CSEA Account Clerk II

Full performance level in accounting clerk occupation under general direction, review and audit child and spousal support cases/orders; maintain accuracy of case dates, amounts, time frames, and payments; ensure funds flow to appropriate person or entity in timely manner; monitor placement of orders/balances in systems within certain timelines utilizing accounting principles of agency/state/courts thereby representing financial integrity. Perform material and substantial duties of classification more than 50% of the time.Interpret complex orders and analyze pay histories to set account details in systems may include welfare audits, unreimbursed public assistance account details, criminal non support, proof of claim for bankruptcies, previous assigned child and spousal support arrears, other states' orders, etc.; troubleshoot problems with Columbus PAAR(Payment Analysis & Account Reconciliation Bureau); trace funds previously misapplied and establish corrections; maintain timely money disbursements to appropriate receivers as ordered which may mean contact with multiple legal and/or other persons.
Gather and compile information for various financial/legal reports; maintain financial management portion of agency system; incorporate welfare pay history and other states pay history in systems; prepare documents to correct misapplied payments and respond to questions concerning current/past history for specific cases; ensure accounts and disbursements are maintained timely; monitor emancipation activities.
Attend court hearings as required to explain pay history questions to judge, magistrates, attorneys or customers; help others respond to walk-in customers with detailed explanation of case history and/or legal orders; perform other clerical functions; answer telephone inquiries; sort and disperse mail to appropriate cases.High school diploma equivalency and 2 yrs. experience maintaining complex financial records and/or bookkeeping utilizing computerized accounting/financial systems OR alternative, equivalent evidence of the Minimum Class Requirements. (Other Evidences May Be Substituted)