Accounting Tech III - OCY

SUMMARY This employee will serve as a member of the Fiscal Unit and reports to the Fiscal Supervisor for Children & Youth/Finance & Administration. The position is responsible for providing accurate fiscal records, monitoring costs, assisting with contract procurement, processing payment invoices and stipends, creating quarterly fiscal reports, processing payroll, Social Security payments, Title IV-E payments while assuring internal controls and compliance with prescribed accounting and fiscal procedures.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitoring and tracking services eligible for Federal funding; such as Title IV-E, TANF, and Medicaid for compliance, invoicing and reports. Creates, maintains and updates computerized reports through review of source documents including internal and State documents and service provider invoices.
• Compiling various data on service provision and budgetary expenditures from internal, State and federal documents, invoices and spreadsheets into report format. Responsible for retrieving data to complete quarterly fiscal reports such foster care and adoption, SPLC, and vendor payment reports. Completed reports are distributed to various departments and individuals for use as reference material and for administrative analysis in determining service delivery levels, budgetary issues, statistical compilation, and program effectiveness.
• The employee is responsible for verifying the client’s placement location, dates of service, and type of service provided, via the ACYS database to ensure accuracy and proper payment.
• Uses computer spreadsheet and word processing software programs to complete job responsibilities. Responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining spreadsheet applications to support the storage, management, analysis, and reporting of fiscal data and financial records.
• Uses source documents including internal forms and service invoices to maintain detailed data on cost codes, expenditures and service providers, on daily basis, to maintain ledgers and reports. Monthly balances are conducted from accumulated data for budgetary control and future use in compiling statistics and generating reports for distribution to County, State and Federal sources.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements

• One year of experience in accounting or two years of experience in grant accounting; or
• A bachelor’s degree in accounting or related business field; or
• Two years of experience and an associate’s degree; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

Competencies, Skills and Other Experience

• Thorough knowledge of bookkeeping principles and practices.
• Some knowledge of accounting principles and methods.
• Knowledge of modern office practices, databases, and equipment including computer proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including but not limited to Word, Outlook, Excel & Access.
• Ability to perform detailed work involving written or numerical data, make arithmetical calculations rapidly and accurately, track and monitor information on computerized spreadsheets, databases or other electronic methods.
• Ability to prepare computerized financial reports and statements.
• Ability to apply and adapt established methods to financial transactions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands and work environment here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; see; talk and hear.
• Significant and repeated use of a keyboard.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Onsite in-person attendance is required as directed by Supervisor or Director.
• The Finance Team operates under a hybrid onsite work model. Onsite, in-person attendance is required as directed by the Supervisor or Director.
• This position is subject to mandates requiring Child Abuse, Criminal History, and FBI Clearances for employment.\

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EOE Montgomery County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Benefits

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