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Accounting Generalist
Job Title: Accounting Generalist
Branch or Department: Finance
Reports to: Accounting Manager
Supervises: N/A
FLSA Status: Overtime Non-Exempt
Benefits Classification: Full-time/Half-time
Salary/Wage: $26.70 per hour
Work Location: Administrative Headquarters
Work Schedule: M-F, 8:00am - 5:00pm, some flexibility required
Hours per Week/Year: 40/2080
Revision Date: February 2026
Anticipated Closing Date: Open until Filled
At Mid-Continent Public Library, we:
Imagine. We inspire innovation through curiosity and exploration.
Try new things. We empower what works and learn from the rest.
Lead the way. We connect people to information, ideas, and inspiration.
Welcome all. We embrace new perspectives and listen with humility.
Everything we do, we do together.
- Applicants are selected for interviews will be required to complete a basic assessment prior to their phone screen.
Position Overview
The Accounting Generalist performs bookkeeping and accounting support functions in accordance with established accounting principles, internal controls, and organizational policies to ensure financial accuracy and integrity.
Essential Functions
- Performs bank and purchasing card reconciliations
- Monitors accounts payable invoice approvals in financial software and assists with excess volume as well as communication with internal departments
- Manages the Organization’s Fleet Card Account
- Processes new vendor applications and updates vendor records as needed
- Recordkeeping and Reporting
- Utility Statement tracking and reconciliation for all locations
- Asset entry as needed
- Assist with 1099 Preparation annually
- Assists internal departments with applicable reporting needs
- Complies with Organization’s procedures to ensure compliance with internal controls as well as GAAP and GASB standards
- Provides Support
- Opens and distributes mail, manages Finance’s general delivery email account
- Serves as backup for accounts receivable functions as needed
- Serves as backup for accounts payable functions as needed
- Identifies, communicates and assists with opportunities for process improvement and implementation
- Assist Accounting Manager with training of staff
Education and Experience
- 3 years’ clerical or bookkeeping experience using applicable office productivity software in a professional office environment - Required
- Associate degree or higher with coursework in Accounting, Bookkeeping, or Finance OR Professional certification in Bookkeeping, Accounting, or Finance – Required
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
All successful team members at MCPL should demonstrate:
- Ability to use effective verbal, written, and discreet communication with management, co-workers, and the public.
- Knowledge of department processes and procedures and critical thinking skills to make decisions pertaining to the position.
- Proficiency in providing friendly and solution-oriented customer service attitude and delivery with internal and external customers.
- Fundamental understanding of their own contribution to a welcoming and respectful workplace and library for all.
- Strong ability to follow instructions and work as part of a team and independently.
- Reliable, punctual, and flexible with scheduling.
- Intermediate communication skills and the ability to stay calm under pressure.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing needs.
Additionally, this position requires:
- Job Knowledge
- Intermediate knowledge of MCPL procedures and functions to assist specialists with financial related tasks
- Demonstrates proficiency in understanding, implementing and explaining library finance related procedures and policies
- Intermediate knowledge to discern areas that may require additional focus and proactively adjust in workflow
- Technology including specific applications
- Intermediate knowledge of Teams, Microsoft office 365 applications including Word, Outlook, Excel and Teams
- Intermediate ability to create and maintain Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint, and other MS Office programs
- Communication (reading, writing, speaking)
- Intermediate verbal, written and confidential communication skills with management, coworkers, and the public
- Maintains strict confidentiality regarding employee, vendor, and financial information
- Ability to effectively communicate at an intermediate level on the phone, in person, virtually, and via email, with both internal and external customers
- Financial/Mathematical
- Intermediate knowledge of accounting and bookkeeping
- Demonstrates proficiency in understanding and adhering to accounting standards and guidelines
- Ability to effectively maintain financial records and reporting
- Teamwork
- Intermediate knowledge of the importance of Teamwork and collaboration within departments
- Demonstrates proficiency in the ability to maintain effective working relationships with others
- Ability to follow directions from multiple sources while maintaining collaborative relationships within the Finance team, as well as others system-wide
- Decision Making
- Demonstrates mature judgment and sound decision-making skills
- Ability to modify workflows depending on daily demands, obligations, and tasks
- Customer Service
- Demonstrates intermediate customer service skills through professional and collaborative interactions within the Finance team, coworkers and the public
- Ability to adapt to changing deadlines, workflows, and tasks assigned while maintaining a polite, professional and collaborative demeanor
Age Requirement
- Must be at least 18 years of age
Motor Vehicle Requirement
- Driver’s License and personal vehicle are not a requirement for this position
- If a person in this position agrees to drive for MCPL business on an irregular basis, they must have a valid driver’s license and a reliable personal vehicle for use in carrying out those duties, including transportation of materials and equipment (mileage reimbursed)
Work Environment
- (Indoor) Works primarily indoors with prolonged periods of sitting at a desk, working on a computer, and must have a reasonable tolerance for dust, mold, scents, allergens, and communicable diseases which enables the employee to handle library materials, work in older buildings and interact with coworkers and the public
Essential physical abilities to be accomplished with or without reasonable accommodation are:
Daily (greater than 50% of the time)
- Standing (up to 1 hour at a time)
- Walking (even ground)
- Lifting 1-10 pounds
- Sitting
- Receiving Communication and Instructions (vision, reading, hearing)
- Conveying Communication and Instructions (Speaking, writing)
- Using computer data entry tools - keyboard, mouse, touchscreen, scanner
Frequently (up to 50% of the time)
- Pushing/Pulling 1-10 pounds
Occasionally (approximately 1-2 times per month)
- Pushing/Pulling 11-25 pounds
- Bending/Stooping
Rarely (1-5 times per year)
- Standing (more than 1 hour at a time)
- Walking (variable surfaces)
- Lifting 11-40 pounds
- Lifting 40+ pounds
- Pushing/Pulling 26-40 pounds
- Pushing/Pulling 40+ pounds
- Kneeling
- Reaching above shoulder
- Climbing stepstools
- Climbing ladders
NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as required to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
All applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected class in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Any applicant requiring an accommodation should contact the Mid-Continent Public Library Human Resources Department at 816.836.5200.
Applicants will be considered for employment opportunities on the merits of their skills and experience related to the position sought. Employment offers are conditional upon submitting a criminal records check, identity verification, and national sex offender registry check. Applicants will not be denied employment solely or in part because of a prior conviction, unless MCPL determines the conviction is job-related. If a background check yields information that is of concern to MCPL, the applicant will be given an opportunity to review the background check findings and present information regarding inaccuracy, mitigating circumstances, and rehabilitation.
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