Accounting Assistant 8 - Expenditure Section
State of MichiganJob Description
POSITION DUTIES - This position serves as a senior level accounting assistant in the Expenditure Section and is responsible for generating payments to external and internal customers, posting transactions to accounts, maintaining payment records, providing customer service, and preparing correspondence. It involves reviewing payment requests for compliance with the law and policy and procedures, determining the proper account coding and authorizations to post the transaction, and disbursing funds. This is one of two senior accounting assistants responsible for carrying out this function.
APPOINTMENT TYPE/BENEFITS - This position is Full-Time. Therefore, you would be eligible to participate in the benefits offered by the state.
This position has the potential to be a remote/hybrid schedule.
Position Description - Accounting Assistant 8
MDOSJOBSRequired Education and Experience
- EducationEducational level typically acquired through completion of high school.Experience
Accounting Assistant 8 - Three years of administrative support experience, including one year equivalent to an Accounting Assistant E7, involving posting financial data to ledgers, preparing invoices, billing and/or vouchers, reviewing and coding financial information, and maintaining account balances. Additional Requirements and Information
- You must apply for this vacancy through the NEOGOV system; click on "Apply" in the job posting for instructions in submitting your electronic application. Your application for any position does not guarantee that you will be contacted by the Department for further consideration. Only those applicants interviewed will be notified of the results.Please attach a resume and cover letter. Failure to do so may cause you to be screened out of the hiring process.
Please attach a copy of your official transcripts if you have taken accounting courses.As outlined by Civil Service, an official transcript must bear the applicant’s name, college, or university certification (e.g., seal, logo, watermark, or letterhead), date and name of the conferred degree and registrar’s signature. Transcripts that do not meet these requirements are considered unofficial. For more information regarding official transcripts, click here (Download PDF reader).
Applicants who possess a degree from a foreign college or university must have their academic credentials evaluated or converted into U.S. educational equivalents unless the degree has been recognized by the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). Go to evaluators for a list of accepted organizations that evaluate foreign credentials. Failure to provide this evaluation at the time of application may result in you being screened out of the process.
The use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) in the selections process (i.e. application, written exercises, cover letter, etc.) with MDOS is not permitted. If it is substantiated that AI was used in the process, your application will be removed from consideration.
Civil Service Commission Rule 2-7 requires that all newly hired state employees submit to and pass a pre-employment drug test prior to their actual appointment. Due to the nature of work of the Department of State, criminal records will be checked. Any position offer will be conditional until results of the criminal background record checks indicate eligibility for employment.View the job specification for an Accounting Assistant-A at:
Accommodations
If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or selection processes, please contact the ADA coordinator for the agency that posted this position vacancy.