Accounting Clerk III-Reconciliation

h2About the Department/h2pp data-pasted="true"«strongA skills test and/or quiz to demonstrate or verify the required level of knowledge, skills and abilities will be administered onnbsp;/strongstrongemWednesday, March 18, 2026,nbsp;/em/strongstrongat 9:00 A.M. in the Fire Training Room at the/strongstrongnbsp;City Services Building at 700 W. 29th St, NLR, AR.nbsp;/strongstrongAn ID and two sharpened #2 pencils are required for testing. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early, and allow approximately two (2) hours for the test.nbsp;/strong«/pp««strongunbsp; nbsp;This is the only notice to test that you will receive./u/strong««/pp style="margin: 2.8pt 6.65pt 0.0001pt 7pt; text-align: justify;"br/pp style="margin: 2.8pt 6.65pt 0.0001pt 7pt; text-align: justify;"Provides accounting and financial support to NLRED by processing, researching, and analyzing accounting data and transactions by performing the following essential functions./p/ph2Position Duties/h2pp style="margin: 0 6.7pt 0.0001pt 7pt; text-align: justify;"emThe list of essential functions is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary. Other duties may be assigned. Regular and predictable attendance and punctuality are essential functions of thisposition./embremnbsp;/embrstrongAccounting Duties:nbsp;/strongReconciles daily postings of electric, sanitation, and recycle adjustments and billing and prepares relevant daily journal entries; enters, edits, and posts departmental journal entries; reconciles Electric general ledger accounts, identifies and prepares corrections by collecting and analyzing account information; responds to routine inquiries requiring a general understanding of customer information system, financial systems and transactions; maintains accounting controls and financial security by following policies and procedures and internal controls; processes accounts payable requisitions for vendor payments; daily reconciliation of customer deposits; maintains spreadsheet of customer payment data and creates and distributes management reporting of payment data.nbsp;/pp style="margin: 0 6.7pt 0.0001pt 7pt; text-align: justify;"brstrongClerical Duties:nbsp;/strongMaintains individual vendor files with copies of processed requisitions, purchase orders and checks; orders and maintains supplies; verifies and reimburse petty cash; processes deposit refund checks; and prepares daily positive pay file as needed for checks generated.nbsp;/pp style="margin: 0 6.7pt 0.0001pt 7pt; text-align: justify;"brstrongBackup to Accounting Clerk Senior:nbsp;/strongPrepares deposits and transfers for NLRED, NLR General Fund, NLR Deposit Fund, Accounting O amp; M Funds; captures returned check information; prepares EFT payments; prepares daily cash report for the next business day; releases deposits electronically; prepares cash refund reports for misapplied payments; transfers the amount of charge back from insufficient to the revenue fund; corresponds with external payment collection vendors for misapplied payments, corrections or additional paperwork for a payment; researches missing payments and make corrections and submits positive pay file as needed for checks generated. nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;/pp style="margin: 0 6.7pt 0.0001pt 7pt; text-align: justify;"br/p/ph2Minimum Qualifications/h2pp style="margin: 0 0 0.0001pt 25pt"emTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions./em/pp style="margin: 0 0 0.0001pt 25pt"br/pp style="margin: 0 0 0.0001pt 25pt"High school diploma and two years of directly related experience with bookkeeping or accounting./pp style="margin: 0.55pt 0 0.0001pt" /p/ph2Other Qualifications/h2pp style="margin: 0 6.8pt 0.0001pt 7pt; text-align: justify"emThe complexity, guidelines, supervisory controls, and supervision responsibilities described below are representative of this position./embrem /embrSUPERVISORY CONTROLS:brThe supervisor provides continuing or individual assignments by indicating generally what is to be done, limitations, quality and quantity expected, deadlines, and priority of assignments. The supervisor provides additional, specific instructions for new, difficult, or unusual assignments including suggested work methods or advice on source material available. The employee uses initiative in carrying out recurring assignments independently without specific instruction, but refers deviations, problems, and unfamiliar situations not covered by instructions to the supervisor for decision or help. The supervisor reviews some of the work, with more review of difficult or unfamiliar assignments./pp style="margin: 0 6.8pt 0.0001pt 7pt; text-align: justify"brSUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:brNone/pp style="margin: 0 6.8pt 0.0001pt 7pt; text-align: justify"brCOMPLEXITY:brThe work consists of duties that involve related steps, processes, or methods; the decision regarding what needs to be done involves various choices requiring the employee to recognize the existence of and differences among a few easily recognizable situations; actions to be taken or responses to be made differ in such things as the source of information, the kind of transactions or entries, or other differences of a factual nature./pp style="margin: 0 6.8pt 0.0001pt 7pt; text-align: justify"brGUIDELINES:brGuidelines are available, but are not completely applicable to the work or have gaps in specificity; the employee uses judgment in interpreting and adapting guidelines; the employee analyzes results and recommends changes. The employee sometimes makes decisions that affect persons or situation beyond the scope of his/her own tasks, such as assisting customers or problem solving for customers./p/p