Associate Consultant - Invoice Specialist

Turner & Townsend Heery are seeking an Associate Consultant Financial Clerk.  Work involves responsibility for performing varied and complex clerical accounting operations requiring knowledge of accounting system characteristics and the interrelationship of manual and computer processes.

Employees of this class are responsible for a major transaction area of the central accounting system or for the maintenance of a subsidiary billing or accounting system of a department or division.

Work is performed with considerable independence within the framework of rules, regulations, policies, and procedures governing the recording and reporting of financial transactions. Work is performed under general supervision and is subject to review by superiors and internal and external audit.

Responsibilities

(Note: The duties and responsibilities enumerated in this class specification are for the purpose of determining a common set of minimum qualifications and salary level for all positions in this class. They are not intended to include all of the essential functions of all positions in the class.)

The following duties are performed in accordance with functional assignment:

• Posts encumbrances, expenditures, cash receipts, revenues, and disbursements to journals.
• Reconciles and balances accounts.
• Analyzes and evaluates data input and output of a computerized system.
• Examines departmental requests for monies from accounts and confirms the availability of funds.
• Monitors accounts and notifies agency personnel of over expenditures.
• Authorizes disbursements to vendors and/or taxpayers.
• Examines vouchers, claims, invoices, checks and supporting data for conformance with established procedures and regulations.
• Maintains large computer files, database and/or accounting systems.
• Compiles data and prepares financial statements and other statistical and financial reports in accordance with standardized accounting procedures.
• Contacts vendors, departmental personnel, grant recipients and others to obtain and provide information and resolve disagreements.
• May assign, review, approve, supervise and/or train other office support personnel.
• Handles more complex problems referred by lower level office support personnel.
• Performs related work as required.