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JOB SUMMARY The purpose of this classification is to perform professional accounting work in the assembly, recording, analysis and summarization of information necessary in the preparation and maintenance of financial records and reports.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification.

Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Maintains and ensures the accuracy of the general and special account ledgers.
• Assists in preparation of financial statements.
• Prepares audit work papers on various accounts.
• Prepares bank reconciliations.
• Reviews daily bank activity, including electronic postings of collections to bank accounts from various sources, checks cleared, returned credits, and miscellaneous debits and credits.
• Performs other routine to moderately complex accounting work, including but not limited to reconciling accounts; posting expenses and purchases; coding invoices for payment; preparing journal entries; processing, maintaining, reporting and/or reviewing data related to investments, expenditures, bonds, interest, collections summaries, insurance, donated capital, extensions, and various other reports, statements and work papers.
• Makes adjustments on records and reports as necessary.
• Assists in the gathering of information for annual budget preparation.
• Maintains fixed asset inventory; assists in conducting annual physical inventory; reconciles physical inventory to perpetual inventory; prepares journal entries for year-end adjustments.
• Prepares and maintains records related to bad checks, refunds, etc.
• Maintains insurance information for customer claims and Greenville Water.
• Provides assistance to lower-level accounting staff as necessary.
• Performs general office work as required, including but not limited to typing reports and correspondence, copying and filing documents, attending meetings, entering computer data, etc.
• Receives, reviews, prepares and/or submits payroll reports, inventory records and reports, general ledger, requisitions, insurance documents, statements, claims, balance sheets, agreements, schedules, registers, deposits, variance analyses, annual reports, memos, correspondence, etc.
• Interacts and communicates with various groups and individuals such as the immediate supervisor, other department heads and employees, auditors, vendors, bank personnel, and the general public.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS A Bachelor's Degree in accounting or other relevant field, supplemented by three (3) years of professional accounting experience, is required; or possession of any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job. Refer to job description for further details.

ADA COMPLIANCE: Physical Ability: Tasks require the ability to perform sedentary work, exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, reach, walk, finger, grasp, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.

Tasks require the ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word, and engage in those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Tasks require the ability to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.

Sensory Requirements: The visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception, and field of vision.

The worker is equired to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.

Environmental Factors: Essential functions are regularly performed in a typical office setting without exposure to adverse environmental conditions.

Non-Exempt, Pay based on Experience: Minimum $20.93/hour.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Greenville Water is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Greenville Water will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

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