Accounting Technician

Job Description:

Accounting Technician

Description

Definition & Distinguishing Characteristics

Join a team where your accounting and bookkeeping skills make a direct impact. The Department of Public Works is seeking a candidate to join the team in performing a variety of paraprofessional and technical accounting and bookkeeping duties, including the processing, maintenance, and review of financial and related records. This role supports the accuracy and efficiency of departmental operations and contributes to the timely completion of financial processes. If you're interested, check out the job description HERE.

This recruitment will be used to fill a current vacancy and establish an eligibility list to fill other potential openings without reposting.

What's this Job All About?
This position supports the Public Works Department by performing a variety of administrative and operational support duties. The role assists with processing and maintaining records, coordinating information across departments, and helping ensure day-to-day operations run smoothly. It plays an important part in supporting the overall efficiency and effectiveness of Public Works services.

How do we make a difference?
The Department of Public Works supports the community by helping ensure essential services and operations run efficiently behind the scenes. Our work contributes to the reliability, safety, and overall functionality of public services that residents depend on every day.

What are the benefits?

• A beautiful, safe community in which to work and serve.
• A caring, empathetic, & fun work family that you will be welcomed into - where we work hard, but play hard, too!
• A job with WORK-LIFE BALANCE
• Competitive salary commensurate with education & experience
• A LIFETIME PAYCHECK(3% @ 60 for Classic Members and 2% @ 62 for New Members) - As long as you work for 5 years and vest in the CalPERS system, you will receive a retirement paycheck for the rest of your life.
• Amazing health care BENEFITS at NO COST to you - Unless you choose a premium health care plan.
• Authentically kind and engaged leadership who truly enjoy developing staff.
• 457 Deferred Compensation.
• PAID vacation, PAID holidays (15), and PAID leave if you get sick.
• Vacation Parity - Previous service with a public agency counts towards vacation accrual at Colusa County. A public agency includes cities, counties, districts, military and similar entities. To learn more about vacation parity please see our benefit summary.

COME WORK FOR COUNTY OF COLUSA: WE HAVE A SPOT JUST FOR YOU!

Supervision & Examples of Duties

Receives direct supervision from higher level supervisory or management staff.

May exercise functional and technical supervision over lower-level accounting clerical staff.

Qualifications

Experience and Training Guidelines - Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience:
Four years of progressively responsible clerical accounting or bookkeeping experience.

Training:
Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade supplemented by specialized course work in bookkeeping, accounting or a related field.

Supplemental Information

The salary range above consists of 15 steps. Steps 1-6 are annual merit steps with approximately 5% difference between each step, based on successful performance. Steps 7-15 are additional merit steps, requiring 2 years of satisfactory performance at the previous step. Steps 7-14 provide 2.5% increases, while Step 15 offers a 5% increase. The final salary offered will depend on the applicant's experience and qualifications, ranging from steps 1 to 15.

Colusa County offers an excellent benefit package. For a summary of benefits, please click here: 2026 Benefit Summary

Closing Date/Time: 6/7/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

Salary:

$43,788.00 - $71,868.00 Annually