Accounting Technician 1 - 2

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Maintain, analyze and balance accounts; track discrepancies and prepare corrections.
• Monitor general ledger data flows and ensure information is processed according to policy and procedure.
• Prepare journal entries, calculations and file maintenance with proper documentation and authorization.
• Maintain or assist with subsidiary ledgers, reconcile them to the general ledger and prepare adjustments.
• Prepare routine to complex financial reports, statements, plans, budgets, projections and year-end working papers.
• Oversee clerical purchasing, payables, cash and receivables work to support timely, accurate records.
• Prepare, review and authorize payments under financial management standards.
• Support other divisions with projections, budgeting and accounting processes; improve process controls.

Education and experience

• AT1 requires six CPA PREP modules, including Introduction to Financial Accounting, Introduction to Management Accounting, Economics and Statistics, plus two additional program courses.
• AT2 requires nine CPA PREP modules, including Financial Reporting 1 and 2.
• AT1 requires two years of related accounting experience; AT2 requires one year as an Accounting Technician 1 or equivalent accounting experience of approximately three years.
• Accounting procedures and municipal accounting knowledge are required; expected proficiency is general for AT1 and good for AT2.
• PeopleSoft financial reporting system knowledge and proficiency, or comparable financial reporting systems capability, is required; PeopleSoft proficiency must be gained within six months of appointment.

Additional qualifications and conditions

• Ability to prepare reports and statements at routine level for AT1 and semi-complex level for AT2.
• Effective verbal and written communication, relationship-building, account balancing, task coordination and timely delivery are required.
• Experience controlling and balancing accounting records, preparing journal entries, recording transactions, maintaining records and making accurate calculations is required for AT2.
• Continued CPA enrollment is required; AT1 must complete three additional PREP modules, at least one course every 18 months.
• A satisfactory Police Information Check with Vulnerable Sector Check is required.