What are the responsibilities and job description for the Healthcare Facility Account Clerk I/II position at Merced County, CA?
Salary : $43,867.20 - $53,372.80 Annually
Location : Various Merced County locations, CA
Job Type : Full-time
Job Number : 2500046
Department : Various Merced County Departments
Opening Date : 01 / 29 / 2025
Closing Date : Continuous
Examples of Duties
Duties may include, but are not limited to the following :
- Opens, verifies, balances, and adjusts accounts and other financial records requiring the use of independent judgment.
- Posts, assembles, tabulates, and compares financial data; makes arithmetical calculations.
- Maintains ledger accounts, including balancing, checking, and correcting irregularities. receives money and maintains records of receipts.
- Prepares journal entries and reconciles various fiscal records and documents.
- Receives financial documents.
- Screens for accuracy and adherence to legal and procedural requirements.
- Maintains departmental expenditure records and assigns costs to proper accounts or funds.
- Makes computations and changes to financial data, applying standard formulas and using predetermined guides.
- Assembles financial or statistical data from a variety of sources and prepares or assists in the preparation of financial or complex statistical reports.
- May contact other governmental agencies and County personnel to discuss financial records and transactions.
- Operates a variety of office machines including the typewriter, adding machine, calculator, word processor and personal computer.
- Does variety of typing and filing.
- Calculates payroll and payroll withholding.
- Prepares summaries of withholding categories and balances payroll.
- Resolves payroll discrepancies.
- Prepares periodic reports of payroll withholdings by category.
- Explains personnel rules and regulations as requested to employees in the department
Minimum Qualifications
Experience :
Two (2) years of experience in general clerical, clerical accounting, typing work at a level comparable to the Account Clerk II level. One (1) year of college or business school training may substitute for one (1) year of the required experience.
Essential Functions
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Knowledge of :
Ability to :
HOLIDAYS & LEAVES
VACATION
10 days the first 5 years of continuous employment (limited to a maximum of 160 hours), 15 days in the second 5 years of continuous employment (limited to a maximum of 240 hours), and 20 days after 10 years of continuous employment (limited to a maximum of 320 hours).
SICK LEAVE
0.0625 hours sick leave for each paid regularly scheduled work hour. 16 days (130 hours per year) with unlimited accumulation. Optional annual buy back of a portion of accumulated sick leave hours upon meeting certain criteria.
HOLIDAYS
Twelve paid holidays annually plus two optional holidays.
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE
Five (5) regularly scheduled workdays.
INSURANCE
HEALTH INSURANCE
Medical Insurance - Merced County offers multiple Medical Plans and contributes towards employee and dependent premiums. Medical plan availability varies based on bargaining units.
Dental Insurance - Delta Dental
Vision Insurance - VSP
DISABILITY INSURANCE
State Disability Insurance (SDI)
Merced County non-management employees are enrolled in the State Disability Insurance Program (SDI). Premiums for this insurance are paid by the employee. This insurance is administered solely by the State, who determines eligibility and payments. Benefit amounts are based on the quarter with the highest wages earned within the base period.
LIFE INSURANCE
County-paid Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
Voluntary Term and Whole Life Insurance are available - premium paid by employee
RETIREMENT
DEFERRED COMPENSATION
The County offers a 457 Deferred Compensation Plan. Employees choose their investment funds and can make pretax contributions to the plan up to the maximum allowable.
MERCED COUNTY EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION
The retirement plan is a defined benefit plan administered pursuant to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 and other provisions of the California Government Code. MCERA members also pay into Social Security. The applicable benefit formula is dependent upon your hire date with an MCERA employer; your pension amount will be determined by your age, years of service and final compensation amount.
EXTRA HELP EMPLOYEES DO NOT QUALIFY FOR COUNTY BENEFITS.
EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS
EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP)
Anthem EAP services provide up to five face-to-face counseling sessions per incident and provides a toll-free "800" hotline available 24 / 7 for emergencies and crisis intervention. EAP services include counseling services, legal services, financial services and work-life resource services.
EMPLOYEE TICKETS, COUPONS, and DISCOUNTS
The County of Merced has partnered with Employee Savings Tickets to provide discounted coupons and tickets for all county employees to attractions throughout the state and out-of-state. The discounts and coupons are available for shopping, movies, sporting events, theme parks, zoos and aquariums and much more.
THIS BULLETIN IS NOT A CONTRACT AND DOES NOT CREATE CONTRACTUAL OR LEGAL RIGHTS ON BEHALF OF ANY EMPLOYEE. THIS BULLETIN IS SUBJECT OF BEING SUPPLEMENTED, MODIFIED, WITHDRAWN OR OTHERWISE CHANGED PENDING LABOR AGREEMENTS AND / OR AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER OR AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DEEM NECESSARY.
For answers to specific questions regarding employee benefits, please call Human Resources at 209.385.7682
Salary : $43,867 - $53,373
