Accounting Support Technician 1
About The Position
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Division of State-Operated Specialty Care, Bureau of Woodward Resource Center (WRC), is seeking an Accounting Support Technician 1 for its Administrative Services division. The role serves as the facility representative accounting for benefits for individuals served at WRC and reports to the Public Service Manager 2. It maintains financial records and accounts for approximately 110 individuals living on the WRC campus, receives funds into designated accounts, and provides backup support for the Facility Rep Payee office. The position also collaborates with auditors, surveyors, Central Office, and other customers and performs general office duties. Applicants must complete a background check. This is a full-time position with a Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. schedule and opportunity for advancement, growth, and development.
Requirements
- Meet at least one minimum qualification: one year of full-time work experience processing financial or related data within established systems and procedures, including verifying, entering, or maintaining transaction records; or one year of combined education and/or qualifying full-time experience, with 30 semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in accounting or business equaling one year of full-time experience.
- Complete a background check to be considered for the position.
Responsibilities
- Maintain financial records for approximately 110 individuals living on the WRC campus and ensure each account is correct.
- Post transactions to individual accounts with accuracy, discretion, and sound judgment, analyzing applicable procedures and accounts.
- Receive daily funds into the Sales & Collections account for photocopies, personal telephone bills, and other miscellaneous services billed by the Business Office.
- Receive funds into the Special Funds account for donations, committees, vocational funds, and other miscellaneous money collected.
- Serve as backup for the Accounting Clerk 2 in the Facility Rep Payee office.
- Work with auditors, surveyors, Central Office, and other customers.
- Answer the telephone, send faxes, sort mail, and file.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid vacation leave (96 hours per year to begin, increasing with years of service)
- Paid sick leave (144 hours per year)
- Paid holidays (9 days per year)
- IPERS retirement plan, with employee and state contributions
- Retirement Investors Club (RIC) Employer Sponsored Retirement Plan, with the state matching dollar for dollar up to $75 per month
- Flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care expenses
- Life insurance
- Free long-term disability insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee discount programs
- Competitive salary
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
