[Adopted 12-14-1995 as Ord. No. 95-49]
There is hereby created the position of Principal
Account Clerk for the Township of Lacey.
The duties of the Principal Account Clerk, under
direction, shall include but not be limited to the performance of
a wide variety of clerical duties of considerable difficulty and complexity
which involve computing, classifying, verifying and recording numerical
data, as well as reconciling accounts, records and documents in order
to keep sets of financial records complete. In addition, the Principal
Account Clerk may supervise a small group of employees in the maintenance
of accounting records. The Principal Account Clerk shall also perform
such other related work as required.
To be appointed to the position of Principal
Account Clerk, an individual must meet the following requirements:
A.
Possess two years of experience in the preparation,
maintenance and/or review and verification of financial records.
B.
Possess the ability to analyze clerical accounting
problems, to apply rules, regulations and methods to a variety of
situations and to develop effective work methods.
C.
Possess the ability to gather, compile and analyze
basic accounting data, to prepare reports and summaries and to locate
discrepancies in financial reports which are of moderate complexity
and to make corrections.
D.
Possess the ability in supervisory assignments to
instruct and guide lower level employees and evaluate their effectiveness.
E.
Possess the ability to use judgment in recognizing
possible alternative actions to problems when they are not prescribed
or readily apparent and, in referring to others, problems which require
other than clerical decisions.
F.
Possess the ability to compose correspondence of an
explanatory or interpretive nature, as well as the ability to add,
subtract, multiply, divide and find averages and percentages and to
perform work requiring constant and close attention to clerical and
numerical detail.
G.
Possess the ability to read, write, speak, understand
or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of the
position. Communication may include such forms as American sign language
or braille.
H.
Possess good health and freedom from disabling physical
and mental defects which would impair the proper performance of the
required duties or which might endanger the health and safety of oneself
or others. Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible
as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after
reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the
accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue
hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
