Accountant V - SSLC​/SH Team Lead

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Functional

Title:

Accountant V - SSLC/SH Team Lead

Job Title:

Accountant V

Agency:
Health & Human Services Comm

Department: HHSC Accounting

Posting Number: 12195

Closing Date: 01/16/2026

Posting Audience:
Internal and External

Occupational Category:
Business and Financial Operations

Salary Group: TEXAS-B-22

Salary Range: $6,000.00 - $6,300.00

Pay Frequency:
Monthly

Shift: Day

Additional

Shift:

Telework:
Not Eligible for Telework

Travel:
Up to 25%

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Full Time/Part Time:
Full time

FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt:
Nonexempt

Facility

Location:

Job Location City: AUSTIN

Job Location Address: 4601 W GUADALUPE ST

Other Locations:

MOS Codes: X,651X,751X,,A,70C,90A,36B,89A,65FX,65WX,6F0X1,F&S,FIN
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Accountant V - SSLC/SH Team Lead

Performs accounting work involving maintaining, posting, and balancing accounting and financial statements, records, documents, or reports. May specialize in some phase of accounting work such as federal funds accounting.

Brief

Job Description:

Performs highly complex (senior-level) accounting work in the Accounts Receivable Department.

Serves as Team Lead to guide the team to adapt evolving internal procedures and to support the team tasks to be processed completely and accurately.

Works involves preparing and overseeing the preparation of financial analyses and reports: establishing, maintaining, and overseeing accounting systems, procedures, and controls and balancing financial records to maintain the agency's Accounts Receivable subsidiary ledger.

Assists State Supported Living Center (SSLC) and State Hospital (SH) accounting teams in compliance with the policy. Responsible for planning, organizing, managing workloads and training new hires as Team Lead.

Reviews and approves a variety of reconciliation reports monthly or quarterly.

Assists in conducting unannounced in person or virtual audits throughout the year and completing annual audit reports to the management.

Works under general to limited supervision of the manager, with moderate to considerable latitude use of initiative and independent judgment. Internally and externally communicate with the other accounting teams within/outside the agency.

Essential Job Functions (EJFs):

Attends work on a regular basis and may be required to work a specific shift schedule or, at times, even a rotating schedule, extended shift and/or overtime in accordance with agency leave policy and performs other duties as assigned.

Performs highly complex (senior-level) accounting work. Works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. This is the first of the senior levels. Employees at this level may:

* Reviews and releases deposit and correction journals in the State Accounting systems. Communicate with the SSLC/SH regional accounting team to resolve discrepancies. (10%)

* Oversees the team's tasks to be completed daily, monthly or quarterly and assist them with supporting researching. (20%)

* Oversees a variety of revenue reports from SSLC and SH regional accounting teams, Comptroller office, and within the agency and reconcile monthly or quarterly. (20%)

* Responds to daily inquiries and questions from the SSLC and SH accounting teams and from within/outside the agency. (20%)

* Prepare and host meetings with internal and external parties to resolve discrepancies. (10%)

* Assist in conducting unannounced in person or virtual petty cash audits. (10%)

* Work on special projects assigned by management including ad hoc requests. Support AR management as needed and assigned. (10%)

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

(KSAs):

* Knowledge of generally accepted…