MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
Experience: Three years of experience reviewing, verifying, recording, adjusting and balancing financial transactions.
Notes:
1. Experience calculating and recording financial, statistical or other numerical data may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required high school education.
2. Six credit hours in accounting from an accredited college or university may be substituted for one year of the required experience.
3. A minimum of five courses or six months of accounting-related training in a vocational training program in subjects such as journalizing transactions, analyzing transactions into debits and credits, posting to a general ledger, payroll, bank reconciliations, accounts payable, and accounts receivable may be substituted for one year of the required experience.
4. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience in Financial Clerical/Finance Technicians classifications or specialty codes in the financial field of work at a rate of one year of military experience for the required experience.

DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

The desired candidate should possess the following:
1. Experience/knowledge of the principles and practices of reviewing, verifying, recording, adjusting and balancing financial transactions for large group insurance premium invoices.
2. Experience in resolving problems associated with incomplete, inaccurate or conflicting source data and in reconciling and correcting errors in specialized accounts.
3. Experience in building spreadsheets to capture accounting data for the preparation of fiscal/financial reports.
4. Experience in managing work time efficiently and effectively under deadlines.
5. Experience in operating Adobe Acrobat, Google Sheets and Docs and Microsoft Office (Word and Excel).

The main purpose of this position is to provide primary accounting support to MADAP (Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program). This position will be responsible for processing insurance payments by reviewing invoices from various insurance companies for accuracy and compliance with MADAP’s policies and procedures, as well as performing other fiscal duties as assigned. This position will also serve as the lead for the MADAP accounting team, providing primary support to MADAP and MADAP-Plus.