$3,000 hiring bonus to join the Judicial Branch! The Judicial Branch is a state-funded Branch of Government that offers benefits to include medical/dental/vision, $20,000 free basic life insurance, state-matched 156% retirement plan, 13 paid holidays, earned paid vacation and sick leave, tuition reimbursement and more.
The Douglas County Court is taking applications for a full-time Accounting Clerk position in our Criminal Traffic Division. This position is located in our Criminal Traffic Division. This is a responsible accounts payable/receivable and accounting position in the maintenance and balancing of all financial records of the county court. Douglas County is the largest court in the state of Nebraska handling over 90,000 cases a year and this position plays a critical and intricate role in the operations of the court.
Work involves daily cash balancing functions, maintaining all financial records of the court, with responsibility for their accuracy, monitoring daily, monthly, and annual JUSTICE reports for the purpose of checks and balances, may be assigned other appropriate duties as needed.
HIRING RATE (during probationary period): $40,491.73 Annually
MINIMUM PERMANENT RATE (after probationary period): $41,504.05 Annually
CLOSING DATE: Open Until Filled
Apply as soon as possible; applications will close when the position is filled.
The Judicial Branch values our employees as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. We recruit, hire, train and promote in all job qualifications at all levels without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or genetics. The Judicial Branch complies with Veterans Preference Laws.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Graduation from high school, or its equivalent plus at least two years' experience working with financial records.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Bilingual skills in English and Spanish.
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS: Successful completion of JUSTICE training within six months from the date of hire and demonstrate proficiency in knowledge and use of the court computer system.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Familiarity with the use of standard office and computer equipment, ability to follow instructions, experience and knowledge of the principles and practices of accounting concepts and procedures.
- Clerical accounting methods, forms and techniques, filing and maintaining accounting records, mathematical functions related to accounting processes, word processing and spreadsheet computer software programs.
- Word and Excel experience.
- Ability to learn and apply agency policies and guidelines pertinent to clerical accounting such as terminology, codes and classifications.
- Maintaining financial records and preparing clerical accounting reports and statements; computing, compiling and posting figures involving the use of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages and fractions.
- Lifting and moving 50 pound boxes and using 2-wheel and 4-wheel carts.
External Candidates - Please visit https://statejobs.nebraska.gov to complete a State application.
Internal Candidates - apply via Jobs Hub through Workday, here: https://www.myworkday.com/son/d/task/2998$42366.htmld#backheader=true