CITY OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT

The City of Bridgeport is now accepting submissions for the position of

Accounting Clerk II

Bridgeport Public Library

Salary and Benefits: $62,392.00 per year. This position includes a comprehensive benefits package. This

summary provides a brief overview of the benefits available to regular full-time municipal employees; these

benefits include retirement pension administered by CMERS (Connecticut Municipal Employees Retirement

System), health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription), life, disability, paid leave, paid holidays,

457(b) deferred compensation plan (employee paid), and other voluntary employee paid benefits. This is a

unionized position.

To Apply: Please email a cover letter, resume, and supplied application to [email protected].

Accepting complete submissions until the position is filled.

(Any/all changes to this opening shall be at the discretion of the City of Bridgeport)

This position will require a pre-employment medical examination and drug testing.

Municipal Profile

The City of Bridgeport is in Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnock River on Long Island Sound.

It is bordered by the towns of Trumbull to the north, Fairfield to the west, and Stratford to the east; with an

approximate population of 147,000, 50,367 households, and a population density of 9,226 residents per

square mile. The city has a Mayor-City Council form of government. The City’s Mayor is the chief executive

officer of the City and serves four-year term(s). The City Council, which acts as the City’s legislative body,

consists of twenty (20) members elected for two-year terms.

*Please be informed, the selected candidate will be hired on a full-time provisional basis. In accordance with

Section 214 of the Charter of the City of Bridgeport, provisional hires are and will be subject to Civil Service

examination, when an examination is given for this position at some future date. Provisional employees will

be required to test and rank/score sufficient to maintain employment.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES

This position is responsible for clerical tasks, including account keeping and posting of work that involves

more than ordinary difficulty and responsibility. The role will involve maintaining journal and ledger

controls, pre-auditing, and engaging in general hand and machine bookkeeping. Additionally, the candidate

will be expected to perform related tasks as required.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Acts under general supervision.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The essential functions or duties described below are the primary functions and duties of the position. There

may be other types of work that may be performed, and the omission of a particular duty or function does

not exclude that duty or function from the position provided the duty or function is similar in work, related

to the work or logically assigned to the position.

• Maintains a variety of appropriation ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll

account and payroll distribution controls

• Normally operates a standard bookkeeping and posting machine

• Takes trial balances

• Prepares end of year records for closing, including pre and post-closing trial balances

• Takes trial balances monthly of all accounts for which responsible

• Maybe assigned specific secretarial and administrative duties of an accounting nature for the

Comptroller

• Performs invoice control duties

MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• High school graduation

• At least five years of progressively responsible clerical and account clerical experience, of which

three years should have been at or equivalent to an Accounting Clerk I

• Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Considerable knowledge of the fundamental principles of bookkeeping and accounting as

practiced in government.

• Ability to prepare standard financial reports from accounting data, and to maintain standard

municipal accounting control records.

• Skill and accuracy in arithmetic computation.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that

must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable

accommodations which do not cause undue hardship may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to

perform the essential functions.

• Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for sitting for

prolonged periods of time. Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.

Frequent downward flexion of neck, side-to-side turning of the neck, fine finger dexterity and grasp

to manipulate the keyboard, telephone, writing instruments, papers, books, manuals, and reports.

• Ability to see and read objects closely, as in typing from another document, reading/proofreading a

report, read plans, using a computer monitor, filing and/or retrieving information from a filing system

and verifying the accuracy of financial information.

This job description is not, nor is to be intended to be, a complete statement of all duties, functions,

responsibilities, and qualifications which comprise this position.

The City of Bridgeport is An Equal Opportunity Employer for All

For further information and contact:

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

45 LYON TERRACE

BRIDGEPORT, CT 06604

TELEPHONE: (203) 576-7103