Account Clerk V, General Accounting

Job Description

This position maintains departmental control accounts for appropriated and non-appropriated funds characterized by unusual accounting features; may supervise and participate in the maintenance of program control accounts characterized by unusual accounting features and performs other related duties as assigned. This position may bill, reconcile and record hospital acute, long-term care and other payments in a timely manner. Payments may be posted manually or electronically.

This position may communicate directly with providers of services, insurance agencies and recipients of services or their responsible parties.

To qualify, you must meet all of the following requirements. Please note that unless specifically indicated, the required education and experiences may not be gained concurrently. In addition, qualifying work experience is credited based on a 40-hour workweek.

Applicants must possess six (6) months of work experience which demonstrated knowledge of arithmetic and spelling and possession of the abilities to follow oral and written directions; ability to write simply and directly; and ability to compare words and numbers quickly and accurately.

Applicants must possess four (4) years of work experience which involved posting to accounting records and other systematizing of fiscal information, i.e., computing, classifying and recording numerical data to keep sets of financial accounting records complete and to derive reports therefrom. Such experience must have demonstrated knowledge of standard accounting classification and terminology pertinent to accounts maintenance operations and office practices and procedures relating to the processing and recording of transactions and accounting information.

This work must have involved reconciling accounts (i.e., checking for errors, balancing, and going back to original source document for verification); and the preparation of standard financial statements.

Applicants must possess supervisory aptitude. Supervisory aptitude is the demonstration of aptitude or potential for the performance of supervisory duties through successful completion of regular or special assignments which involve some supervisory responsibilities or aspects; by serving as a group or team leader, previous work experience in a position that demonstrates or performs supervisory functions or in similar work in which opportunities for demonstrating supervisory capabilities exist;

by completion of training courses in supervision accompanied by application of supervisory skills in work assignments; or by favorable appraisals by a supervisor indicating the possession of supervisory potential.

1. Graduation from high school with courses in basic English and arithmetic may be substituted for six (6) months of General Experience.

2. Successful completion of a substantially full-time equivalent accounting curriculum: leading to a degree or diploma at an accredited business school, community college, or other comparable institution which included accounting courses in double-entry procedures in analyzing, recording and summarizing transactions; and the preparation and interpretation of financial statements, may be substituted for Specialized Experience on the basis of one (1) year of such training for one (1) school year of experience, up to a maximum of two (2) years.

3. Completion of one (1) school year of (more than one year program) substantially full-time accounting curriculum which normally leads to a degree or diploma at an accredited business school, community college, or other comparable institution which included accounting courses in double-entry procedures in analyzing, recording and summarizing transactions; and the preparation and interpretation of financial statements may be substituted for one (1) year of Specialized Experience.

4. Education in an accredited university in a baccalaureate program may be substituted for Specialized Experience on the following basis:

a) A baccalaureate degree in accounting will be deemed to…