ACCOUNTS CLERK

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• 401(k) Matching
• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Discount
• Reduced Tuition Rates
• Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pet Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Paid Training
• Flexible Spending Account

About the role

Are you looking for a career you can feel good about? We hire only those that strive to do their best. By joining our family, you'll receive the honor and recognition that comes with working for the industry's global leader in evidenced based rehabilitation. Who We Are GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes. Why Work For GEO We believe that work is more than a place you go to every day. It is about being inspired and motivated to achieve extraordinary things. Employee benefits play an important role in making The GEO Group a great place to work. At GEO, we believe in the three pillars of employee wellbeing: physical, emotional, and financial. With comprehensive benefits and competitive wages, we trust that you will find all the resources you need here to be successful.

Responsibilities

• Creates and maintains financial records of individual inmate accounts.
• Performs routine accounting clerical operations such as examining, verifying, and correcting accounting transactions to ensure completeness and accuracy of data.
• Balances assigned accounts on a daily basis.
• Assists with data entry and maintenance of computerized files.
• Collects and counts cash, money orders, or certified checks that has been accepted for inmates and credits the amount to the appropriate inmate account.
• Makes withdrawal transactions on individual inmate accounts for various payments ensuring that expenditures will not exceed obligations in the accounts.
• Works in conjunction with the commissary staff to credit the appropriate inmate account for purchases from the commissary when necessary.
• Develops and submits required reports relative to the facility inmate account system, as well as other reports required.
• Audits the inmate accounts pursuant to facility and client policy.
• Tracks the intake of new inmates daily to create new inmate accounts.
• Closes inmate accounts prior to the release of an inmate.
• Assists in the inmate release process as required.
• Places checks on hold, tracks holds, and releases funds when appropriate.
• Restricts inmate accounts when the inmates’ are placed on restrictive status.
• Completes forms to be used by the U.S. Courts which involves computing an average daily balance on an individual account for a six month period.