Police Account Clerk

The City of Champaign seeks qualified candidates for a career opportunity as a Police Account Clerk in the Police Department. Our Police Account Clerks are proficient in the areas of accounts payable/receivable, financial account monitoring, cash handling/reconciliation, invoicing, payroll preparation, and travel arrangements. If this describes you and you are ready to take a challenge, apply today!

Responsibilities of Position

Police Account Clerks are data processing and data analyzing experts. They provide valuable support to our police officers and civilian staff, so their work needs to be accurate, thorough, and on-time. Since some of their tasks are time-sensitive, Police Account Clerks need to possess excellent time management skills and be available for occasional daytime weekend work. Most work is completed using financial software programs to enter data, create reports, and resolve issues. Police Account Clerks are proficient in using spreadsheets to format, edit, and manipulate data.  

Drug screening, criminal background check, and background investigation will be required. The anticipated starting salary as of July 1, 2024 is $26.22 per hour, plus an excellent fringe benefits package. Applications must be submitted online no later than Monday, May 27, 2024.  

Required Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent, including coursework in accounting or a similar business-related field.
• Accounting clerical experience with accounting, bookkeeping, payroll, accounts payable/receivable, financial record keeping, or similar tasks.
• An equivalent combination of experience and education that provides the required knowledge and abilities will be considered. 
• Ability to use advanced spreadsheet application functions for data entry, review, and reporting.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate degree in accounting or a related field.
• Experience monitoring financial accounts.
• Experience with complex payroll, timekeeping, budget, and financial software programs, such as Tyler-Munis, Oracle, QuickBooks, Precinct Manager (Right Stuff), ADP, etc.
• Purchasing experience.
• Experience coordinating travel arrangements.

The City’s mission is to provide responsive, caring, cost-effective service in partnership with our community. The following values guide our work: Personal Integrity, Responsibility, Respect, Teamwork, Results.  The City of Champaign is committed to promoting a work environment and a community that values and supports diversity and inclusion.

Drug screening, criminal background check, and background investigation will be required.