ACCOUNTS CLERK

Job Description

Job Description

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

The Accounts Clerk creates and maintains financial records of individual inmate 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

• Balance assigned accounts on a daily basis.
• Assist with data entry and maintenance of computerized files.
• Collect and count cash, money orders, or certified checks that has been accepted for inmates and credits the amount to the appropriate inmate account.
• Make withdrawal transactions on individual inmate accounts for various payments ensuring that expenditures will not exceed obligations in the accounts.
• Work in conjunction with the commissary staff to credit the appropriate inmate account for purchases from the commissary when necessary.
• Develop and submit required reports relative to the facility inmate account system, as well as other reports required. Audits the inmate accounts pursuant to facility and client policy.
• Track the intake of new inmates daily to create new inmate accounts in the KEEP Account System.
• Close inmate accounts prior to the release of an inmate. Assists in the inmate release process as required.
• Place checks on hold, tracks holds, and releases funds when appropriate.
• Restrict inmate accounts when the inmates are placed on FRP Refuse status or receive disciplinary action.
• Complete forms to be used by the U.S. Courts which involves computing an average daily balance on an individual account for a six-month period.
• May sell meal tickets to staff and balance the meal ticket drawer weekly.
• Respond to incoming telephone calls and takes messages in the absence of management personnel.
• Maintain strict control of all equipment and supplies used in performance of duty especially those items that could be used for illicit purposes. Report any missing or damaged items immediately to appropriate supervisory staff.
• Assist in maintaining facility security, especially in area of responsibility, and promptly reports any violations or security hazards to appropriate supervisory staff. Provide assistance at other clerical posts as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• High school diploma or GED 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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