Accounting Assistant at Santa Barbara County Education Office

About the Employer

The Santa Barbara County Education Office provides services and leadership to 20 public school districts and 10 charter schools. SBCEO offers programs and services in support of nearly 70,000 children throughout Santa Barbara County - from Santa Barbara to Santa Ynez, Lompoc, Orcutt, and Santa Maria.

Job Summary

Job Summary

The Santa Barbara County Education Office is seeking candidates with strong accounting and bookkeeping skills to support our growing Early Care and Education department, including Alternative Payment Program (subsidized childcare), childcare centers, and food program (nutrition for preschool children). Our Ideal Candidate You are a dependable, punctual, caring professional, with well-developed communication skills who uses tact, patience, and courtesy in a culturally sensitive manner. You can prioritize tasks and are motivated to complete work with accuracy, by established deadlines. You are a continuous learner with the flexibility to adapt to evolving work methods and activities. Your work demonstrates a high degree of attention to detail and incorporates new and effective ways to achieve better results. You are committed to providing the best service available to the Santa Barbara County Education Office, school districts, employees, and vendors. General Description This is an experienced-level classification in which incumbents perform a variety of routine to complex clerical accounting duties related to an assigned area of organization-wide responsibility such as accounts payable, or in support of a department or program. Incumbents ensure that financial transactions comply with established standards, policies, and procedures and perform routine to complex clerical work associated with the assigned function(s) or program. Incumbents work independently, although work is reviewed to ensure accuracy and adequate internal controls.

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