Accounting Clerk 2

State of Iowa • Cherokee - 51012 - Cherokee County, IA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Division of State-Operated Specialty Care, Bureau of Cherokee Mental Health Institute (CMHI) is seeking a full-time Accounting Clerk 2 to join our team! The Accounting Clerk 2 performs clerical recordkeeping tasks. This position audits/verifies funds and accounts, maintains cash sheets, tracks patient funds, and serves as the back-up for billing and revenue recording. Additional responsibilities include routine reconciliation operations involving a variety of documents. Applicants will be required to complete a background check to be considered for this position. CMHI provides active inpatient treatment to adults in need of acute psychiatric care. The facility offers several services including individualized treatment plans. Support for patients with special education needs to continue their education is provided, and individuals are encouraged to collaborate with staff members in formulating their own plan. Medication, group counseling, and activities therapies might be included as well.

Requirements

• Graduation from high school or G.E.D. equivalency and two years of clerical accounting experience which involved the compilation, tabulation, examination, verification or recording of financial, statistical or related fiscal data using elementary bookkeeping principles and practices
• OR the successful completion of a post-high school vocational/technical, business college, or area community college curriculum in accounting which included concentrated course work equivalent to twenty semester hours (or more) in accounting
• OR an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of employment in clerical office work for each year of the required education
• OR substituting the successful completion of thirty semester hours or the academic equivalent in a post high school Business, Accounting or closely related curriculum for each year of the required experience
• OR any equivalent combination of qualifying education or experience
• OR employees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes the equivalent of twelve months of full-time work as an Accounting Clerk 1 shall be considered as qualifying
• Applicants will be required to complete a background check to be considered for this position.

Responsibilities

• Audits/verifies funds and accounts
• Maintains cash sheets
• Tracks patient funds
• Serves as the back-up for billing and revenue recording
• Performs routine reconciliation operations involving a variety of documents

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Paid Time Off (vacation, sick leave, and paid holidays)
• Retirement Plans (IPERS and Retirement Investors Club)
• Flexible Spending Accounts for medical and dependent care expenses
• Life insurance
• Free long-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Discount Programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED