CDOC - Accountant I Inmate Bank/ Restitution.

About the role

This position exists to retain all financial transactions for all inmates incarcerated in Colorado prison facilities, by posting all deposits and withdrawals to each individual inmate bank account and all control accounts by utilizing Department of Corrections’ Information System (DCIS, PCDCIS).

Responsibilities

• Utilize current policies, procedures, fiscal rules, and statutes to decide the proper and most efficient way to complete inmate bank accounting tasks.
• Receive and batch all financial transactions for incarcerated offenders, i.e. curio sales, cashiers daily report, money orders (incoming and outgoing), payrolls, postage, telephone, Xerox, photos, medical charges, damaged property, hobby, repairs and any miscellaneous charges.
• Calculate and post financial transactions to accounts by accessing the Department of Corrections’ Information System (DCIS, PCDCIS).
• Audit and verify DCIS inmate bank totals.
• Reconcile calculated DCIS inmate bank totals to the calculated totals of the Wells Fargo Bank accounts for Department of Corrections’ Inmate Fund.
• Analyze transactions if any discrepancies occur and adjust incorrect transactions in the DCIS totals.
• Obtain, compare, compute, record and track the court ordered fines and fees on criminal cases for offenders/parolees by utilizing CJIS, DCIS/PCDCIS, the current mittimus, amended mittimus, motions, orders, Register of Action, and financial summaries to establish the justification for modification and collection of monies.
• Thoroughly analyze the information to ensure accuracy and also ensure transactions are in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, state fiscal rules, and statutes.
• Maintain garnishment orders for court ordered restitution, in and out of state child support, dependent support and filing fees.
• Generate reports of all restitution transactions and analyze all data for monthly payout to courts.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned or required.

Requirements

This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

Qualifications

• Experience Only: Four (4) years of professional accounting experience.
• OR Education And Experience: A combination of related education (coursework requires 27 semester hours completed in accounting or auditing) and/or relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned equal to four (4) years.
• Current, valid licensure as a CPA by the Colorado Board of Accountancy will substitute for four (4) years of education.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in performing general ledger accounting.
• Experience utilizing Colorado Operations Resource Engine (CORE).
• Experience with account reconciliation.
• Experience addressing offender grievances.