ACCOUNTANT I - 64064296

Requisition No: 871722 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: ACCOUNTANT I - 64064296

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 64064296 

Salary:  $43,000.00 - $45,000.00 

Posting Closing Date: 03/13/2026 

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This is a Career Service Accountant I position working in the Lee County Health Department

Your Specific Responsibilities:

The Accountant I position involves the application of professional accounting techniques to a variety of fiscal transactions in the Accounts Receivable Department. Incumbents will provide support in the daily financial operations of the organization. Incumbent will adhere to all Accounting State and Local guidelines. This incumbent reports to the Accountant Services Supervisor II-SES.

 

Cash Management

• Revenue Liaison for the cashiers in the clinics and satellite offices
• Maintains change fund allocation logs.
• Conducts, at a minimum, quarterly audits of change drawers and reports any discrepancies to supervisor
• Prepares Cash Audit reconciliation report and uploads to Central Office SharePoint
• Track promotional items

 

Revenue

• Verifies that the daily cash count balances to system generated reports in Environmental Health, Vital Statistics and HMS.
• Assists with daily counting cash under dual control and prepares checks and cash for deposit.
• Performs revenue reconciliation as needed
• Assists with refund application process.
• Responsible for generating revenue reports from FLAIR/PALM in order to reconcile journal entries.
• Uploads payment documents to Billing Hub SharePoint site.  Monitors site daily to ensure payments have been posted, and processes fiscal transactions in State Accounting System for deposit after posting.
• Monitor financial transactions to ensure that all Health Department revenue, refunds and reimbursements are properly entered into the State Accounting system.
• Monitors Accounts Receivable Control Account which contains accounts receivable and bad debt data to ensure that the amounts owed are collected accurately and fully.

 

Finance

• Process E-payment report for NIC by required deadline.  Reconciles accounts through NIC system
• Provides Aging Receivable History Report from HMS to Finance Administrator monthly.
• Collects and generates financial information for the year-end financial statements
• Provides coverage to team members on leave
• Provide clerical and administrative support to Accountant Services supervisor as needed
• Distribute incoming mails to accounting and other departments.
• Monitors Accounts Receivable Control Account which contains accounts receivable and bad debt data to ensure that the amounts owed are accurately collected and paid in full.
• Responsible for assuring adequate categorical spending is maintained.
• Attends monthly medicine/ vaccine inventory checks.
• Prepares quarterly Financial Reports for Healthy Start, NFP, and Tobacco Program

 

Job Enrichment

Attends in-services and participates in conference calls, meetings, and trainings pertinent to the responsibilities of this position.

Provide training and support to cashier

 

Other Duties

Performs other duties as assigned.

 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of accounting principles, practices, and procedures.
• Knowledge of the methods of data collection.
• Skill in operating a personal computer
• Ability to prepare financial statements and reports.
• Ability to design and implement accounting systems.
• Ability to prepare and maintain a variety of accounting records.
• Ability to analyze and interpret accounting data.
• Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations,