Accounts Clerk

GEO Corrections & Detentions; Big Spring (TX); On-site; USD 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

401(k) Matching

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Health Savings Account

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Discount

Reduced Tuition Rates

Disability Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

401(k)

Pet Insurance

Dental Insurance

Paid Training

Flexible Spending Account

Job summary

GEO Corrections & Detentions is seeking a detail-oriented Accounting Clerk to manage detainee accounts and routine clerical functions in a high-security facility. You will balance accounts, enter data, and prepare essential reports to ensure accurate records and processing, complying with policy and law.

You will work with the commissary and management teams to maintain financial integrity and support smooth detainee processing, with responsibilities expanding to release- related tasks as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Two years of progressive clerical experience with emphasis on fiscal duties.
• Ability to work with computers and accounting software used by the department.
• General clerical aptitude with strong English grammar and spelling.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to follow moderately complex instructions and interact with the public and inmates.

Responsibilities

• Balances assigned accounts on a daily basis.
• Data entry and maintenance of computerized files.
• Collects and credits detainee accounts for cash, money orders, or checks.
• Processes withdrawal transactions ensuring expenditures stay within limits.
• Collaborates with commissary staff to credit detainee accounts for purchases.
• Develops and submits required detainee account reports and audits.
• Assists in detainee release procedures when required.

Skills

Data entry

Organizational skills

Communication

Bookkeeping

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

Benefits Information

Full-time employees will enjoy a competitive benefits package with options for you and your family including:

• * Paid Time Off
• * Paid Holidays
• * 401(k) Matching
• * Health Insurance
• * Vision Insurance
• * Life Insurance
• * Health Savings Account
• * Tuition Reimbursement
• * Employee Discount
• * Reduced Tuition Rates
• * Disability Insurance
• * Employee Assistance Program
• * 401(k)
• * Pet Insurance
• * Dental Insurance
• * Paid Training
• * Flexible Spending Account

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Overview

Are you looking for a career you can feel good about? We hire only those that strive to do their best. By joining our family, you'll receive the honor and recognition that comes with working for the industry's global leader in evidenced based rehabilitation.

Who We Are:

GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.

Why Work for GEO:

• We believe that work is more than a place you go to every day. It is about being inspired and motivated to achieve extraordinary things.
• Employee benefits play an important role in making The GEO Group a great place to work. At GEO, we believe in the three pillars of employee wellbeing: physical, emotional, and financial. With comprehensive benefits and competitive wages, we trust that you will find all the resources you need here to be successful.

Responsibilities

Summary:

Creates and maintains financial records of individual detainee accounts. The duties typically include performing routine accounting clerical operations such as examining, verifying, and correcting accounting transactions to ensure completeness and accuracy of data.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Balances assigned accounts on a daily basis.
• Assists with data entry and maintenance of computerized files.
• Collects and counts cash, money orders, or certified checks that has been accepted for detainee and credits the amount to the appropriate detainee account.
• Makes withdrawal transactions on individual detainee accounts for various payments ensuring that expenditures will not exceed obligations in the accounts.
• Works in conjunction with the commissary staff to credit the appropriate detainee account for purchases from the commissary when necessary.
• Develops and submits required reports relative to the facility detainee account system, as well as other reports required. Audits the detainee accounts pursuant to facility and client policy.
• Tracks the intake of new detainees daily to create new detainee accounts.
• Closes detainee accounts prior to the release of an detainee Assists in the detainee release process as required.
• Places checks on hold, tracks holds, and releases funds when appropriate.
• Restricts detainee accounts when the detainees' are placed on restrictive status.
• Completes forms to be used by the U.S. Courts which involves computing an average daily balance on an individual account for a six (6) month period.
• May sell meal tickets to staff and balance the meal ticket drawer weekly.
• Responds to incoming telephone calls and takes messages in the absence of management personnel.
• Maintains strict control of all equipment and supplies used in performance of duty especially those items that could be used for illicit purposes. Reports any missing or damaged items immediately to appropriate supervisory staff.
• Assists in maintaining facility security, especially in area of responsibility, and promptly reports any violations or security hazards to appropriate supervisory staff. Provides assistance at other clerical posts as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent certification required. Courses in high school accounting or accounting for bookkeepers offered by a college preferred.
• Two (2) years of progressive clerical experience with emphasis on fiscal and accounting duties.
• Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.
• General clerical aptitude.
• Working knowledge of bookkeeping practices and business English with good grammatical and spelling skills, and ability to develop correspondence, reports and operational directives.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to understand and carry out moderately complex oral and written instructions; to make minor decisions in accordance with rules and regulations as they apply to work problems; to maintain company records; and to meet and deal effectively with the public and inmates
• Must be able to deal with people in a variety of changing and complex situations.
• Ability to understand and carry out moderately complex oral and written instructions.

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