Accounting Technician
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Accounting Technician NF-02
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Department of Defense
Location
Salary
$18.26 - $25.74
per hour
Type
Full-Time
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Job Description
Summary
This job involves handling basic accounting tasks like checking documents for accuracy, updating financial records, and maintaining ledgers and files for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service in Texarkana, Texas.
It's a good fit for someone with entry-level experience in bookkeeping or finance who pays close attention to detail and can type efficiently.
Candidates with some college-level accounting education or a year of related work will stand out as top choices.
Key Requirements
- Work experience in duties similar to maintaining journals, ledgers, and financial records
- Ability to type accurately
- At least 3 semester hours of accounting coursework (highly preferred; transcripts required)
- At least 1 year of accounting experience (highly preferred)
- Skills in examining, verifying, and analyzing documents for mathematical and clerical accuracy
- Experience auditing and verifying supporting documents for account debits, credits, and deposits
- Ability to complete posting documents, attach backups, code, and post to ledgers and journals
Full Job Description
This position is located at Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS)- Texarkana.. Incentives and Bonuses Incentives will not be paid. Resumes must be two pages (or less).
Resumes should clearly demonstrate the applicant's relevant experience, skills, knowledge and abilities as they pertain to this position.
A qualified candidate must possess the following: Work experience performing duties similar to those described above. Ability to type.
In addition to the above qualifications, candidates who possess the following qualifications will be considered "Highly Preferred" or "Best Qualified": Applicant will posses at least 3 semester hours of accounting.
Applicant will have at least 1 year experience in accounting. Transcripts must be uploaded at time of application to receive credit. Resume must clearly reflect accounting experience to receive credit.
Major Duties:
- Maintains an assigned area if journals and ledgers.
- Examines, verifies, and analyzes a variety of documents to determine their mathematical correctness, validity and clerical accuracy.
- Maintains files of all correspondence and messages pertaining to financial records and accounting.
- Audits and verifies each supporting document for propriety of account debits and credits amount of deposit.
- Completes posting documents with back-up attached codes documents and posts to appropriate ledger and journal.
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