Fiscal Support Technician - Accounts Payable - Full Time

Kern Medical has been a community cornerstone since its founding in 1867. Today, we are an acute care teaching center with 222 beds, offering the only advanced trauma care between Fresno and Los Angeles. Kern Medical offers a range of primary, specialty, and multi-specialty services including high-risk pregnancy care, inpatient psychiatric services integrated with county mental health programs, and a growing network of outpatient clinics providing personalized patient-centered wellness care. Kern Medical cares for 15,500 inpatients and 125,000 clinic patients a year.

Career Opportunities within Kern Medical include many benefits such as:

• New Hire Premium : +6% of base rate of pay, matched up to 6% if contributed to Deferred Compensation Plan.
• A Comprehensive Benefits Package : includes Holidays, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance.

Position : Fiscal Support Technician - Full Time

Compensation

The estimated pay for this position is $21.3962 to $28.7546 . The rates shown include a 6% premium pay (base= $-$ plus 6%). This reflects only a portion of the total compensation package for this position. Additional compensation may be available for this role through differentials, incentives, and bonuses. In addition, this position may be eligible for participation and company contributions into the Kern County Employees’ Retirement Plan.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

This is the second level of the four level fiscal support series. The Fiscal Support Technician is distinguished from the Fiscal Support Specialist, which is responsible for performing specialized fiscal support activities requiring knowledge and experience in the area of assignment.

Essential Functions:

• Verifies and processes a variety of financial documents.
• Performs general clerical duties, which may include: preparing mailings; opening, sorting, and distributing mail; maintaining office supplies; filing; and performing other fiscally related activities.
• Analyzes and reconciles a variety of financial account activities.
• Compiles and maintains financial and statistical data records; prepares and distributes related reports.
• Enters a variety of fiscally-related information into databases; maintains fiscal records and files.
• Assists in preparing complex financial documents, which may include proposals and analytical documents.
• Responds to requests for information and inquiries related to programs, policies, and/or other related information; researches customer discrepancies; resolves customer problems.

Other Functions:

• Performs other duties of similar nature or level as required.

Employment Standards:

High School Diploma, or G.E.D., and two years of fiscal support, bookkeeping, accounting support or experience related to the area of assignment; one year of bookkeeping training in an approved vocational training program or completion of 30 semester or 45 quarter units with coursework in accounting/bookkeeping at an accredited college or university may substitute for one year of experience or, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to obtain the knowledge and skill to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.

Additional Requirements:

• Certification of Typing/Keyboarding speed of 40 net words per minute and
• Certification of 10 Key speed of 120 net keystrokes per minute

Knowledge of:

Applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations; cash handling techniques; processes and procedures in assigned area of responsibility; such as general accounting, payroll, collections, medical/dental billing; property tax assessment; bookkeeping principles; standard office equipment and procedures; data entry techniques; customer service principles; filing techniques.

Skill in:

Using computers and related software applications; performing mathematical calculations; balancing financial accounts; preparing reports; filing and maintaining records; keyboarding; using standard office equipment; providing customer service; operating a 10 key; and, communicating both orally and in writing sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

Supplemental:

A background check may be required for this classification.

All Kern Medical employees are designated “Disaster Service Workers”. In the event of a disaster or civil disorder, all Kern Medical employees are to remain at work or to report to work in a safe and practicable manner.

If position responsibilities require driving a personal vehicle, then possession of a current valid California Driver’s License and adherence to the Kern County Hospital Authority Vehicle Use and Driving Standard Policy (ENG-EC-119) is required.

If position responsibilities require driving a vehicle owned, leased or rented by Kern Medical, then possession of a current valid California Driver’s license, a signed authorization for Release of Drivers Record Information and adherence to the Kern County Hospital Authority Vehicle Use and Driving Standard Policy (ENG-EC-119) is required.