Position Description

Accounting Assistants perform clerical accounting work in the maintenance of accounts and accounting records for State agencies.

The Nevada Department of Corrections has a vacancy for an Accounting Assistant 1 at Central Administration/Inmate Services, in Carson City, Nevada. Accounting Assistants perform clerical duties in support of a work unit or program. Assignments are limited in variety, recurring and generally follow established routines. Duties involve several standardized sequential steps, process or operations and require the incumbent to recognize the difference in between several similar transactions to determine the appropriate actions to take. Deviations from standard practice require prior approval. Assignments require general knowledge of clerical accounting principles and practices. The work is performed under general supervision of a higher-level accounting or professional staff who is easily accessible to answer questions. Incumbents are provided with procedure manuals and or oral or written instructions to select the most appropriate reference to complete assignments. Standards are well established. A variety of duties can be assigned to the position. This position processes brass slips to charge inmates for expenditures, process requests by inmates to send checks for allowed expenditures from their accounts, process monthly inmate statements, forwards funds to released inmates, covers phones, filing, and responds to inmate inquiries about their account.

Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform work independently with little or no additional training.

To see full Class Specifications visit: http://hr.nv.gov/Resources/ClassSpecs/Class_Specifications-2_0//

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from high school or equivalent and one year of clerical experience, six months of which included duties such as accounts payable and/or accounts receivable and balancing accounts; and using computer spreadsheet to record, track and report data; OR graduation from high school or equivalent education supplemented by successful completion of a one-semester college course in bookkeeping and six months of clerical experience; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

  
  

The Examination

Application Evaluation Exam

• The exam will consist of an application and resume evaluation. It is essential that applications/resumes include detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. The most qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview. The hiring agency may require specific skills related testing as part of the interviewing process.