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Senior Account Clerk

Shasta County
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THE CURRENT VACANCY IS IN THE SHASTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

 

ORAL EXAM IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 2025

 

SEE “SPECIAL REQUIREMENT” SECTION REGARDING

POSSESSION OF A VALID DRIVERS LICENCE

 

RESPONSES TO SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS REQUIRED

 

FINAL FILING DATE: OCTOBER 09, 2025, AT 12:00 PM

 

 

SALARY INFORMATION

 

$3,665 - $4,678 APPROXIMATE MONTHLY* / $21.14 - $26.99 APPROXIMATE HOURLY*

 

*Please refer to the appropriate Bargaining Unit Memorandum of Understanding for potential future salary increases* Please visit https://www.shastacounty.gov/personnel/page/labor-agreements-mous.

 

ABOUT SHASTA COUNTY

 

Shasta County offers all the amenities of the big city while retaining a comfortable small-town atmosphere.  With its natural beauty, affordable housing, excellent educational system, abundance of recreational opportunities, and excellent quality of life, Shasta County is a great place to live, work, and raise a family.

 

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

 

The Sheriff's Office is organized into five major divisions: Custody, Services, Enforcement, Investigations and Coroner.

 

The Custody Division includes the County Jail and the Annex Work Facility. The purpose of the jail is to incarcerate offenders while providing basic medical care for County, State, out-of-County, and federal prisoners who are ineligible to be assigned to alternative custody programs. The jail is a maximum-security facility that houses both pre-sentenced and sentenced persons.

 

The Services Division includes The Local Office of Emergency Services, Personnel and Hiring, the Background Unit, Internal Affairs, and the Records Unit.

 

The Enforcement Division handles all Patrol related matters. The Enforcement Division is also responsible for municipal law enforcement services within the City of Shasta Lake. The Animal Regulation Unit is also under the Enforcement Division of the Sheriff’s Office.

 

The Investigations Division includes the Major Crimes Unit, Crime Lab, Shasta Interagency Narcotics Taskforce (SINTF), Marijuana Eradication Team (MET), and the AB109 Compliance Team.  The Major Crimes Unit augments patrol and investigates property crimes, crimes against people including homicide and sexual assault, and other in-depth investigations.  The other units such as SINTF, MET, and the AB109 Compliance Team augment the Major Crimes Unit along with handling drug related offenses, probation offenses, parole offenses, and other investigations as assigned.

 

The Sheriff is also the County Coroner; therefore, the Coroner’s Division is responsible for investigating sudden, violent, unusual, and unexpected deaths, when the decedent has not been recently seen by a physician. The Coroner’s Division is commanded by a Lieutenant who serves as the agency’s Chief Deputy Coroner. 

 

ABOUT THE POSITION

 

Under general supervision, to perform complex bookkeeping or financial record keeping work involving the maintenance of financial and statistical records; may perform duties of a lead worker over a small clerical staff; and to perform related work as required.

 

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

 

Senior Account Clerks generally have responsibility for a complex bookkeeping or financial record keeping function. With considerable latitude, incumbents maintain important financial and statistical records, prepare regular and special reports, and apply a wide knowledge of current operations, procedures, rules, and precedents to assigned tasks and interpret this information to the public and County staff members. Typically, incumbents are assigned responsibility for the style, format, final appearance, and accuracy of completed assignments. A Senior Account Clerk may be delegated responsibility to act for the supervisor in that person's absence.

 

Positions in this class may be required to supervise clerical assistants with such supervision usually being limited to the assignment and review of work. The next higher class of Supervising Account Clerk has regular and continuing supervisory responsibilities for subordinate staff.

 

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

 

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

Assembles, sorts, matches, checks, codes, dates, numbers, lists and logs financial and statistical data; processes items such as claims invoices, purchase orders, payments, warrants and tax statements; verifies, balances and adjusts accounts and records; receives and accounts for money; computes financial penalties; computes, adjusts, interprets and maintains payroll records; posts to and works with ledger accounts and other records; breaks out charges and allocates to appropriate source; processes information for transmittal to Data Processing; reconciles bank statements and prepares deposits; makes arithmetical calculations; prepares checks and warrants; keeps various financial and statistical records and prepares regular and special reports; operates calculating and bookkeeping machines, computer terminal and other office equipment; maintains files; may assist the public and other employees by answering questions and explaining financial and payroll procedures and financial record keeping requirements; if assigned, assists and provides supervision and training to subordinate employees.

 

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES

 

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

Assembles, sorts, matches, checks, codes, dates, numbers, lists and logs financial and statistical data; processes items such as claims invoices, purchase orders, payments, warrants and tax statements; verifies, balances and adjusts accounts and records; receives and accounts for money; computes financial penalties; computes, adjusts, interprets and maintains payroll records; posts to and works with ledger accounts and other records; breaks out charges and allocates to appropriate source; processes information for transmittal to Data Processing; reconciles bank statements and prepares deposits; makes arithmetical calculations; prepares checks and warrants; keeps various financial and statistical records and prepares regular and special reports; operates calculating and bookkeeping machines, computer terminal and other office equipment; maintains files; may assist the public and other employees by answering questions and explaining financial and payroll procedures and financial record keeping requirements; if assigned, assists and provides supervision and training to subordinate employees.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

 

It is the responsibility of applicants to identify in their application materials how they meet the minimum qualifications listed below.

