Accounting Clerk I - Administrative

Work Location: On-Site

About us

Kern Family Health Care is dedicated to improving the health status of our members through an integrated managed health care delivery system.

About the role

Under the direction of the Accounting Supervisor/Manager, the Accounting Clerk I – Admin will perform routine accounting clerical duties and provide support to the department to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.  Accounting Clerk I- Admin is an entry level in the Accounting Clerk series.  Assignments at the level I include a full range of accounting clerical duties; routine tasks are performed with limited supervision. The Accounting Clerk I - Admin position will be responsible for assisting with processing and the reconciling of payments to vendors, maintain payment schedules, provide support to Accountants, and perform other related work as required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs arithmetic calculations and verifies totals and extensions on a variety of financial and statistical documents, checks, sorts, codes and files a variety of financial and statistical documents.
• Computes, processes and inputs on a manual or automated system, accounts payable invoices and/or billings.
• Assists with the receiving, printing, and distributing of incoming invoices to ensure payments are processed timely and accurately; verifies and processes requests for various payments.
• Answers routine questions regarding expense inquiries or payment status with vendors, providers, executives, or other department personnel and researching and verifying against accounting records.
• Maintain and organize record filings; assist with the retrieving of records and payment information as needed for audits and other requests.
• Prepares, maintains and files various accounting schedules, reports, and related support documentation; purges obsolete file materials.
• Responsible for the processing and handling if manual checks to various vendors and providers.
• Adheres to all company policies and procedures relative to employment and job responsibilities.
• Regular predictable attendance
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Employment Standards:

• High School Diploma from an accredited school or equivalent. Associate degree in accounting, Business or Finance preferred.
• Two (2) or more years of related accounting experience required.  Accounting experience in an HMO or healthcare related business preferred.

Pay range shown reflects the full range for this position.  Initial offers are typically positioned between the minimum and midpoint, based on qualifications and internal equity.

Pay Range: Minimum: $23.27    Mid-Point: $29.09    Maximum: $34.90