Account Clerk 1

Salary : $36,545.60 Annually
Location : Dayton Ohio, OH
Job Type: Full-time Regular (Non-Exempt)
Job Number: 2024-01
Department: Clerk of Courts Legal Division
Opening Date: 01/29/2024
Closing Date: 2/2/2024 11:59 PM Eastern
Position Overview
Under general supervision, performs standard accounting clerical functions to maintain accurate and complete records for all financial transactions of the Legal Division. Responds to inquiries from customers regarding accounting transactions. This position reports to the Assistant Chief Deputy - Finance of the Legal Division.
Summary of Job Duties
Specific work will vary based on the assignment but will include the following types of work:

• Process daily financial transactions including posting information, applying payments in the correct amounts, preparing appropriate paperwork, and initiating disbursement checks.
• Process daily financial transactions; prepare daily bank deposits for assigned department; process payments received through the mail; complete reconciliations of assigned bank accounts; balance cash drawer; run adding machine tapes or print standard reports that show deposit detail; verify cash and check deposits; escalate anomalies or out-of-balance conditions to the Team Leader or the Assistant Chief Deputy - Finance.
• Prepare bills for court costs including reviewing daily pleadings for billing requirements, calculating the court costs, and generating bills; set up payment plans, when necessary and maintain records on past-due accounts for collection; monitor accounts receivable for year-end closing.
• Respond to inquiries from customers, colleagues, and other constituents regarding accounting transactions for assigned department; clearly define the question with the customer; provide an immediate answer when possible or research the answer and contact the customer with the response in a timely manner; refer unusual or sensitive questions to the Accounting Clerk II, Team Leader, or the Assistant Chief Deputy-Finance.
• Maintain accurate and complete records based on standards and procedures established by the Clerk of Courts and/or the Montgomery County Auditor; ensure that all information is included in the appropriate files; add new information and/or documents as required.
• Provide assistance to colleagues in the department when necessary due to scheduling, volume, or staffing requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications and Requirements
High school diploma or equivalent
- AND -
Minimum of one (1) year of office, clerical or accounting experience
- AND -
Pass an Ohio BCI background Check
*This is a bargaining (union) position. The salary is based upon the current union contract.
Supplemental Information
Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:

• Sufficient keyboarding skills to quickly and accurately enter, access, update, and manipulate data
• Ability to use basic mathematics, record money transactions, and use the number keypad to accurately and quickly enter numerical data
• Ability to learn job tasks through on-the-job training within a six (6)-month period

All Montgomery County employees become members of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System and have access to deferred compensation programs.
Benefits may vary for full-time, part-time, intermittent, and seasonal employees and/or due to union affiliation. The list below demonstrates the benefits that may be available to employees according to employment status and is subject to change.
Full-Time Employees (40 hours per week): Health insurance with HSA match, wellness program and incentives, life insurance, paid vacation, paid personal leave days, sick leave, holiday pay, tuition reimbursement, and access to dental, vision, short-term disability, accident & critical care benefits.
Part-Time Employees (Benefits Eligible) (scheduled 21+ hours per week): Health insurance with HSA match, wellness program and incentives, life insurance, paid personal leave days, sick leave, holiday pay for hours scheduled to work on holidays, and access to dental, vision, short-term disability, accident & critical care benefits.
Part-time Employees (Non-Benefits Eligible) (20 hours or less per week): Benefits include Long Term Sick Leave Accrual, Paid Personal Leave, and holiday pay for hours scheduled to work on holidays.
Seasonal Employees: Benefits include Sick Leave accrued at 4.6 hours for every eighty 80 hours in active
pay status. Seasonal employees scheduled to work 40 hours during their period of employment will accrue vacation in the same manner as regular full-time employees and can use their vacation after completion of twenty-six (26) bi-weekly pay periods in active pay status. Part-time Seasonal employees (scheduled to work less than 40 hours) do not accrue vacation.
Intermittent and Temporary Employees: Long-Term Sick Leave accrual is based on hours worked.
Benefit information can be found on the Montgomery County Benefits website at: