Accounting Technician 1

Alaskajobs; Juneau (AK); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance Benefits

Retirement Benefits

Paid Leave

twelve paid holidays per year

Job summary

Office of Children's Services in Juneau, Alaska is hiring an Accounting Technician 1 to manage provider records, set up vendors, and ensure timely payments for foster care, childcare, adoption, and out-of-state providers.

The role emphasizes auditing provider accounts for overpayments, notifying providers in writing, and coordinating collection methods, while supporting field workers and care providers in payment regulations and policy compliance.

Qualifications

• One year of clerical work experience maintaining records, including use of computer systems.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic calculations.
• Familiarity with provider payments and accounting processes is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists in maintaining provider records and setting up vendors/providers; ensures foster care, childcare, adoption, and out-of-state providers are paid timely and accurately.
• Serves as a resource for field workers and care providers to ensure payments comply with regulations and policy.
• Audits provider accounts to identify overpayments, issues written notification to providers, and coordinates debt collection approaches.

Skills

Learning

Self-Management

Oral and Written Communication

Customer Service

Computer Skills

Education

One year clerical work experience with computer systems

Formal vocational education in accounting or bookkeeping substitution

Post secondary education substitution (3 sem/4 quarter hours = 1 month)

Job description

Job Description

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Please check our

residency definition

to determine if you qualify

.

TheDepartment of Family and Community Services,

Office of Children's Services (OCS)

is

recruiting for full-time

Accounting Technician 1

located in

Juneau, Alaska.

What you will be doing

The Accounting Technician 1 assists in maintaining provider records, setting up vendors/providers, and ensuring foster care, childcare, adoption, and out-of-state providers are paid in a timely and accurate manner. To be a resource for the field workers and care providers to ensure that payment regulations and departmental policy are properly utilized in making payments. This position further focuses on auditing provider accounts to determine when overpayments have occurred, providing written notification to providers regarding the overpayments, and then working with them to determine most appropriate method of collection.

Our organization, mission and culture

The

Office of Children's Services

strives for a diverse and inclusive workforce where safety and wellbeing are paramount and employees at all levels promote a culture where everyone is valued, treated equitably, and treated respectfully.

The Mission of the Office of Children's Services is: Ensuring the safety, permanency and well-being of children by strengthening families, engaging communities, and partnering with Tribes.

Everything we do is underpinned by our

Core Values

Benefits of joining our team

Joining our team will provide you with the satisfaction of working with a dynamic, diverse, and high performing team while simultaneously having a positive impact by providing support to OCS employees as well as the children and families of Alaska!

Full-time benefits of this position include but are not limited to:

• Insurance Benefits
• Retirement Benefits
• Paid Leave
• twelve paid holidays per year.

Please see the benefits tab on this posting for more information.

Working environment you can expect

This position is located in the Goldstein Building in beautiful downtown Juneau.

For information on the Juneau community (including schools, hospitals, housing) please review the

Alaska Community Profiles

.

We are seeking a candidate with the following competencies:

• Learning: Uses efficient learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills; uses training, feedback, or other opportunities for self-learning and development.
• Self-Management: Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.
• Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Customer Service: Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside State government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.
• Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.

Special Note

All positions require valid ID and successful completion of a background investigation, including fingerprinting and a criminal records check.

A cover letter is NOT required for this position.

Your complete application will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process.

To view the general description and example of duties for an Accounting Technician 1, please go to the following link:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

Minimum Qualifications

One year of clerical work experience maintaining records that included using computer systems and performing basic arithmetic calculations.

Substitutions:

Successful completion of a formal vocational education program in accounting or bookkeeping will substitute for the required experience.

Post secondary education from an accredited college will substitute for the required experience (3 semester/4 quarter hours equal one month).

Additional Required Information

At time of interview applicant is requested to submit

:

A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial are acceptable but must include the institution name/URL on documents provided) if required to meet minimum qualifications.

A list of three (3) professional* references including daytime telephone numbers and email address; at least two (2) of these must be from a current or former supervisor.

Professional is defined as a supervisor or an individual who has direct knowledge of your work performance.

Please read the below information carefully. This applies to your application submission.

NOTE:

Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety.

Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.

EDUCATION

To verify education being used to meet the required minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials being used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position and are required with each application. (Unofficial are okay, please ensure that the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts). Transcripts can be attached at the time of application, provided at the time of interview or if not provided, transcripts will be required prior to appointment.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university.

It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

Omission of required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application and you will not receive further consideration.

WORK EXPERIENCE

When using work experience not already documented in your application, please provide the employer name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. Work experience needed to meet the minimum qualifications must be documented in the application. If the application does not support minimum qualifications, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment. A resume will not be used to determine that minimum qualifications have been met for the position in which you are applying.

If you are currently or previously been appointed to a flexibly staffed position please ensure your work experience within a flexibly staffed position indicates the actual dates empl