Senior Accounting Assistant - Countywide Candidate Pool/ For Temporary And Permanent Positions

Full Job Description

This county-wide recruitment will establish a Senior Accounting Assistant Countywide Candidate Pool of qualified applicants for Regular and Temporary Senior Accounting Assistant openings for multiple departments. This candidate pool will be used to fill current and future vacancies throughout the county.

Please note, some Senior Accounting Assistant job openings may not be filled using this candidate pool and will require you to apply separately.


Meet the Team!
Explore and learn more about Riverside County Agencies and Departments.

TAP Benefits: Reasons to work for the County of Riverside - flipbook

https://rc-hr.com/files/users/user116/COR_2026_TAP_Guide_FINAL.pdf

https://issuu.com/rivcohr/docs/hr_flipbook_1-24-23_r3

HOW IT WORKS - Applicants will answer questions about location preferences, work experience, and

qualifications.
- The most competitive applicants (based on specialized skills) will be referred
for interviews.
- Applicants will receive email notification once their application is no longer being
considered due to Candidate Pool expiration.

Some positions may require a law enforcement background investigation which requires completion of an extensive questionnaire, meeting with a background investigator, and submitting several references.

Requirements

• Prepare reports on the status of service accounts, contracts, grants, fee receipts, entitlements and reimbursed programs, accounts receivable, accounts payable, trust accounts; prepare regular reports of revenues and expenditures which are sent directly to management.

• Answer questions that involve searching for and abstracting technical data and detailed explanations of laws, policies or procedures referring matters requiring policy decisions to a superior.

• Develop or assist in the development of software applications to collect and manipulate accounting data and fiscal information; prepare spreadsheets compiling revenue activity and trends for management use; reformat data or create specific reports, charts or graphs.

• Assist staff in solving, or personally respond to, the more complex and difficult inquiries; train and orient new staff members; review and correct work.

• Provide technical supervision to staff maintaining and compiling computer generated spreadsheets, tracking incoming revenue, auditing daily deposits reconciliations, preparing daily deposits and reconciliation and revenue distribution reports, posting and reconciling trust funds and revenue ledgers.

• Supervise a small number of lower level Accounting Assistants and clerical support staff.

Qualifications

OPTION I

Experience: One year of experience as an Accounting Assistant II with the County of Riverside or an
equivalent position.

OPTION II
Experience: Three years of experience in the review, reconciliation, and preparation of financial accounts. (Substitution: One year of the required experience may be substituted with the completion of 12 semester or 18 quarter units in accounting, finance, auditing, taxation, financial reporting, business finance, financial statement analysis, or external and internal reporting, or closely related coursework from an accredited college or university.)

ALL OPTIONS

Knowledge of: Basic methods, practices, and terminology of fiscal record keeping, basic business mathematics; checks, money orders and other common negotiable instruments and their proper validation and endorsement; common methods of balancing cash and checks against records of receipt; methods of handling, recording and controlling monies received and disbursed; basic mathematical/fiscal computer applications; Basic payroll practices and procedures, including FLSA requirements; Accounting systems, procedures, regulations and source documents including expenditure, revenue, general ledger and related accounting procedures and the interrelationship of internal and external record-keeping systems; general bookkeeping, accounting and audit methodology, terminology and standards.
Ability to: Make arithmetical computations quickly and accurately; operate standard office equipment which may include computers, calculators, cash registers, adding machines, and duplicating machines; read, understand and follow written and oral instructions; use computerized accounting systems; prepare data in proper format for data entry; understand and maintain financial accounting files or other record systems; recognize and correct computational errors; accurately compare, post and transfer numbers; understand transactions in terms of accounting codes and classifications; prepare routine
and special financial reports; communicate effectively by phone or in person; learn County accounting systems; establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; Perform a wide variety of difficult and responsible financial/accounting duties involving a broad range of technical/complex and/or specialized transactions; review and consolidate records from multiple sources and summarize into reports, abstracts and other accounting documents; analyze data and draw logical conclusions; review and evaluate the work of lower-level accounting clerical staff may be required for some positions
in the class.

PRE-EMPLOYMENT:

All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of both a pre-employment physical exam, including a drug/alcohol test, and a criminal background investigation, which involves fingerprinting. (A felony or misdemeanour conviction may disqualify the applicant from County employment.)

PROBATIONARY PERIOD:

As an Approved Local Merit System, all County of Riverside employees, except those serving "At Will," are subject to the probationary period provisions as specified in the applicable Memorandum of Understanding, County Resolution, or Salary Ordinance. Temporary and Per Diem employees serve at the pleasure of the agency/department head.

Additional Information

The closing date and time for this position
Thursday 2/5/26 11:59 PM Pacific Time

For specific questions regarding this position, please contact Joseph Miller at

josephmiller@rivco.org or 951-955-3769