Accounting Clerk I - Wake Correctional Center

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The NC Department of Adult Correction is one of the largest state agencies with more than 14,000 employees. It is responsible for safeguarding and preserving lives and property through prevention, protection, and preparation as well as the care, custody, and supervision of all adults sentenced for violating North Carolina laws. This department includes state prisons with custody, healthcare, and facility operations staff as well as probation/parole officers who supervised sentenced people in the community.

Other divisions include Administration, Health Services, Rehabilitation & Reentry, Special Operations and the Post-Release Supervision & Parole Commission. We have a mission that matters!

Reporting to the Administrative Officer I at a minimum custody male correctional facility, this position is responsible for monitoring the fiscal operations of the facility and ensuring adherence to Department of Adult Correction (DAC) Policies and Procedures.

• 1. Maintaining control and accountability of the offender banking system, writing checks and daily bank deposits.
• 2. Processing accounting actions for offender welfare expenditures.
• 3. Processing weekly offender money orders and requesting and monitoring service club balances.
• 4. Maintaining control and accountability of the offender canteen system, including monthly canteen reports.
• 5. Researching and responding to offender grievances.
• 6. Communicating and working well with staff at all levels, the general public and the offender population.
• 7. Analyzing data for accuracy, problem solving and interpreting DAC Policies and Procedures and Facility Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• 8. Working closely with the Administrative Officer to monitor the budget and verify expenditures.
• 9. Disseminating budget information to the Administrative Officer and preparing budget summary reports at least monthly.
• 10. Recommending budget transfers and monitoring all operational accounts to ensure funds for purchases are available.
• 11. Ensuring all uniform accounting procedures are followed in processing requisitions, P-Card purchases/reconciliation, direct payment forms, expense vouchers and vendor contacts.
• 12. Maintaining all logs, files and reports associated with procurement and accounts payable.
• 13. Reviewing all accounting reports on a monthly basis.

Candidates now meet the minimum qualifications of a position if they meet the Minimum Education and Experience listed on the vacancy announcement. The Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)/Management Preferences are not required but applicants who possess the following skills are preferred:

• Documented knowledge of general accounting.
• Documented working knowledge using Microsoft Excel.

• Health Insurance options
• Retirement Plans NCFlex
• Supplemental Benefits
• Paid Vacation, Sick, and Community Service Leave
• Paid Parental Leave

Salary Range: $31,200 - $51,249

This posting will close at 11:59 p.m. the night BEFORE the end date listed above. This is a full-time position (40 hours per week) with established working hours of Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm and may require working beyond normal work schedule to meet business need.

Wake Correctional Center Wake Correctional Center in Raleigh is a minimum-security prison for adult males. It is primarily a “work” unit in that 80 percent of the offenders leave the facility each day for incentive wage work assignments in various state agencies in the Wake County area. Offenders also work at other area adult correctional-facilities and Correction Enterprises operations. There are also offenders nearing their release date that participate on the work release program, leaving the facility to work for businesses in the community.

Incentive wage work assignments are also available at the prison in the food service, clothes house, janitorial, landscaping, maintenance, canteen, and recreation areas. Wake Technical Community College works with the prison to provide full-time vocational classes in Certified Communications, Heating/Air Conditioning and Electrical…