Senior Account Clerk Typist

The work involves responsibility for the independent performance of moderately difficult financial accounts and records maintenance. The work may require a general understanding of specific laws, office rules, procedures and policies. Employees generally follow a prescribed routine and in most cases receive only infrequent general instructions. Work is performed under general supervision. Supervision may be exercised over the work of one or more clerical employees.

Either
a) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered two year college with an Associate’s Degree or higher in business administration, accounting or closely related field; OR
b) Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and two (2) years of experience in maintaining financial accounts and records; OR
c) (c) An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined in (a) and (b) above.
Notes:
1. Successful completion of coursework in accounting, business administration, or closely related field at a regionally accredited college or university, or one accredited by the New York State Board of Regents to grant degrees, may be substituted for the required experience with three (3) semester credit hours of related coursework as indicated above being equivalent to three (3) months of experience up to one year.
2. Degree(s) must be awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the US Department of Education/US Secretary of Education. If the degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, the candidate must provide independent verification of equivalency. A list of acceptable companies who provide this service can be found on the internet at http://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/degrees.cfm . Candidates will be required to pay the evaluation fee.
3. Applicants may be approved conditionally to take civil service examinations if the minimum educational requirement is met within twelve
(12) months from the examination date.
4. As proof of satisfactory completion of the minimum educational requirement, conditionally approved candidates are responsible for submitting appropriate documentation within twelve (12) months of taking the exam.
5. Names of conditionally approved candidates will be restricted on the eligible list and will not be certified for appointment(s) until appropriate documentation is received.
6. Verifiable part-time experience will be pro-rated toward meeting full-time experience requirements. The use of Calculators is RECOMMENDED for this exam ination.

A written test designed to evaluate knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the following areas:
1. NAME AND NUMBER CHECKING - These questions test for the ability to distinguish between sets of words, letters, and/or numbers that are almost exactly alike. Material is usually presented in two or three columns, and you will have to determine how the entry in the first column compares with the entry in the second column and possibly the third. You will be instructed to mark your answers according to a designated code provided in the directions.
2. ARITHMETIC COMPUTATION WITH CALCULATOR - These questions test for the ability to use a calculator to do basic computations. Questions will involve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. You may also be asked to calculate averages, to use percents, and to round an answer to the nearest whole number. You should bring with you a hand-held battery- or solar-powered calculator for use on this test. You will not be permitted to use the calculator function of your cell phone.
3. WORKING WITH OFFICE RECORDS - These questions test your ability to work with office records. The test consists of two or more sets of questions, each set concerning a different problem. Typical record keeping problems might involve the organization or collation of numerical data from several sources; maintaining a record system using running balances; or completion of a table summarizing data using totals, subtotals, averages and percents. You should bring with you a hand-held battery- or solar-powered calculator for use on this test. You will not be permitted to use the calculator function of your cell phone. Test guide: A Guide for the Written Test for Higher Level Account Clerical is available at the New York State website: https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm. Candidates not having access to a computer or the internet may request copy of the test guide from the municipal civil service office conducting this examination using the contact information found elsewhere on this announcement.

There are no residency requirements for this examination. However, preference in appointment may be given to successful candidates who have been residents of Otsego County for at least one month immediately preceding the scheduled date of the written examination.

The eligible list resulting from this examination will be used to fill vacancies as they occur in County departments , School Districts and the Otsego Catskill Northern BOCESs under the jurisdiction of the Otsego County Personnel/Civil Service Department.