Accounting Technician II

<div style="text-align: justify">Under the direction of an assigned supervisor, perform complex technical accounting work in the preparation, processing and maintenance of College and District accounting records.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><strong><br></strong>DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: The Accounting Technician I performs a full-range of accounting functions. The Accounting Technician I and II are both paraprofessional accounting classes. The Accounting Technician II performs the more complex technical accounting assignments.</div>Maintain various ledgers, registers and journals; post, check and balance ledgers; draw journal entries.<div style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify">Prepare daily journals from cash register sales receipts; process credit card charge invoices through accounts receivable ledger.</div><div style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify">Verify account codes for accounts payable invoices; pay invoices; enter payment information into computer and print checks; verify appropriateness of invoices in relation to use of budgeted funds.</div><div style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify">Prepare financial statements and oversee accounting activities for assigned programs such as food service and bookstore.</div><div style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify">Maintain accounts payable and receivable invoices throughout the fiscal year.</div><div style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify">Analyze account transaction requisitions for proper documentation, signatures, account numbers and sufficient fund balance for payments; enter journal entries for various account transactions into account general ledgers; correct financial records as necessary; maintain financial records.</div><div style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify">Monitor budgets for various accounts; oversee billing for reimbursements of projects for various accounts; verify coding for account transactions; prepare monthly budget reports for accounts.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify">Bill state agencies for various projects for campuses, District Office and various programs.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify">Prepare journal entries for fringe benefits on various projects; prepare billings to transfer funds from various accounts to general funds; analyze projects for compliance with accuracy and accounting standards.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify">Prepare expenditure and billings reports for various state and county agencies; prepare quarterly and yearly financial reports for a variety of college departments; compute quarterly sales taxes for departments. &nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify">Enter payroll data into computer; print payroll checks and payroll check register; gather and send tax form information for the District Office. &nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify">Reconcile monthly bank statements for various payrolls and accounts; prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements and reports as required; distribute to various agencies. &nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify">Process refund requests for students; monitor student fee deferrals; coordinate changes with financial aid office; bill enrollment and material fee charges from the District Office. &nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify">Analyze cash flow. &nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify">Check and approve budget transfers from the college campuses. &nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify">Supervise and train staff involved in collecting, processing and accounting for cash and tickets as required.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify">Perform related duties as assigned.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><u><strong>Any combination equivalent to:</strong></u> graduation from high school supplemented by some college-level course work in accounting, business, or a related field and two years of increasingly responsible experience in the maintenance of fiscal record keeping, accounting, and reporting.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><strong>KNOWLEDGE OF:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify">Principles and procedures of bookkeeping and basic accounting.</div><div style="text-align: justify">General accounting and invoice auditing procedures.</div><div style="text-align: justify">Pertinent laws, rules and regulations related to bookkeeping and basic accounting.</div><div style="text-align: justify">Basic arithmetic.</div><div style="text-align: justify">Modern office procedures, methods and computer equipment.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify"><strong>ABILITY TO:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify">Maintain and balance a variety of financial records, ledgers and accounts.</div><div style="text-align: justify">Perform computational tasks and other bookkeeping functions with speed and accuracy.</div><div style="text-align: justify">Audit records and invoices for payment. Read and understand financial records, reports and technical and procedural requirements.</div><div style="text-align: justify">Apply pertinent laws, rules and regulations of bookkeeping and basic accounting.</div><div style="text-align: justify">Maintain accurate and complete financial records.</div><div style="text-align: justify">Compile data to prepare financial and statistical reports.</div><div style="text-align: justify">Operate a computer, adding and calculating machine.</div><div style="text-align: justify">Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.</div><div style="text-align: justify">Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others</div><br><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: center"><strong style="font-weight: 700"><u>SALARY RANGE</u></strong></div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: center"><strong style="font-weight: 700">$4,546.28 - $6,423.78 monthly</strong></div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: center"><strong style="font-weight: 700">Maximum Entry Level Salary: $ 4,776.44 monthly</strong></div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: center"><u><strong style="font-weight: 700">&nbsp;SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS</strong></u></div><strong style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0">First Review of Applications:</strong><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;Complete application packets will be accepted until the position is filled; but those received by</span><strong style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0"><strong style="font-weight: 700"><strong style="font-weight: 700"><strong style="font-weight: 700"><strong style="font-weight: 700"><strong style="font-weight: 700">&nbsp;August 31, 2026,&nbsp;</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0">are assured consideration. The College reserves the right to extend time limits or re-initiate the recruitment/selection process at any point.</span><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0"><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0"><strong style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0"><strong style="font-weight: 700"><strong style="font-weight: 700"><strong style="font-weight: 700"><strong style="font-weight: 700"><strong style="font-weight: 700">Completed application packet must include:<br></strong><ul style="padding: 0 0 0 40px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><li style="padding: 0; margin: 0">&nbsp;Completed Online Application for Employment form&nbsp;</li><li style="padding: 0; margin: 0">&nbsp;Current resume</li><li style="padding: 0; margin: 0">&nbsp;Letter of interest (Cover Letter)&nbsp;</li><li style="padding: 0; margin: 0">&nbsp;Copy of legible transcripts</li><li style="padding: 0; margin: 0">&nbsp;List of five (5) professional references – Listed on application form</li></ul></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0"><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0">It is the applicant's responsibility to redact (or remove) any personal information from all documents prior to uploading. This includes Social Security Numbers, Date of Birth, and any photos of the applicant.</span><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0"><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0"><p style="margin: 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><strong style="font-weight: 700"><strong style="font-weight: 700"><span style="color: inherit">Foreign Degree:&nbsp;</span></strong></strong><span style="color: inherit">Applicants with foreign degrees from colleges or universities outside of the United States must have their coursework evaluated by a professional association that is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or Academic Credentials Evaluation Institute, INC. (ACEI). A copy of the evaluation must be submitted with your on-line application.</span></p><p style="margin: 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: inherit">Applicants who require reasonable accommodation to participate in the selection process should contact Human Resources to make the necessary arrangements</span><em><span style="color: inherit">. </span></em><span style="color: inherit"><a href="https://www.kccd.edu/human-resources/_documents/discrimination-free-work-environment/2021%20EEO%20Plan%20-%20FINAL%20-%20approved%206.10.21.pdf#search=equal%20employment%20" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: underline"><em><span style="color: inherit; text-decoration: underline !important">EEO Plan 2021-2024</span></em></a><strong style="font-weight: 700"><strong style="font-weight: 700"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></strong></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: inherit"><strong style="font-weight: 700"><strong style="font-weight: 700"><em>Note:</em></strong><em>&nbsp;</em></strong>The District is strongly committed to achieving staff diversity and the principles of equal employment opportunity. The District encourages a diverse pool of applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race or ethnicity, color, medical condition, genetic information, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, or because he/she is perceived to have one or more of the foregoing characteristics, or based on association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law, in any of its policies, procedures or practices<strong style="font-weight: 700"><em>.</em><strong style="font-weight: 700"><em>&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.kccd.edu/human-resources/discrimination-free-work-environment.html" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: underline"><em><span style="color: inherit; text-decoration: underline !important">Discrimination Free Work Environment</span></em></a></strong></strong></span><strong style="font-weight: 700"><em>.<br></em></strong></p><p style="margin: 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><strong style="font-weight: 700"><em><span style="color: inherit">&nbsp;The District does not provide sponsorship for authorization to work in the United States. Work authorization should be established at the time of application submission.</span></em></strong></p>