Accountant

About This Role

The Accountant will review incoming credit and debit card payments to identify and prevent potential fraud, recognize high-risk behavioral patterns, and develop fraud detection methods. This role resolves aged RDIs and Recoupments, and recovers outstanding debt owed to the Child Support Bureau (CSB).

Responsibilities

• Gain and maintain robust knowledge of the legacy child support enforcement system (ISETS)
• Research potential fraudulent credit/debit card payments, recognizing red flags, properly holding funds pending chargeback notice
• Recommend changes in fraud preventative measures and assist in developing new procedures
• Track all payment or account level holds and timely review any remaining holds for additional follow-up or release
• Obtain proper verification of payments by authenticating cardholders via email, phone, or mailed correspondence
• Adjust funds from accounts due to chargeback losses and invoices and send repayment correspondence to participants as necessary
• Open/close/hold accounts through advanced access in system for internal staff, counties
• Perform necessary outreach and provide resolution efforts for recovery of outstanding debt owed to CSB
• Reconcile accounts and subsidiary ledgers with general ledger
• Post transactions to cost summary journals
• Prepare a variety of accounting and financial reports from the accounts maintained
• Prepare, correct, and adjust entries prior to closing accounts
• Analyze procurement activity and disbursal of funds and assist in the preparation of program area budget requests
• Review accounts to ensure availability of funds before encumbrances and advises supervisor if account balance is not in agreement with State Auditor’s Office
• Ensure all contractual obligations are fulfilled prior to payment to vendors for services or purchases
• Secure specifications and requisitions for purchases of equipment, furniture, and supplies
• Monitor verification and editing of ledger input to computerized accounting system for the specific program area
• Recommend changes in accounting policies and methods and assist in developing accounting procedures

Requirements

• Broad knowledge of theories, principles, and practices of public accounting
• Broad knowledge of federal and state laws, policies and procedures pertaining to government accounting and bookkeeping
• Broad knowledge of agency function and organization
• Broad knowledge of automated accounting systems
• Ability to solve standard accounting problems
• Ability to evaluate and recommend modifications to existing accounting policy and procedures
• Ability to prepare and interpret financial statements and reports
• Ability to assist in budget preparation
• Ability to accurately perform arithmetic calculations
• Effective communication skills

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits