Accounting Technician

MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION

Seeking an ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN

Description: The Accounting Technician(s) performs any combination of the following: calculating, posting and verifying duties to obtain financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. Incumbent compiles and sorts documents to substantiate business transactions. Verifies and post details of business transactions inclusive of the Division of Health. Computes and records charges, refunds, cost of lost or damaged goods, freight charges, rentals and similar items. Ensures third party receivables are posted accurately and efficiently to ensure exact and proper credit to the Division of Health. Incumbent may be responsible for ensuring vouchers, invoices, checks and account statements are developed and handled in a efficient manner for distribution and processing. Responsible for exporting daily Accounts Payable check registers to an automated Positive Pay file.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Compares Authorization for Payments against open purchase orders to code relevant purchase orders or assigned vendor numbers. 2. Performs invoice verification and processing procedures (including the destruction of duplicate invoices). 3. Prepares obligations to correspond with purchase orders for payment and attaches proper supporting documentation. 4. Informs division directors, including the Health Program of invoices that are without a purchase order or an authorization for payment and records communication. 5. In unusual circumstances, may be requested to run manual checks upon request by the Accounting Manager. 6. Responsible for recording purchase orders in vendor file. 7. Accomplish all necessary filing of accounts payable/receivable documents inclusive of the Division of Health. 8. Updates monthly schedule of federal and tribal lease agreements. 9. Responsible for ensuring the check run is accomplished on a daily basis and reconciles to the check run daily. 10. Upon direction of the Accounting Manager, may assume additional duties and responsibilities as may be reasonably expected of an incumbent in this position. Assignments can be made by mid-management or upper-management supervisors. 11. On a daily basis, responsible for exporting daily Accounts Payable check register to a Positive Pav File.

Minimum Requirements: Minimum requirements are formal and specialized training in areas of accounting, budgeting, math, and related administrative training.

Must have a valid Oklahoma Driver’s License.

Preferred Requirements: Preferred requirements are a 4 year formalized training degree in related fields of study. Related fields include but are not limited to accounting, math, financial management, and administrative type training. Special considerations will be given for experience and will be substituted at the rate of 3 years of related experience for 2 years of education.

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Muscogee (Creek) and Indian Preference