Accounting Assistant
Texas Commission on Fire Protection
JOB SUMMARY
Performs highly complex technical accounting support. Work involves detailed assignments in recording, classifying, examining, and verifying financial records, documents, or reports. Works under limited supervision, with latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Classifies, codes, posts, and balances financial accounting documents and records.
- Compiles statistical, financial, accounting, or auditing reports and tables of cash receipts, expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, and profits and losses.
- Computes, analyzes, prepares, and processes travel vouchers.
- Prepares payment, cash, general journal, and related vouchers.
- Assists with researching and reconciling discrepancies in accounts, bank statements, or appropriation balances; and reports findings.
- Performs data entries in CAPPS and the State of Texas Fleet Management System.
- Assists in the preparation of financial statements and operating reports.
- May assist with annual inventory of equipment and supplies.
- May audit field operating reports, vouchers, claims, invoices, requisitions, estimates, purchase orders, statements, and similar records.
- Performs financial calculations such as amounts due, interest charges, balances, discounts, equity, and principal.
- May receive cash, prepare deposit slips, and maintain cash controls.
- Collaborates with the Finance team and may assist with financial transactions, as needed
- Performs related work as assigned.
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