ACCOUNTANT - Upward Mobility Program

Website State of Illinois - Department of Human Services

Posting Identification Number 42615

 

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Position Overview

The Office of Fiscal Services is seeking to hire an Accountant for the Bureau of Collection Services, located in Springfield Illinois.  Under general supervision in the Revenue Management, Bureau of Collection Services, Office of Fiscal Services, DHS, assist in performing professional accounting work in processing the Department's receivables from the Offset Programs and in maintaining and examining the Department's Accounts Receivable System (ARS), Enterprise Resources Planning Program (ERP) and the Integrated Eligibility System (IES) for client overpayment accounts.

Essential Functions

Maintains and reconciles logs of voluntary payment plans on client overpayment accounts.
Monitors, research, and reconciles payment activity of client overpayment accounts on the Accounts Receivable System (ARS) and/or the Integrated Eligibility System (IES).
Provides technical assistance to staff in Collections and Cash/Revenue Management regarding the appropriate processing of receivables from the Offset Programs.
Compiles and prepares a wide variety of complex financial/statistical reports on a weekly, monthly, and annual basis, with detailed emphasis on the voluntary and involuntary payments from offset programs.
Assists Unit supervisor and management staff with special projects which include the development of additional reports to improve efficiency and enhancements to the receivables systems as recommended in audit findings.
Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college, with courses in business administration and accounting OR four (4) years of technical accounting experience.
*Qualifying state employees in the Upward Mobility Program shall have the stated requirements of this classification waived by successful completion of a qualifying examination.

To apply for this job please visit illinois.jobs2web.com.

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