Senior Account Clerk

Position: 

Senior Account Clerk – Provisional* – Full-Time Transfers from other appointing authorities will be considered. (35 hours per week) Business Office – Nesconset Building 

*Candidates for Provisional Appointment must take the Suffolk County Civil Service Senior Account Clerk examination the next time it is offered and be eligible for appointment from the resulting list in order to continue employment with The Smithtown Library beyond the date the eligible list is established. 

Description of Duties: 

Under general supervision in the Business Office, the employee maintains a complex set of financial records, and compiles and prepares or assists in preparing difficult and complex financial and statistical reports. Work may include utilization of computers with financial capabilities. Supervision may be exercised over clerical subordinates. 

Does related work as required. Qualifications Required: Experience with QuickBooks, or similar accounting software, and Microsoft Excel preferred. 

Suffolk County Department of Civil Service requirements include: graduation from a standard senior high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and four (4) years of experience in computing and registering data in financial records, accounts, or journals. 

NOTE: 

College education in any area may be substituted for experience at the rate, 30 credits = 1 year, provided that for each 30 credits earned, at least 3 credits were in accounting. 

Salary: 

Salary is determined in accordance with the pertinent provisions of the current collective bargaining agreement. The entry level annual salary is $51,858.00. 

Contact: 

Interested candidates, please email your resume (cover letter included) to smithjob@smithlib.org within seven business days from the date of this posting. 

Please type SR ACCNT CLRK BUS OFF and your name in the subject line of the email. Only candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted. 

THE DECISION OF THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL BE FINAL.