IDOC - Financial Technician

State of Idaho - Boise, ID

Full-time - Entry Level

Boise, ID

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

The Idaho Department of Correction currently has an opening for a Financial Technician. This position will work at our Central Office in Boise primarily performing accounts payable and accounts receivable record keeping, preparing financial reports and cost allocations, and ensuring financial data is entered accurately and meets compliance standards. This position may also be assigned to the Resident Accounts team.

Responsibilities

• Independently perform specialized financial record keeping, maintenance, review, verification and support functions.
• Use bookkeeping methods and procedures to prepare work/spread sheets, standardize summaries and reports, and perform reconciliation.
• Determine cost allocations.
• Use automated systems and system software to enter, retrieve and edit financial data and prepare financial documents.
• Research accounting systems and records to identify and correct errors in financial transactions.
• Has latitude in explaining and applying policies, procedures, or regulations and in determining if financial data meets compliance standards.

Requirements

• Good knowledge of financial record keeping methods, typically gained by successful completion of at least two college accounting courses OR successful completion of one college accounting course and six months of related work, OR at least one year of released work experience.
• Experience researching and compiling financial information and preparing summaries and reports, typically gained by one (1) year of experience researching and compiling financial information and preparing summaries and reports; OR, six (6) months of experience researching and compiling financial information and preparing summaries and reports AND two (2) college level or training courses related to researching and compiling financial information and preparing summaries and reports (such as, Accounting, Finance, Bookkeeping, QuickBooks, Microsoft Access and/or Excel, etc.).
• Experience using personal computers to enter, retrieve, and edit financial data, typically gained by at least three years of experience using this software and applications to enter, retrieve, create, modify and produce financial data AND preparing financial summaries and reports.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• PERSI retirement benefits
• Paid sick, vacation, and parental leave
• 11 paid holidays per year