Accounting Officer

Description

The starting wage for this position is listed above. This position is represented by ACsE/IEA-NEA: Associate of Civil Service Employees. For more information regarding salary and other details please visit: https://laborrelations.siu.edu/labor-contracts/

Employees at this level perform highly complex duties that require independent judgment and initiative, extensive knowledge of bookkeeping procedures, and a working knowledge of accounting principles and practices. The employees work under the general supervision of a designated supervisor.

Examples of Duties

• reviews invoices and statements, verifying information, ensure funds are available, and, if questionable, resolving with submitting unit, determining accounts involved, coding transactions, and processing material for application in the accounting system;
• answers inquiries and provides information concerning invoices, outstanding balances, and/or payments;
• performs complex coding where judgment, based on advanced knowledge, must be applied and/or serves as a resource for other staff;
• posts financial information to journals, registers, ledgers, and other related records; makes adjustments, prepares trial balances, and reconciles accounts;
• audits ledgers and accounts maintained by others;
• researches and prepares stop payments;
• prepares or assists in preparing financial statements or reports (such as cash flow, cash receipts, disbursement, sales, transfers, or accounts receivable);
• reconciles reports from outside agencies and operating units by contacting units and researching causes of discrepancies, and taking action to ensure that accounts agree;
• interprets and/or composes correspondence requiring knowledge of departmental regulations, procedures, practices, and policies;
• participates in interviewing, training, and evaluating staff;
• performs duties of the lower levels;
• performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

1. High school diploma or equivalent.
2. Any one or combination totaling two (2) years (24 months) from the categories below:
   1. Course work in accounting, as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent: 9 semester hours equals two (2) years (24 months)
   2. Course work in any discipline as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent: 30 semester hours equals one (1) year (12 months); Associate's Degree (60 semester hours) equals eighteen (18) months; 90 semester hours equals two (2) years (24 months)
   3. Work experience in bookkeeping, office support, or closely related experience.