STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN
Class Code: 0065-12
Date Established: 01-15-70
Occupational Code: 1-3-8
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To retrieve, compile and report
accounting data concerning financial transactions of expenditures and income or
payroll.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Maintains and updates
accurate records of daily operational financial transactions such as travel,
inventory, payroll, maintenance and repair charges and other expenditures.
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Calculates and
processes bills, including balancing and auditing invoices, cash reports and
payment vouchers.
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Calculates and
reconciles employee leave balances, usage, and accruals.
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Compiles financial
statements and reports, including maintaining and organizing accounting
information and establishes audit and contact files.
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Maintains an accurate
accounting of all payroll on financial records, makes deposits and verifies
accounts receivable data and computations.
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Assists with
transfers of funds to meet the needs of special projects, including preparing
expenditure reports and establishing contract fund encumbrances.
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Computes and makes
payments for health and dental plans, retirement payments, and other payments
related to employee salaries and benefits.
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Expedites delinquent
account receivables.
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Reconciles accounting
data and computations for agency records.
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Submits reports to
state and federal agencies regarding the expenditure of encumbered funds,
payment of applicable taxes, and other reporting requirements.
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Maintains inventory
records and monitors the ordering of supplies for an organizational unit.
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Communicates with
vendors and other state agencies regarding state projects and contract funds.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in applying instructions
to accomplish different job functions OR in operating machines for a variety of
different purposes.
Knowledge: Requires knowledge of business
practices and procedures or technical training in a craft or trade, including
working from detailed instructions, to apply knowledge in a variety of
practical situations.
Impact: Requires responsibility for
contributing to immediate, ongoing agency objectives by facilitating the direct
provision of services to the public or other state agencies. Errors at this level result in
inaccurate reports or invalid test results and require significant investment
of time and resources to detect.
Supervision: Requires partial supervision of other
employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including
assigning job duties, providing training, giving instructions and checking
work.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions under good conditions in a safe working environment.
Physical Demands: Requires sedentary work, including
continuous sitting or occasional standing and walking.
Communication: Requires explaining facts, interpreting
situations, or advising individuals of alternative or appropriate courses of
action. This level also requires
interviewing or eliciting information from state employees or members of the
general public.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions
to establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve
practical problems. This level
also requires providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited
standardization exists.
Independent Action: Requires a range of choice in applying
a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and in
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Associate's degree from a recognized
college or technical institute with major study in accounting or business
management, or completion of two years of college with a minimum of six
semester hours in accounting. Each
additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of
required work experience.
Experience: One year of experience in bookkeeping
or accounting work. Each
additional year of approved work experience may be substituted for one year of
required formal education.
License/Certification: None required.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
For appointment
consideration, Accounting Technician applicants must successfully participate
in a written examination measuring possession of knowledge, skills and
abilities identified as necessary for satisfactory job performance by this
class specification.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of accounting principles and
methods. Knowledge of office
methods and procedures. Knowledge
of computers and computer software.
Ability to apply and adapt established methods to varied bookkeeping
transactions. Ability to perform
detailed work involving written or numerical data. Ability to make accurate arithmetical calculations. Ability to prepare complete and
accurate accounting reports and statements of moderate difficulty. Ability to supervise, train, and assign
work to subordinates. Ability to
establish and maintain effective working relationships with fellow employees
and the public. Must be willing to
maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as
determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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