Job Description

Under general supervision, receives, disburses and accounts for large sums of money in connection with the payment of various types of bills; performs clerical work of average difficulty in the preparation and maintenance of related records; may exercise limited supervision over clerical staff; and performs related duties as required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

According to Civil Service Commission Rule 109, the duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to this job code/class and are not intended to be an inclusive list.

• Receives deposits of cash, checks, warrants and negotiable instruments from City departments as well as from other private and public sources; examines all checks, warrants and other financial instruments for accuracy according to the negotiable instruments laws.
• When assigned to Treasurer's office, may be required to pay out money from cash accounts against authorized demands, money for jury fees, welfare, miscellaneous payments, and cashing of warrants.
• Checks currency received for counterfeit bills; depending on assignment, may receive warrants from clearing houses with the responsibility to handle according to specific procedures.
• Keeps daily balance sheets of all money paid out; assures that disbursements are accurately posted to the proper cash account.
• May check monies received by subordinate personnel against receipts and verifies amounts.
• May arrange checks, drafts and money orders in appropriate sequence for de-posit; prepares deposit slips and receipts for active unverified deposits.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience: Two (2) years (equivalent to 4,000 hours) of verifiable experience as a cashier receiving deposits, applying payments to proper accounts and reconciling collections.

NOTE: Experience such as a Cashier Grocery Checker, Restaurant Cashier, Store/Department Store Cashier, Gasoline/Service Station Cashier or other retail cashiering is not qualifying experience.

**ACTION REQUIRED: Please complete a Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire (MQSQ) as part of your employment application. https://forms.office.com/g/Uf17f3s1Ud

Selection Procedures:
After application submission, candidates deemed qualified must complete all subsequent steps to advance in this selection process, which includes the following.

Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire (MQSQ): Candidates will be required to complete a MQSQ as part of the employment application at a later time. This MQSQ is designed to obtain specific information regarding an applicant's experience in relation to the Minimum Qualifications (MQ) for this position. The MQSQ will be used to evaluate if the applicant possesses the required minimum qualifications.

Written Multiple-Choice Examination (Weight: 100%)
Candidates deemed eligible and admitted to the selection process will be administered a written multiple-choice test designed to measure knowledge, skills and/or abilities in job-related areas.

Candidates must attain a minimum passing score on this test must be achieved in order to be placed/ranked on the Eligible List.

The above multiple-choice test component is a standardized exam and, therefore, test questions and test answers are not available for public inspection or review.

Scores attained on this component are "banked" for three years, starting from the date of the examination, and are applicable to both the 4320 and 4321 Cashier positions. This means that, should you apply during this three-year time period for a 4320 and/or 4321 job opportunity, you will not be required to re-take this test component. If the selection process for a future 4320 or 4321 Cashier job announcement is held within one year of the date of this examination and it includes this test component, your score on this test component automatically will be applied to that announcement. Please note that separate passing points for this test component will be applied with respect to the 4320 and 4321 Cashier selection processes (i.e., a higher passing point is applied with respect to 0931 HR recruitments). However, after one year, you have the option to either (a) apply your test score to the other announcement or (b) re-take this test component. Re-testing is permitted no sooner than one year from the date of the examination and only in association with your eligibility for another 4320 or 4321 Cashier job announcement for which this test component is used. Please note that, should you re-test, your re-test score would become your official score since it is the most recent.

Additional Information

Eligibility List/Score Report :
A confidential eligible list of applicant names that have passed the civil service examination process will be created, and used for certification purposes only. An examination score report will be established, so applicants can view the ranks, final scores and number of eligible candidates. Applicant information, including names of applicants on the eligible list, shall not be made public unless required by law. However, an eligible list shall be made available for public inspection, upon request, once the eligible list is exhausted or expired and referrals resolved. The eligible list/score report resulting from this civil service examination process is subject to change after adoption (e.g., as a result of appeals), as directed by the Human Resources Director or the Civil Service Commission.

Eligible List Duration: The eligible list resulting from this examination process will be 24 months.

To find Departments which use this classification, please see Position-Counts-by-Job-Codes-and-Department-FY-2023-24.pdf (sfdhr.org)

** Terms of Announcement and Appeal Rights:**

Applicants must be guided solely by the provisions of this announcement, including requirements, time periods and other particulars, except when superseded by federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations. Note: The correction of clerical errors in an announcement may be posted on the Department of Human Resources website at https://careers.sf.gov/. The terms of this announcement may be appealed under Civil Service Rule 110.4. Such appeals must be submitted in writing to the Department of Human Resources, 1 S Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103-5413 by close of business on the 5th business day following the issuance date of this examination announcement. Information concerning other Civil Service Commission Rules involving announcements, applications and examination policies, including applicant appeal rights, can be found on the Civil Service Commission website at https://sf.gov/departments/civil-service-commission.

Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

• Information About the Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview
• Equal Employment Opportunity
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Veterans Preference
• Seniority Credit in Promotional Exams
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

WHERE TO APPLY

All job applications for the City and County of San Francisco must be submitted through our online portal. Please visit https://careers.sf.gov/ to begin your application process. No other methods of application will be accepted.

**ACTION REQUIRED: Please complete a Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire (MQSQ) as part of your employment application. https://forms.office.com/g/Uf17f3s1Ud

Computers are available for the public (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday) to file online applications in the lobby of the Dept. of Human Resources at 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor and at the City Career Center at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 110.

Applicants will receive a confirmation email from notification@careers.sf.gov when their application is successfully submitted. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

Analyst Information:
If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact **** the analyst, Anita Nham, at Anita.Nham@sfgov.org.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.