Full-time position (1.0 FTE), 7.5 hours per day, 12 months per year

LOCATED IN ELMIRA, NY

• Classifies a variety of receipts and expenditures and distributes items according to a prescribed procedure.
• Reviews and checks complex account keeping records and reports for arithmetical and clerical accuracy, completeness and proper extension.
• Conducts routine correspondence with districts, venders, directors, and artists on processes for purchasing and Installment Purchase Agreements
• Verifies and reconciles of a number of account balances according to a prescribed procedure.
• Receives invoices; verifies amount and pays invoices.
• Prepares routine reports of information for budget planning and communications
• Operates personal computer, copier, computing, calculator, and other office machines.
• Compiles data for, and prepared and analyzes complex financial and statistical records and reports.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

THIS IS A COMPETITIVE CIVIL SERVICE POSITION. The selected employee must be among the top three after taking the required exam.

• Graduation from a regionally accredited college or university or one accredited by the New York State Board of Regents to grant degrees with a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business Administration or a related field, including twelve (12) credit hours in accounting or bookkeeping and one (1) year of experience performing financial account and record keeping which shall have involved supervision, OR
• Graduation from a regionally accredited college or university or one accredited by the New York State Board of Regents to grant degrees with an Associate’s Degree in Accounting, Business Administration or a related field, including completion of twelve (12) credit hours in accounting or bookkeeping and three (3) years’ experience performing financial account and record keeping, one (1) year of which shall have involved supervision, OR
• Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and five (5) years’ experience performing financial account and record keeping, one (l) year of which shall have involved supervision.

SALARY: Per Support Staff contract, plus comprehensive benefits package.