Job Description: Job Summary The Account Clerk I role supports emergency initiatives addressing homelessness by performing essential accounting and financial clerical duties under general supervision. This position assists with maintaining accounting records, processing financial documents, and supporting day-to-day accounting system operations related to public service programs.
Under an emergency hiring order, qualified candidates may be appointed for an initial limited-term period, with the opportunity to be considered for permanent employment based on performance evaluation.
Key Responsibilities - Provide clerical support to senior accounting staff responsible for daily accounting operations
- Perform bookkeeping and financial recordkeeping tasks within established procedures
- Sort, code, verify, post, balance, and file financial documents and accounting records
- Assist with error identification, reconciliations, trial balances, and standardized financial reports
- Support accounts payable, accounts receivable, trust accounting, or inventory control systems
- Prepare payroll-related documents, requisitions, and inventory records as assigned
- Operate office and bookkeeping equipment, including calculators, accounting machines, and computers
- Conduct routine checks to verify accuracy of accounting documents and compliance with procedures
- Perform data entry, computations, and document production using standard office technology
- Carry out related clerical and financial tasks as required
Minimum Requirements Option I - One year of clerical bookkeeping experience assisting with a double-entry accounting system, including coding transactions and posting and balancing ledgers, journals, and registers
Option II - One year of clerical experience maintaining financial or statistical records involving coding, recording, checking tabulations, and data computations
- Completion of a high school-level course in bookkeeping or elementary accounting
Physical Requirements - Light physical activity, including occasional lifting up to 10 pounds
- Some bending, stooping, squatting, and walking may be required
Assessment & Appointment - Performance during the initial appointment period will be evaluated
- Successful performance may result in consideration for permanent appointment
Working Place: Los Angeles, California, United States Company : 2026 Jan 15th Virtual Fair - County of Los Angeles
