STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: AUDIT TECHNICIAN
Class Code: 0730-11
Date Established: 11-02-92
Occupational Code: 1-3-2
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To audit and process for payment
accounting data concerning financial transactions such as expenditures, payroll
or personnel actions.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Examines manifests
and supporting documents to determine accuracy and authenticity of purchases
and expenditures.
·
Contacts agency
accounting staff or vendors to verify or correct payment discrepancies.
·
Prepares manifests
for payment and computes discounts when appropriate.
·
Audits computer
print-outs by comparing documentary evidence and makes corrections and
adjustments to the computer.
·
Encumbers contract
expenditures and records same to insure contract expenditure specifications are
met and not exceeded.
·
Maintains control
records of rental agreements for equipment and vehicles.
·
Applies cost code
information as part of the payroll process.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in recommending routine
changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving, compiling and
reporting data according to established procedures OR in operating complex
machines.
Knowledge: Requires understanding and using
business or trades vocabulary or basic arithmetic to perform standard operating
procedures.
Impact: Requires responsibility for
contributing to agency objectives by ensuring the accuracy of support
activities within one or more organizational units. Errors at this level affect the work of others or have
measurable monetary consequences, and require verification and correction in
order to complete succeeding work operations.
Supervision: Requires partial supervision of other
employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including
assigning job duties, providing training, giving instructions and checking
work.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions under good conditions in a safe working environment.
Physical Demands: Requires sedentary work, including
continuous sitting or occasional standing and walking.
Communication: Requires explaining facts, interpreting
situations, or advising individuals of alternative or appropriate courses of
action. This level also requires
interviewing or eliciting information from state employees or members of the
general public.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions
to establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve
practical problems. This level
also requires providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited
standardization exists.
Independent Action: Requires making a limited number of
choices in selecting among alternative courses of action under supervisory
guidance and in performing job functions according to a variety of prescribed
policies or procedures.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Graduation from high school or G.E.D.
equivalent with courses in business, including arithmetic and bookkeeping. Each additional year of approved formal
education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.
Experience: Three years' experience in bookkeeping
or auditing.
License/Certification: None required.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of general mathematics. Knowledge of the operation of
calculators and other business office machines. Knowledge of auditing techniques. Knowledge of state laws and regulations pertaining to the
administration of expenses. Skill
in arithmetical calculations.
Skill in operating electronic calculators. Ability to examine forms with accuracy. Ability to follow procedural
instructions. Ability to compute
discounts. Ability to establish
and maintain effective working relationships with associates, other state
employees and vendors. Must be
willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and
responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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