Accounting Clerk 2

Position Overview The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Division of State-Operated Specialty Care, Bureau of Cherokee Mental Health Institute (CMHI) is seeking a full-time Accounting Clerk 2 to join our team. CMHI provides active inpatient treatment to adults in need of acute psychiatric care. Responsibilities Perform clerical record‑keeping tasks. Audit and verify funds and accounts, maintain cash sheets, track patient funds, and serve as back‑up for billing and revenue recording. Conduct routine reconciliation operations involving a variety of documents. Qualifications Applicants will be required to complete a background check to be considered. Graduation from high school or G.E.D. equivalency and two years of clerical accounting experience involving compilation, tabulation, examination, verification or recording of financial, statistical or related fiscal data using elementary bookkeeping principles and practices. OR Successful completion of a post‑high‑school vocational/technical, business college, or community college curriculum in accounting including at least twenty semester hours (or more) in accounting. OR Equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of clerical office work for each year of required education. OR Substituting the successful completion of thirty semester hours or the academic equivalent in a post‑high‑school Business, Accounting or closely related curriculum for each year of required experience. OR Any equivalent combination of qualifying education or experience. OR Employees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes the equivalent of twelve months of full‑time work as an Accounting Clerk 1 shall be considered as qualifying. Benefits Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage. Paid time off: vacation (96 hours/year to begin, increasing with years of service), sick leave (144 hours/year), and paid holidays (9 days/year). Retirement plans including IPERS and Employer Sponsored Retirement Plan with dollar‑for‑dollar match up to $75/month. Flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care expenses. Life insurance and free long‑term disability insurance. Employee Assistance Program. Employee discount programs. EEO Statement HHS values those with “lived experience” and encourages adults who were fostered as youth, foster parents, and/or parents who were in the HHS system to apply. Minorities, women, persons with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. The State of Iowa is an EEO/AA Employer. Right to Work & E‑Verify The State of Iowa participates in E‑Verify and complies with the federal Right to Work laws. All new hires will be verified through the E‑Verify system within the required timeframe. #J-18808-Ljbffr