Essential Functions

•  Serves as Business Office Account Technician 
•  Reviews purchase authorizations, vouchers, invoices, and billing summaries for completeness, propriety, and accuracy to ensure compliance with rules and regulations promulgated by state and external regulating agencies, as well as internal policies and procedures and contractual agreements
•  Serves as liaison with vendors, providers, and other appropriate parties regarding payment status of vouchers and adjusted voucher amounts
•  Prepares detailed worksheets, schedules, and reports used in the analysis of specific amounts and specific account codes or sub-codes
• Maintains obligation book
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of two years of college and completion of an approved training course OR three years of related bookkeeping experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers 2 years of experience in an office setting utilizing strong computer skills, particularly in mainframe accounting systems, Microsoft Excel, and other Microsoft Office products, such as Outlook and Word
• Prefers 2 years of experience in an office setting applying working knowledge of accounting techniques
• Prefers 2 years of experience in an office setting applying working knowledge of state or non-state accounting procedures
• Prefers 2 years of experience in an office setting utilizing working knowledge of office methods and procedures

Conditions of Employment

• Requires ability to pass a background check

About The Agency

DCFS is deeply committed to the welfare and protection of children. Our goal is to protect children by strengthening and supporting families. In every effort, from receiving hotline calls to reaching family reunification or foster care and adoption, children and families are our focus.

As a State of Illinois Employee, you will receive a robust benefit package that includes the following:

• A Pension Program
• Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
• 12 Paid Sick Days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
• 10-25 Days of Paid Vacation time annually - (10 days in year one of employment)
  • Personal, Sick, & Vacation rates modified for 12-hour & part-time work schedules (as applicable)
• 13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years
• Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position)
• 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
• Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan
• Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP), Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP)
• Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
• GI Bill® Training/Apprenticeship Benefits eligibility for qualifying Veterans
• 5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
• Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)

For more information about our benefits please follow this link: https://www2.illinois.gov/cms/benefits/Pages/default.aspx