Cash Receipts Technician

Accounting Technician – Cash Receipts Technician
Oregon Department of Transportation
Finance & Budget Division – Financial Services
Revenue & Expenditure Accounting Section
Salem

The role:

Bring your accounting skills to our team in Salem! As a cash receipts technician, you will ensure that all revenue collected by Financial Services is deposited, classified and recorded into the accounting system and reconciled to the cash receipts journal. You will also review reports and amounts reconciled to ensure they match the receipts posted in the Oregon State Treasury and correct errors. Apply today!

We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for our positions. We hope you’ll join us on our path to increasing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging through our values, commitments, strategies and actions.

A day in the life:

• Process cash receipts in a timely manner and ensure that all cash and checks received are deposited and reconciled.
• Review source documents for accuracy, completeness, consistency and propriety.
• Research and communicate with accounting, field staff and external customers to obtain missing information and clarify rules to properly classify transactions.
• Monitor and update information to ensure receipts are accurately classified and recorded properly according to policies and procedures.
• Review daily treasury statements.
• Examine the Statewide Financial Management Application (SFMA) receipts holding account balance monthly.
• Explain and communicate accounting policies, procedures and practices.
• Record local government investment pool draws.
• Monitor deposit slip inventory, distribute deposit slips to field offices and maintain the distribution log.
• To request a copy of the position description, which includes all duties and working conditions, please email ODOTRecruitment@odot.oregon.gov.  

What’s in it for you:

• Work/life balance, 11 paid holidays a year, flexible work schedules, paid leave and so much more. Learn more about working at the Oregon Department of Transportation and the benefits we offer.
• Comprehensive and equitable base salary offer within the listed range. Through an equal pay assessment, we will determine the salary offer using the information you provide in your submitted application materials. Please ensure your application materials are detailed, accurate and reflect your skills, experience (paid and unpaid) and education as they relate to the position when applying. 
• The salary range listed is the non-PERS monthly salary range. If you are already a participating PERS member or once you become PERS eligible, the salary range will increase by 6.95%.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness opportunity!

Minimum qualifications:

Two years of experience calculating, recording, and maintaining accounting information that must include coding transactions and checking them for propriety, balancing, and resolving discrepancies in computer edits.

OR

One year of experience calculating, recording, and maintaining accounting information that must include coding transactions and checking them for propriety, balancing, and resolving discrepancies in computer edits AND at least 43 quarter (29 semester) credit hours from an accredited college, university, or vocational-technical school that includes 9 quarter (6 semester) credit hours in accounting. Credit hours must include introductory level accounting courses 1 and 2.

OR

At least 94 quarter (62 semester) credit hours or an associate degree from an accredited college, university, or vocational-technical school that includes 12 quarter (8 semester) credit hours in accounting. Credit hours must include introductory level accounting courses 1 and 2 and may include any additional accounting courses with “accounting” in the title.

Note: Training or experience must include using a computer to enter, update, or retrieve information.

What we’d like to see:

If you have these attributes, let us know in your application materials! It's how we will choose whom to move forward! You do not need to have all these qualities to be eligible for this position. We may also use transferable skills, experience, education and alignment with ODOT values to help us decide who will move forward.

• Experience paying close attention to detail.
• Experience processing cash receipts and deposits.
• Experience working in large complex accounting systems.

Learn more and apply:

This recruitment closes at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, 2025.

Please note that we can only accept applications through our website.

Questions? Call 503-910-6372 or email ODOTRecruitmentCC@odot.oregon.gov.

ODOT is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer