ACCOUNT CLERK - STENOGRAPHER                                                     0214

 

 

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS

An employee in this class maintains accounting records involving varied but routine bookkeeping operations in posting and balancing journals, ledgers and other accounting records.  The work is performed in accordance with clearly established accounting methods and procedures, and is reviewed primarily through verification of financial records and statements.  This position differs from that of an Account Clerk in that the incumbent in this position is required to perform skilled stenographic and typing duties in addition to accounts work.  Does related work as required.

 

TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES

            Prepares and types from copy, rough draft or general instructions, forms presented for filing, recording or other administrative action;

            Makes entries to journals and posts to ledgers;

            Prepares purchase orders and requisitions;

            Takes dictation and transcribes from dictating machine or types from

rough copy, reports, letters, statements, tabulations, vouchers, and legal documents;

            Prepares financial and statistical reports of some complexity by drawing data from financial records;

            Reconciles bank statements and maintains a variety of other financial records;

            Operates adding, calculating or other standard office machines.

 

FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Good knowledge of bookkeeping principles and practices; good knowledge of standard office methods and practices; skill in taking and transcribing dictation at a reasonable rate of speed; skill in typing accurately from rough draft, clear copy or a dictating machine at a reasonable rate of speed; ability to make arithmetic computations rapidly and accurately; ability to apply book­keeping principles to the maintenance of fiscal and accounting records; ability to learn the operation of adding machines, calculating machines and other office machines for which previous formal training is not needed; ability to follow oral or written instructions; ability to compile and prepare financial and statistical reports; ability to establish effective working relationships with co-workers, physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

            OPEN COMPETITIVE

            Either:

            (a) Graduation from a standard senior high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and two (2) years of experience in computing and registering data in financial records, accounts or journals; or,

            (b) Two (2) years of clerical experience and six (6) credits in Accounting from a New York State or regionally accredited college or university.

 

            NOTE:  Education beyond high school at a New York State or regionally accredited college or university, including at least three (3) credits in Accounting per year, may be substituted for experience on a year-for-year basis.

 

R7/13/07

SUFFOLK COUNTY

Competitive