St. Petersburg College

POSITION DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE: Senior Accounting Technician

DEPARTMENT: Various SITE: Various

SALARY SCHEDULE: Career - GRADE: 2

BASIC FUNCTION:

Performs responsible and advanced work in the maintenance of complex accounting records and reports.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

v      Maintains budget, processes contracts, invoices clients and performs accounts receivable tasks for Open Campus and Corporate Training Services.

v      Responsible for the purchasing of specific supplies for the department.

v      Coordinates personnel data for employees, adjunct instructors and outside contractors. Processes payrolls for the assigned departments or programs.

v      Maintains budget records for assigned accounts.

v      Processes contracts for conferences, workshops and programs.

v      Processes and maintains computerized billing records, budgets, personnel files and statistics for the area of assignment.

v      Distributes statistical information, budget, status reports, data and outstanding encumbrances to budget supervisors.

v      Types financial reports and other statistical information. Prepares accounting reports.

v      Performs related duties as required.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of an acceptable equivalency diploma, supplemented by college level courses in accounting. Associate's degree is preferred.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

Three (3) years of responsible experience as a bookkeeper or in accounting, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Knowledge of accounting practices and procedures. Knowledge of sentence structure. Knowledge of word usage. Skill in reading comprehension. Knowledge of mathematics and basic accounting. Ability to keyboard at a prescribed rate of speed and accuracy. Ability to operate a calculator. Ability to operate data entry equipment. Communications skills. Ability to deal with the public.

New: 09/2006