Accounting Assistant - Unity Care Group

Job Description
DEPARTMENT: Finance  
POSITION TITLE:  Accounting Assistant                                                 FLSA:  Non-Exempt
OVERVIEW:

The Accounting Assistant is responsible for assisting with the timely and accurate delivery of accounts payable services.  This role will also assist with collections and mental health billing.

DIRECT REPORTS:

• None

QUALIFICATIONS        
REQUIRED:

1. Three (3) years accounting or administrative experience.
2. A.A. degree
3. Knowledge of and competence in using Microsoft Software.
4. Solid analytical ability
5. Ability to work well under pressure.
6. Must be eligible to work in the US, and pass a fingerprint background clearance

               
         Preferred

1. Ability to work well independently
2. Possess superior clerical and administrative skills

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE (but not limited to):
 

1. Process Accounts Payable transactions timely and accurately including obtaining approvals/documentation, verifying coding, and data entry.  Processing outgoing ACH and checks as needed.
2. Assist with mental health billing tasks when necessary
3. Research and resolve accounting issues
4. Complete reconciliations as needed
5. Create and maintain Excel reports as requested.
6. Assist with collections
7. Other/Special Projects – Assist in other duties and special projects as needed

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.   The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
 

1. Read and interpret documents and procedure manuals.  Write routine reports and correspondence.
2. Speak effectively in small setting and groups, i.e. UC employees, clients, or residents.
3. Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. 
4. Resolve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
5. Identify negative disruptive behaviors and redirect behavior using mediation and de-escalation techniques.
6. Employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. 
7. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. 
8. Employee may be required to make or receive physical contact with clients and residents,  such as  in the process of delivering First Aid/CPR or de-escalation interventions.
9. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
10. Must have CPR and First Aid certificate within 10 days of start date and maintain a current certificate with Human Resources.
11. Must clear a Department of Justice background check including fingerprinting before start date and maintain clearance.
12. Must be able to work in a DSS Community Care Licensed Facility.
13. Must clear a health screening, including TB before start date and maintain clearance.
14. Must have a car, valid California Driver License and be able to drive, have a clean driving record and maintain a clean driving record.
15. Meet and maintain the minimum vehicle liability and property insurance limits (to be insured by our insurance carrier for using vehicle for business purposes such as  transportation of residents or reimbursement of business-related mileage expenses).

                                              
Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described in this document are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time and the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands at the sole discretion of the company.  The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not to be all-inclusive.  They represent typical elements and criteria to successfully perform the job.

The Unity Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Unity Care Group does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.