Accounting Technician - G115 Muscogee County Prison

City Of Columbus, GA Columbus , GA 31914

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This position is responsible for performing accounting functions in support of the correctional institution.

  • Maintains inmate accounts in the CACTAS and Quicken programs; resolves inmate account issues and problems.

  • Operates the inmate store; maintains accounting and inventory records.

  • Maintains MCP accounts including recording deposits, withdrawals, account balances, and reconciliation; prints checks for payments out of MCP accounts.

  • Enters and retrieves technical information from a computer in order to perform research, update records, process transactions, and respond to requests for information.

  • Takes all deposits to the bank at the end of the day.

  • Prepares narrative and statistical reports in order to track and document activities and to provide justification for department actions and requests.

  • Provides information to the public about policies, guidelines, procedures, and the status of departmental and divisional activities.

  • Performs the duties of the Administrative Coordinator, the Accounting Clerk, and the Administrative Support Specialist I.

  • Formats and types letters and reports.

  • Researches and recommends planning to improve services.

  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

  • Knowledge of computer software programs used for preparing reports and correspondence.

  • Knowledge of financial software such as Quicken.

  • Knowledge of accounting and budgeting principles and procedures.

  • Knowledge of office administration practices and procedures, such as letter writing and the operation of standard office equipment.

  • Skill in maintaining records.

  • Skill in organization.

  • Skill in interpersonal relations.

  • Skill in oral and written communication.

Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the completion of specialized training in the occupational field, in addition to basic skills typically associated with a high school education.?Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one to two years.

The work is typically performed while sitting at a desk or table. The employee must occasionally lift light objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

  • Balancing - maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.

  • Climbing - ascending, descending ladders, stairs, ramps, requires body agility.

  • Crawling - moving about on hands, knees, or hands, feet.

  • Crouching - bending body forward by bending leg, spine.

  • Feeling - perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.

  • Grasping - applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.

  • Handling - picking, holding, or working with whole hand.

  • Hearing 1 - perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.

  • Hearing 2 - receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.

  • Kneeling - bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.

  • Lifting - raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.

  • Manual Dexterity - picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.

  • Mental Acuity - ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.

  • Pulling - use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.

  • Pushing - use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.

  • Reaching - extending hands or arms in any direction.

  • Repetitive Motion - substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.

  • Speaking - expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.

  • Standing - for sustained periods of time.

  • Stooping - bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.

  • Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word.

  • Talking 2 - shouting to be heard above ambient noise.

  • Visual Acuity 1 - prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.

  • Visual Acuity 2 - color, depth perception, field of vision.

  • Visual Acuity 3 - determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.

  • Visual Acuity 4 - operate motor vehicles/heavy equipment.

  • Visual Acuity 5 -close acuity for inspection of small defects, machines, use measurement devices, or fabricate parts.

  • Walking - on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.

The work is typically performed in an office, library, or computer room.


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Accounting Technician - G115 Muscogee County Prison

City Of Columbus, GA