenditures to ensure contracts are not over expended.
• Develops weekly issue control totals for balancing vouchers processed.
• Processes documents to void or cancel claim warrants or financial receipting transactions and reassigns receipts to appropriate accounts.
• Reviews issued claim warrants for accuracy, assigns warrant numbers on vouchers files and/or mails warrants to vendors.