Accountant I

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Functional

Title:

Accountant I

Job Title:

Accountant I

Agency:
Health & Human Services Comm

Department:
Accounting inancial Services

Posting Number: 20014

Closing Date: 08/26/2026

Posting Audience:
Internal and External

Occupational Category:
Business and Financial Operations

Salary Range: $3,248.00-$4,837.08

Pay Frequency:
Monthly

Salary Group: TEXAS-B-15

Shift: Day

Additional Shift:

Telework:
Not Eligible for Telework

Travel:
Up to 5%

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Full Time/Part Time:
Full time

FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt:
Nonexempt

Facility

Location:

Abilene State Supported Living Center

Job Location City: ABILENE

Job Location Address: 2501 MAPLE ST

Other Locations:
Abilene

MOS Codes: X,651X,751X,,A,70C,90A,36B,89A,65FX,65WX,6F0X1,F&S,FIN
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If you are looking for a place to work where you can establish a career that is filled with purpose, this is the job for you!

The Accountant I reports directly to the Regional Accounting Manager and provides administrative and financial support services. The Accountant I routinely performs entry-level accounting work for the financial office, such as, handling trust fund and petty cash reimbursements, requisition entry, telecommunication coordination, expenditure transfer vouchers, payroll/paymaster duties (employees and client/resident), and backup Accounting Technician II as needed.

The Accountant I must have a working knowledge of the HHSC rules and facility policies and procedures, demonstrate the ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing and provide training as needed to other employees. Completion of job duties requires working under limited supervision with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment and providing excellent customer service to all consumers.

The Accounting Technician II reports directly to the Financial Officer at the facility (state hospital or state-supported living center) and provides administrative and financial support services. The Accounting Technician II routinely performs highly complex (senior-level) technical accounting support work for the financial office in areas of bookkeeping and financial activities (such as, handling all processing in the trust fund system, pro-card coordination, deposits, travel coordination, paymaster tasks (non-regional office), review and audit cash, voucher prep/scanning (regional office only), deposit and reconciliation reports for Accountant IV at RBMO, and backup cashier as needed).

Attends work on a regular and predictable schedule in accordance with agency leave policy and performs other duties as assigned.

• Coordinates with State Office Paymasters, Warrant Distribution, and Time Labor and Leave personnel on internal payroll matters. This includes monitoring employees leave status as well as if they are retiring, terminating or transferring to another agency/job to prevent salary over payments. Process voucher reversals and cancellations to prevent salary over payments for terminated employees. Create packets of salary over payment information to send to State office paymasters as well as the certified letters to the terminated employee on the over payment.
  
  Track when salary over payments are paid back from the employee. Produce warrant registers to verify payment and employment details and prepare payroll warrants for distribution to employees. Assists employees with any payroll and insurance related questions.
• Generate and process purchase vouchers for clients/residents payroll workshop program from their timesheets. Track and report the clients/residents earnings in a spreadsheet for State Office Accounting 1099 reporting at the end of the year.
• Entry of trust fund and petty cash reimbursement vouchers. Requires auditing and verification of all source documents from the facilities. Emphasis is placed on accuracy of the request documents and receipts as well as timeliness of…