Accounting Technician I

The City of Pomona is hiring an Accounting Technician I to perform technical accounting duties and maintain financial and statistical records. The role supports purchasing, accounts payable, cashiering, and revenue functions.

What you'll do:

• Receive and record receipt of money from the public and other City departments in the form of cash and check; operate cash register and make change; balance and prepare summaries of daily receipts and cash
• Enter and tabulate bulk water mail payments
• Process and balance VPD coin collections on a weekly basis
• Prepare daily bank deposit of checks that are to be pre-encoded
• Audit and review revenue cash transactions
• Reconcile daily cash revenues deposited in the bank to the cash accounts in the general ledger
• Initiate and process journal entries that will balance revenue transactions in the general ledger cash account
• Post revenue balances in the City cash accounts
• Maintain and reconcile a variety of ledgers, reports and account records; examine and correct accounting transactions to ensure accuracy; prepare and post journal entries
• Gather, check, and tabulate data used in the preparation of records and reports; research background information and account histories
• Perform a variety of general administrative support duties including typing, maintaining files and records
• Assist customers, departments, and employees by providing fiscal information, explaining procedures, and answering questions

What they're looking for:

• Equivalent to high school diploma
• Fundamental principles and procedures of fiscal record keeping
• Basic mathematical principles
• Principles and techniques used in dealing with the public
• Type and enter data at a speed necessary for successful job performance
• Operate modern office equipment including computer equipment and software
• Learn the procedures and functions of assigned position
• Learn and apply pertinent Federal, State, and local laws, codes, and regulations including administrative and departmental policies and procedures
• Learn to accurately tabulate, record and balance assigned transactions
• Work under supervision within a well-defined framework of standard policies and procedures
• Understand the organization and operation of the assigned department and the City necessary to assume assigned responsibilities
• Perform mathematical computations quickly and accurately

Benefits:

• Most employees including certain Police Department employees work a 4/10 work schedule.
• City Hall Employees work Monday through Thursday, with City Hall being closed every Friday.
• Retirement benefits provided by the California Public Employee's Retirement System; every regular employee becomes a member immediately upon employment.
• 13 paid holidays & 1 floating holiday per year.
• Vacation leave: 1–4 years = 80 hours; 5–9 years = 160 hours; 10–14 years = 184 hours; 15 years = 200 hours; extending through the 20th year, employees accrue 8 additional vacation hours per year, up to 240 hours per year.
• Sick leave: 12 days per year (prorated if on any leave without pay).
• Group insurance programs are available to eligible City employees, including medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, life, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
• Health insurance: $700 per month; cash-in-lieu program available.
• Dental: $75 per month.
• Vision: voluntary participation by the employee.