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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES: 
At Health & Human Services, we serve our community through the values of support, unity, trust and excellence with one common goal: to promote and protect the health, well-being, safety and self-sufficiency of all in Marin. Join our team of bright, committed, and energetic people who also want to make an impact through public service.

The Senior Accounting Assistant is part of the Centralized Billing Unit in the Health and Human Services Departments' (HHS) Office of Finance. The Senior Accounting Assistant works with the Billing team to perform a high volume of claiming medical services to governmental and commercial insurance carriers, claims processing and follow-up, and client billing and dispute resolution. Additional duties include client account maintenance, payment posting and preparing bank deposits, preparing and sending client statements, processing client collection accounts and various billing reports and reconciliation. 

There is currently one (1) open Full Time-Contingent (Temporary) Senior Accounting Assistant position within the HHS Office of Finance, Centralized Billing Unit, serving the Behavioral Health and Recovery Services Division.

The Health and Human Services Department has embraced a hybrid work schedule that considers that some duties of this position may be performed remotely. However, the successful candidate must be able to report to County facilities for meetings, work assignments, and/or disaster service work upon short notice, as needed and deemed appropriate. During the initial probationary period, the successful candidate may be required to work primarily onsite before establishing a hybrid work schedule.

Our Highly Qualified Candidate

The ideal candidate has experience working in a medical administrative setting with at least one year of experience in medical billing and reimbursement. The candidate has experience in claiming medical services to either governmental or commercial insurance carriers including payment posting, claims follow-up, and denial research and resolution. The ideal candidate also has excellent communication skills, is detail-oriented, well organized and has experience assisting in financial and client account maintenance, data entry and reconciliation of various spreadsheets and fiscal reports.   

Experience using practice management software, electronic health record software and the Microsoft suite is preferred. Administrative support and Behavioral Health experience are also desirable.  

• Principles and practices of financial and accounting document processing and record keeping.
• Principles and practices of auditing and reconciling a variety of financial documents and records.
• Procedures, terminology and forms related to the functional area(s) to which assigned.
• Computer applications related to the work, including word processing, spreadsheet and data base applications.
• Standard office practices and procedures, including the operation of standard office equipment.
• Basic budgetary and public agency financial record keeping principles and terminology.
• Business arithmetic.

• Perform complex and difficult accounting, financial, payroll, billing statistical and/or budgetary support work.
• Prepare a variety of complex financial, accounting, payroll and statistical reports, journals and ledgers, utilizing departmental-specific computer and network applications.
• Review, audit and reconcile financial, accounting, payroll and budgetary documents and records.
• Enter a variety of information into automated financial, accounting and statistical reporting systems.
• Interpret, apply and explain standard accounting, financial, departmental and County policies, procedures and transactions.
• Make accurate arithmetic and statistical calculations.
• Prepare accurate and timely billings.
• Provide lead direction to staff on a day-to-day or project basis.
• Organize own work, setting priorities and meeting critical deadlines.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of the work.

Three years of experience in accounting and/or financial office support work that includes preparing, processing, and maintaining accounting documents and records, and the use of related accounting computer software. Education or professional training that is directly related to the work may be substituted for up to one year of the required experience. 

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Testing and Eligible List: Depending on the number of qualified applications received, the examination may consist of a highly qualified review, application screening, online assessment, written examination, oral examination, performance examination, or any combination to determine which candidates' names will be placed on the eligible list. The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill the current vacancy, and any future vacancies for open, fixed-term, full-time or part-time positions which may occur while the list remains active.

LiveScan:
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Candidates selected are subject to fingerprinting by the Sheriff's Department and must pass a Department of Justice LiveScan background check prior to appointment.
 
Disaster Service Workers: All County of Marin employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law (California Government Code Section 3100-3109). Employment with the County requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to complete all Disaster Service Worker-related training as assigned, and to return to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.
 
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: If you have questions regarding equal employment opportunities, please contact Roger Crawford, Equal Employment Opportunity Director, at 415-473-2095. If you have questions concerning this position announcement, please contact Sarah Githens at sarah.githens@marincounty.gov.