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Chisago CountyPosted 1 week ago

Accounting Technician HHS TEMPORARY

On-siteCenter City, Minnesota, United States

Part TimeSmall

Job Summary

Process receipts, disburse funds, and maintain accurate financial records for the Health and Human Services Department to meet local, state, and federal reimbursement requirements. Review and advise on social service case accounts, monitor contract agreements for errors, and prepare vouchers for recovery payments and child care services. Enter coded data into computer systems including IFS, VPS, and MAXIS, while setting up vendors, producing warrants, and reconciling monthly bank statements. Generate monthly and quarterly reports for agency use and prepare end-of-year fiscal reports for Board approval.

Required Qualifications

  • Associate/Technical Degree
  • Moderate experience involving a combination of office support and booking responsibilities
  • Knowledge of accounting principles and practices
  • Knowledge of office terminology, procedures, and equipment
  • Knowledge of business arithmetic and simple mathematics
  • Knowledge of automated accounting (i.e., receipts and disbursement processing, collections, data entry)
  • Ability to analyze workflow problems and to design procedures to increase efficiency and effectiveness of payments and reporting
  • Ability to recognize accounting problems and effect solutions
  • Ability to maintain accurate and timely records through all stages of accounting cycle
  • Ability to perform mathematical computations
  • Ability to follow written and detailed oral instructions
  • Ability to interpret bookkeeping records and documents and to prepare information in summary form
  • Ability to understand fiscal procedural and transactional practices
  • Ability to analyze financial records and reports, locate errors and recommend solutions to procedural other problems
  • Ability to maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, co-workers, and the public
  • Ability to operate a variety of office equipment
  • Ability to organize work efficiently
  • Ability to perform detailed work with speed and accuracy
  • Ability to work under pressure and willingness to accept responsibility for meeting deadlines
  • Experience in accounts payable/receivable
  • Experience working in state and county computer applications
  • Use of knowledge of computer systems including IFC, CSIS, VPS, MAXIS, MEC2, PRISM, SWS, SSIS

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