Accounting Assistant II #2023

**We have a current opening on our Santa Barbara team for an Accounting Assistant II**

Job Title: Accounting Assistant II  – Requisition #: 2023

Job Type: Full time, Non-Exempt, Bargaining Unit, Hourly – Location: Santa Barbara

Job Summary: Performs advanced accounting duties in a person-centered manner. Ensure authorizations are accurately set up for a variety of service types. Problem solves and provides technical assistance to Services & Supports employees. Performs work in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and practices.

Supervision: POS Accounting Manager

Primary Functions:

1. Assist Services & Supports employees with authorization questions, including authorizations
2. Process authorization changes and
3. Verify authorizations are set up correctly and communicate any issues with Services &
4. Provide training to Lead Service Coordinators and Services & Supports
5. Run queries and distribute weekly and monthly reports, including but not limited to duplicate authorizations, exceptions to service standards monitoring, Title 17 compliance, Trailer Bill Language (TBL) compliance, open authorizations by team, authorizations ending in specified month, and other reports identified to assist the POS team and Services and Supports department in maintaining a clean audit.
6. Research and keep current on accounting standards, best practices, policies, and
7. Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and procedures and ability to apply these in the work
• Intermediate to advanced skill level for Excel, Word, e-mail, Internet and accounting
• Ability to provide technical assistance on the use of Excel and accounting
• Ability to analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of Problem solving experience.
• Successful and timely management of multiple projects and tasks
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service Communicates with respect, openly, directly and effectively. Responds professionally.
• Positive and responsive

Minimum Qualifications:

1. B.A. / B.S. degree in accounting, finance, economics or business and three years of accounting or finance experience. OR A.A. degree or equivalent coursework or professional education in accounting, finance, economics or business and five years of increasingly responsible accounting or finance experience.

Physical Requirements:

Adequate manual dexterity and coordination for operation of a computer and other standard office equipment is required for this position. The ability to sit at a workstation for long periods of time, the ability to read, write and comprehend large amounts of written material such as reports and regulations, use the telephone, and communicate via electronic mail are all required on a daily basis. The ability to travel to another work-site location is absolutely required on a daily basis. The ability to stand, sit or walk for moderate distances on uneven terrain is also required on a daily basis.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or control and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand, sit, walk, push, pull, kneel, stoop, bend, and squat. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 lbs and infrequently up to 20 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Each of these physical tasks is an essential function of the position.