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Accounting Technician

Accounting Technician 

Deadline to Apply:      Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025. 11:59 p.m.

Department:               Road & Bridge

Salary Range:             $20.60 - $25.75/hour

FLSA Status:               Non-Exempt 

Status:                         Full-Time

Benefit Status:             Eligible for benefits.

POSITION SUMMARY

Performs complex cost accounting functions, including: computing employee and equipment costs; compiling data related to project and location costs; reconciling and balancing accounts, reports, etc.; generating various reports; and performing clerical support functions. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

Education and Experience:

  • One year certificate from college or technical school; and, 

  • Two to three years of progressively responsible related experience; or, 

  • Any combination of education, training, and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities, to perform the essential functions of the job.

Licenses and Certifications:

  • Notary Public

  • Valid Colorado Driver’s License

  • CPR and First Aid

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: (All responsibilities may not be performed by all incumbents.)

  • Performs cost accounting functions, including: collecting and computing employee and equipment costs; calculating employee and equipment hours; coding employee sick, vacation, overtime hours, etc., and posting information to ledger and computer systems; reconciling and balancing employee hours, equipment usage and benefits information preparing vouchers; and maintaining and monitoring various inventories.

  • Processes fuel usage information, including: obtaining usage reports from fuel management system and/or staff; compiling relevant data; preparing invoices and forwarding to appropriate departments; preparing various reports; and posting information to ledger.

  • Answers phone, takes messages, screens phone calls, determines nature and priority of calls, provides information to callers, receives citizen complaints, directs calls and messages to appropriate person. 

  • Prepares complex, routine and non-routine reports for project, road and equipment costs utilizing a variety of software; receives, sorts, and summarizes material for the preparation of reports; prepares work reports; reconciles reports; relays and interprets administrative decisions, policies and instructions.

  • Submits required notifications to various agencies; issues permits. 

  • Assists with hiring processes by submitting required information and coordinating license checks and per-employment physicals for selected applicants.

  • Prepares and updates equipment lists, cost sheets and related forms; updates employee unit numbers for radio list. 

  • Researches accounting problems or questions. 

  • Develops and maintains various filing systems. 

  • Types letters, memos, labels, reports, purchase orders, requisitions, forms or other correspondence on a computer. 

  • Opens, stamps, sorts, and distributes incoming, interoffice, and/or outgoing mail. 

  • Files and retrieves documents in an orderly fashion so that materials can be easily located. 

IMPORTANT JOB FUNCTIONS:

  • Disseminates a variety of information to various agencies, divisions, or departments via telephone, mail, or FAX.

  • Performs the functions of the supervisor in his/her absence. 

  • May serve as backup for other positions within the department. 

  • Performs other related duties as assigned. 

 

Moffat County is an Equal Opportunity Employer:
Females/Minority/Veterans/Disabled/ Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity 

 

Questions?  Contact Human Resources at (970) 824-9195. 

 

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