Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency
Accounting Technician
AVEK, a State Water Contractor, is seeking to fill the position of Accounting Technician. The Accounting Technician will be working directly with the Finance Manager performing a variety of professional accounting duties in support of the Agency’s financial, accounting, and related administrative functions.
Salary Range: $66,000 – $91,000 (salary based on qualifications)
Duties/Responsibilities:
Essential duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Performs a variety of administrative functions in the preparation and maintenance of financial and accounting records.
- Gathers, assembles, verifies, and files financial data.
- Matches invoices with purchase orders to ensure correct billing.
- Allocates purchases to proper accounts.
- Maintains accounts payable information.
- Maintains records of contractors and construction projects, including when to release payment.
- Prepares bills to be approved report for approval by the Board of Directors.
- Analyzes a variety of financial transactions.
- Generates reports to meet state and federal requirements and submits reports to appropriate agencies according to established timelines.
- Maintains and updates asset replacement and capital project records.
- Maintains and updates leased asset records.
- Prepares and maintains a variety of financial, statistical and narrative records, statements, files and reports, related to accounts, revenues, expenditures, reconciliations and assigned activities.
Accounting Technician I
Education: Associate’s degree (AA or AS) in related subject matter
or
Three years of increasingly responsible administrative and accounting experience performing a variety of accounting support functions.
Accounting Technician II
Education: Bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) in related subject matter
or
Experience: Five years of increasingly responsible administrative and accounting experience performing a variety of accounting support functions.
Physical Requirements:
On a daily basis, this position requires the ability to climb stairs and/or ladders, use fingers to grasp or pinch an object, talk, hear, sit for extended periods of time; and walk. The incumbent typically works inside. Additionally, on a daily basis, this position requires the ability to see at an arm’s length and perform work in a field of vision typically gained by the use of both eyes.
On a frequent basis, this position requires the ability to stoop, crouch; reach with hands and arms; and stand.
On an occasional basis to seldom basis, this position requires crouching, kneeling, pushing, and pulling.
See Full Job Description at avek.org
Send Resumes to prose@avek.org no later than March 21, 2025