• Helps prioritize and coordinate workflow for the Cashier’s Office staff.
• Helps train the Cashier’s Office staff regarding standardization, professional telephone and customer service etiquette and division practices and procedures.
• Assists the Accounting Clerk II staff with general understanding of Cashier’s Office transactions and the accounting process.
• Assists the Cashier’s Office Supervisor reviewing the work of Accounting Clerk II staff members.
• Assists the Cashier’s Office Supervisor continuously improving operational policies, practices, procedures and methodologies for Cashier’s Office.

• Receiving and applying payments and providing customer receipts.
• Opening and Closing Commercial and Residential water accounts.
• Disbursing various AP Checks—ensuring appropriate documentation and workflow tracking.
• Addressing numerous inquiries:

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  Answering various in person questions at the Cashiers window—assisting or otherwise routing to the appropriate SRPMIC department or function in Finance.
• Answering the main Finance phone line—assisting or otherwise transferring to the appropriate SRPMIC department or function in Finance.
• Monitoring, addressing, and tracking emails of various subject matter received in a dedicated email box.

• Dispensing Petty Cash
  • Validating vouchers and ensuring appropriate journal entry coding.

• Entering payment receipts into various sub-ledger systems for Water, Lease, Sales Tax, Housing, Fines, and Possessory Interest Tax, and preparing corresponding deposits in the accounting system.
• Researching unidentified payment receipts and determining appropriate coding—through regular communication with other Finance divisions and SRPMIC departments.
• Monitoring bank activity for multiple bank accounts, and ensuring appropriate posting of customer payments received electronically.
  • Ensuring timely processing of Lease payments received by SRPMIC and working with other functions to ensure appropriate record keeping for lease transactions.

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  Identifying, Scanning, and Depositing customer checks into a variety of designated bank accounts.
  • Updating and reconciling the incoming check log for deposited payments.
• Preparing cash bags for pickup and deposit by armored car service.

• Preparing and scanning transaction support and reconciling scanned documents to accounting system deposit entries.
• Reconciling cash receipts in all bank accounts to entries in the accounting system.
• Reconciling sub-ledger payment receipts to accounting system deposit entries.

• Preparing payment requests—ensuring appropriate coding and verifying transaction documents for accuracy, completeness and compliance with appropriate departmental policies and procedures.
• Assisting with deposit research and support as requested by SRPMIC departments and other functions within Finance.
• Assisting with quarterly per cap, senior gifts, or lease payout distributions when requested.
• Maintaining office supply inventory for the Finance department
• Operating and ensuring operable condition of Finance department office equipment.

• Performing other job-related duties as assigned to maintain and enhance departmental operation.

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  Knowledge of the history, culture, laws, ordinances, customs and traditions of the SRPMIC.
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting practices for governments (fund accounting).
• Knowledge of accounting principles, practices applications in a computerized system.
• Knowledge of the procedures, methods and forms associated with automated accounting systems.
• Knowledge of basic customer service principles and techniques.

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  Skill utilizing a computerized financial system, the personal computer and MS Office software including MS Word and MS Excel to fulfill job requirements.
• Skill responding tactfully and courteously to customer inquiries and complaints.
• Skill following verbal and written instructions, policies and procedures.
• Skill entering, accessing and retrieving information from a database.
• Skill making varied arithmetic computations and tabulations rapidly and with high accuracy.
• Skill with both verbal and written communication

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  Ability to develop and maintain positive and effective working relationships at all levels within the department and Community.
• Ability to attend to detail for prolonged periods of time.
• Ability to adapt to changing work situations and environments.
• Ability to assist others and meet schedules in a calm, efficient and effective manner while dealing with interruptions and pressure.
• Ability to operate a variety of standard office equipment including adding machines, calculators, typewriters, photocopiers and FAX machines.
• Ability to work on a team.
• Ability to lift and carry 25 lbs.

Prior to hire as an employee, applicants will be subject to drug and alcohol testing. Will be required to pass a pre-employment background/fingerprint check. Employees are subject to random drug and alcohol testing.

"SRPMIC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer" Preference will be given to a qualified Community Member, then a qualified Native American and then other qualified candidate.

In order to obtain consideration for Community member/Native American preference, applicant must submit a copy of Tribal Enrollment card or CIB which indicates enrollment in a Federally Recognized Native American Tribe by one of the following methods:

1) attach to application

2) fax (480) 362-5860

3) mail or hand deliver to Human Resources. Documentation must be received by position closing date.

The IHS/BIA Form-4432 is not accepted.

Your Tribal ID/CIB must be submitted to HR-Recruitment-Two Waters.

The SRPMIC offers a comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and a 401(k) retirement plan. In addition employees enjoy vacation and sick leave and 13 paid holidays.