ACCOUNT TECHNICIAN I (UMP)

Position Overview:

Do you possess a fiscal background with strong attention to detail? The Department of Juvenile Justice is seeking an individual to serve as the Account Technician I under general supervision of the Business Administrator at the Peace Center in St. Charles. The incumbent in this role will prepare all facility time and attendance records, calculate and record time usage and provide information and assistance to employees.  The incumbent will identify discrepancies and research information to resolve.  The incumbent will serve as liaison for the Timekeeping department and verify that filing systems are maintained.  The incumbent will verify the accuracy of prepared reports by reviewing them prior to submission to payroll.  IDJJ encourages all interested and qualified individuals to apply.

Essential Functions:

• Receives, reviews, and maintains all facility time and attendance records.
• Posts all receipts and disbursements to youth accounts in automated system.
• Assists with the compilation of bi-monthly youth commissary orders from individual orders submitted by youth.
• Prepares and audits complex financial documents for the facility.
• Assists in the preparation of quarterly and monthly reports based on the information derived from the ledgers for the various local funds.
• 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 clerical bookkeeping experience.
• Qualifying state employees in the employee Upward Mobility Program, may complete combinations of specific proficiency tests and training programs leading to a certificate of proficiency in lieu of the stated requirements for this classification.

Preferred Qualifications (In Order of Significance):

• Prefers at least two (2) years of experience processing timekeeping in a congregate care, correctional, or similar environment with varying shifts.
• Prefers at least two (2) years of experience reconciling timekeeping reports and researching errors.
• Prefers at least two (2) years of experience performing data entry.
• Prefers at least two (2) years of experience meeting deadlines in a time sensitive environment.
• Prefers at least two (2) years of experience processing vouchers and/or conducting tasks related to Trust Funds in a congregate care or similar setting.

Conditions of Employment:

• Requires the ability to pass an IDOC/IDJJ background check.
• Requires ability to pass a drug screen. The use of unauthorized drugs by an employee, regardless of position held, is prohibited.

The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description. 

About the Agency:

The mission of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) is to build youth skills and strengthen families by promoting community safety and positive youth outcomes. Over 900 staff members from across various departments—security, programming, education, mental health, and more—collaborate with the understanding that youth are physically, emotionally, and cognitively different from adults. The department provides extensive services to young people through a developmental, treatment-focused model of care that builds youth resiliency, engages families, and promotes community safety at the five youth facilities it operates across the state. IDJJ serves and houses approximately 150 youth and is responsible for approximately 500 youth on Aftercare in various Illinois’ communities.