**We have an opening on our Finance team for an Accounting Assistant I**
Job Title: #2139 Accounting Assistant I, Bilingual Preferred
Job Type: Full time, Bargaining Unit, Non-exempt, Hourly
Location: Santa Barbara
Salary:
Starting Salary:$25.61 - $28.20 (full range: $25.61 - $32.07)
Please apply using ONE of the following links:
https://tri-counties.hiringplatform.com/372454-2138-accounting-assistant-i-sb/1421565-initial-form/en
OR
https://tri-counties.hiringplatform.com/373417-2139-accounting-assistant-i-bilingual-preferred/1424850-initial-form/en
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Retirement plan
- Referral program
- Flexible spending account
- Employee assistance program
- LCSW Supervision hours program
Job Summary: Performs various accounting tasks, with emphasis on review and payment of invoices, and ensuring proper documentation for audits. Provides other duties to support the Purchase of Services (POS) accounting team and Department of Finance & Administration.
Department: Finance & Administration
Reports To: POS Accounts Payable Supervisor
Primary Functions:
1. Process electronic bills on a daily basis. Prepare and key paper vendor invoices for payment.
2. Access electronic bills directly online to verify compliance with required backup. Sort and distribute to accounting staff.
3. Run attendance reports for any pro-rated billings for residential facilities and calculate correct payment amount using DDS approved methodology.
4. Contact providers for any reconciliation/back-up issues in a timely manner.
5. Reconcile invoices to edit & posting reports.
6. Research & reconcile vendor payments. Research IHSS reversals.
7. Provide assistance to vendors / service coordinators.
8. Assist vendors on using the eBilling system and the Service Provider Portal.
9. Distribute, collect and verify completeness and accuracy of enrollment forms for eBilling system, Service Provider Portal and direct deposit and enter into the system.
10. Assist with yearly independent audit.
11. Assists in all POS mailings.
12. Match and file invoices after each check run.
13. Process P&I payments monthly.
14. Process death certificate payments, as needed.
15. Ensure proper audit trail is maintained.
16. Performs work in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and practices, and with TCRC policies and procedures.
17. Month end processing.
18. Requests for additional bills.
19. Process Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) invoices.
20. Generate daily invoices.
21. Reissue voided checks.
22. Backup for printing and sorting invoices.
23. Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Abilities, and Other Skills Required:
· Strong knowledge of accounting principles and procedures and ability to apply these in the work performed.
· Ability to analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action. Problem solving experience.
· Successful and timely management of multiple projects and tasks concurrently.
· Knowledge of monitoring and tracking methods and ability to apply these to work performed.
· Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills. Communicates with respect, openly, directly and effectively. Responds professionally.
· Positive and responsive attitude.
· Excellent organizational and planning skills.
· Ability to work effectively with a variety of different people. Team player.
· Thinks ahead, minimizing potential problems. Proactive in identifying areas to improve.
· Takes initiative to learn new procedures, computer systems and accounting processes.
· 10-key by touch
· Intermediate to advanced level knowledge of Excel, Word, e-mail, Internet and accounting software.
Minimum Qualifications:
· High School diploma or equivalent. Completion of some college level courses in accounting, business, economics, math or finance.
· 1-2 years accounts payable or other general accounting experience. TCRC experience may be considered in lieu of this prerequisite.
· Data entry, Word, Excel, email and computerized accounting experience.
Physical Requirements:
Position requires the ability to work independently. Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer. This is primarily a sedentary office classification. The position also requires grasping, repetitive hand movement, finger dexterity and fine coordination in preparing statistical reports and data using a computer keyboard and calculator.
Additionally, the position requires near, far, and color vision in reading correspondence, statistical data, and using the computer. Hearing and speech are required to communicate in person, before groups and over the telephone.
Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push and pull materials and objects necessary to perform job functions. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 lbs. and infrequently up to 20 lbs. The position requires standing, walking, reaching, twisting, turning, kneeling, bending, squatting, and stooping in the performance of daily office activities. Work is performed in an office setting with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees may encounter upset individuals over the phone and/or in person. Each of these physical tasks is an essential function of the position.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $25.61 - $28.20 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
