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Job Description:
Job Summary
The Account Clerk I role supports emergency initiatives addressing homelessness by performing essential accounting and financial clerical duties under general supervision. This position assists with maintaining accounting records, processing financial documents, and supporting day-to-day accounting system operations related to public service programs.
Under an emergency hiring order, qualified candidates may be appointed for an initial limited-term period, with the opportunity to be considered for permanent employment based on performance evaluation.
Key Responsibilities
Provide clerical support to senior accounting staff responsible for daily accounting operations
Perform bookkeeping and financial recordkeeping tasks within established procedures
Sort, code, verify, post, balance, and file financial documents and accounting records
Assist with error identification, reconciliations, trial balances, and standardized financial reports
Support accounts payable, accounts receivable, trust accounting, or inventory control systems
Prepare payroll-related documents, requisitions, and inventory records as assigned
Operate office and bookkeeping equipment, including calculators, accounting machines, and computers
Conduct routine checks to verify accuracy of accounting documents and compliance with procedures
Perform data entry, computations, and document production using standard office technology
Carry out related clerical and financial tasks as required
Minimum Requirements
Option I One year of clerical bookkeeping experience assisting with a double-entry accounting system, including coding transactions and posting and balancing ledgers, journals, and registers
Option II One year of clerical experience maintaining financial or statistical records involving coding, recording, checking tabulations, and data computations
Completion of a high school-level course in bookkeeping or elementary accounting
Physical Requirements Light physical activity, including occasional lifting up to 10 pounds
Some bending, stooping, squatting, and walking may be required
Assessment & Appointment Performance during the initial appointment period will be evaluated
Successful performance may result in consideration for permanent appointment
Working Place:
Los Angeles, California, United States
Company :
2026 Jan 15th Virtual Fair - County of Los Angeles
Worksite address
los angeles, CA, 90079, US
Who can apply
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