 

Any combination of education and experience sufficient to directly demonstrate possession and application of the following:

 

Knowledge of: Office methods, procedures, and equipment; procedures, practices, and terminology used in bookkeeping, financial and statistical record keeping; principles and techniques of supervision and training may be required for certain assignments.

 

Ability to: Assume responsibility for a complex bookkeeping or financial record keeping function; make decisions in procedural matters; prepare and maintain accurate and complete financial and statistical records and reports; recommend work improvements as necessary; train and schedule the work of subordinate staff may be required for some assignments; enter and retrieve data on a computer terminal; establish and maintain cooperative relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

 

MINUMUM QUALIFICATIONS

 

One (1) year of experience comparable to an Account Clerk II with Shasta County.

 

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS

 

Responses to the following must be submitted with a completed application.

 

  1. Do you possess one (1) year of experience comparable to an Account Clerk II with Shasta County? Yes / No If “Yes,” please provide details including, but not limited to, employers, dates of employment, and job duties. If “No,” type N/A.
  2. Do you possess two (2) years of full-time clerical accounting experience performing financial, statistical, and/or computerized financial data processing/record keeping work in an office environment? Yes / No If “Yes,” please provide details including, but not limited to, employers, dates of employment, and job duties. If “No,” type N/A.

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and color vision.

 

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

 

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

 

  • All new employees are required to have their paycheck directly deposited to a bank account.
  • Some positions may require a valid California driver's license and acceptable driving record according to County policy.
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made for those persons who are disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act to perform the essential functions of the position.
  • As part of the selection process, all individuals provided with a preliminary offer of employment with Shasta County will be subject to a background investigation, including a criminal history check (primarily completed through the taking of fingerprints). An image of your fingerprints will be captured and sent to the California Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The resulting report of your conviction history, (if any), will be evaluated along with the other information received in connection with your application. Except as otherwise required by law, a criminal conviction will not necessarily disqualify you from the position. The nature of the offense, the date of the offense, the surrounding circumstances, and the relevance of the offense to the position applied for may, however, be considered. 
  • Based on the results of the background investigation and criminal history check, applicants may then be provided with an offer of employment conditioned on the results of a medical examination, which includes drug/alcohol testing. 
  • Shasta County participates in E-Verify. For more information visit https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RighttoWorkPoster.pdf (Download PDF reader). If you do not have internet access, contact Personnel at (530) 225-5515 to request a flyer.
  • In accordance with Government Code Section 3100, County employees, in the event of a disaster are considered disaster workers and may be asked to respond accordingly.
  • Positions in this classification are covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the County and the United Public Employees of California – General Unit. 
  • Employees in this classification are covered under the CalPERS retirement program. Depending on the provisions of the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) and other applicable laws, an employee in this classification will be covered under one of the following CalPERS retirement formulas: (1) 2% at 55, (2) 2% at 60, or (3) 2% at 62. An employee in this classification will also contribute up to 9.5% his/her pay to this plan or will contribute such other amount to the plan as authorized by PEPRA and other applicable laws. Please visit our employees benefit page at https://www.shastacounty.gov/personnel/page/employee-benefitsfor additional information regarding benefits and CalPERS coverage information. The provisions in this flyer and on the County website are for information purposes only. To the extent the provisions of the flyer or the County website are inconsistent with PEPRA and other applicable laws, PEPRA and other applicable laws shall govern.

 

APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCEDURES

 

Shasta County Personnel will accept applications and responses to the supplemental questions until 12:00 p.m., on October 9, 2025. A Resume and/or Cover Letter will be accepted in addition to the application form but will not serve as a substitute for a completed application. It is not acceptable to complete the application with statements such as, “Refer to Resume and/or Cover Letter,” or “See Attached Resume and/or Cover Letter” the employment application must be completed in its entirety prior to submission. Incomplete applications will not be processed. Closing date postmarks or faxes will NOT be accepted. This recruitment will establish a list that may or may not be used by other departments. Prior applicants must reapply to be considered. 

 

Applicants will be screened and those considered best qualified will be invited to appear for an oral and/or written examination. Meeting the announced requirements does not guarantee inclusion into the selection process. Depending upon the number of applications received, the selection process may consist of additional application screening, written and/or practical exam(s), oral interview, or any combination thereof. 

 

Veterans' Credit: Veterans (as defined by California Government Code section 18973) who have been discharged from military service under conditions other than dishonorable and who receive a passing score on all components of the employment examinations (up to and including oral examinations) shall receive credit for an additional five points to be added to their final examination score. To be considered for this credit, a veteran MUST provide a copy of his or her discharge document (DD-214 or equivalent) and information as to the type of discharge (honorable, dishonorable, etc.) WITH THE EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION ON OR BEFORE THE FINAL FILING DATE. 

 

Applicants are encouraged to apply on-line at www.ShastaCountyCareers.com or submit an application to the Shasta County Personnel Office.

 

Arrangements may be made to accommodate applicants with disabilities. Requests for accommodations may be made to the Shasta County Personnel Office by the filing deadline posted on this bulletin. Shasta County does not discriminate on the basis of disability. If you feel you are being denied service based on a disability, our ADA Coordinator may be reached at (530) 225-5515; relay service (800) 735-2922; fax (530) 225-5345.

 

Shasta County will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act. You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Shasta County is concerned about a conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. Find out more about the Fair Chance Act by visiting calcivilrights.ca.gov/fair-chance-act.

 

 

SHASTA COUNTY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Shasta County Personnel

1450 Court Street, Suite 348; Redding, CA 96001; (530) 225-5515