Remote Curriculum Development Jobs in Ankeny, IA

Job Description Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) is seeking full-time Accounting Technician 2 to join our team in Des Moines, IA in our Unemployment Insurance Tax Bureau. Position Details Location: 1000 E Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA Schedule: Full-time | Monday - Friday | 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Work Flexibility: Hybrid telework and alternate schedules available after six months of employment and training have been completed. Position Overview Process, reconcile, and balance payment batches; prepare deposits and DAT (data) files; process ACH applications; research and correct payment discrepancies; maintain documentation; process transfers and returned items; and provide back-up support for Tax Bureau mail processing

In this role you will be responsible for: Process ACH credit payments and paper checks received daily. Deposit paper checks through remote check scanner. Create DAT files to apply payments to accounts.

Prepare manual deposit that may not be readable or accepted by remote deposit check scanner. Troubleshoot errors and/or report any errors or issues to relevant staff as needed. Compile, reconcile, and balance all payment batches submitted in MIUI (myIowaUI tax system) daily.

Payment batches include H-Batch (manually applied paper checks), A-Batch (no new money), G-Batch (suspense items), V-batch (paper checks), ACH Credit Batch/ACH payments, and Returned Items (payments returned or rejected by the bank). Process ACH applications from Employer received by email, mail or fax. Send confirmation letters to Employers when ACH payment method is set up for the Employer's account.

Research balancing discrepancies to identify and correct payment errors. Maintain a spreadsheet of all reconciling entries, void suspense payments, and produce documentation for state auditors and TPS (Tax Performance System). Work with Financial Management of all State of Iowa Internal Exchange Transfers.

Process and complete offsets of returned item documents and transfer payments. Provide back-up assistance to Tax bureau staff responsible for processing Tax Bureau mail during absences and high levels of business activity. Benefits Joining the IWD team and becoming a State of Iowa employee comes with a range of valuable benefits, including: Excellent health, dental, and vision insurance.

Generous paid time off, including nine paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave with no cap on sick leave accrual. Prepare for the future with the IPERS retirement package, as well as an additional optional deferred compensation retirement plan. Flexible Spending Accounts for medical and dependent care.

Free Life and Long-term Disability Insurance with the option of purchasing additional coverage. Employee Assistance Programs and Discount Programs for support. Click here to learn more about all of the amazing benefits the State of Iowa offers.

The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify; a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees' rights to work without being required to join a labor organization.

For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov. No applicant seeking employment with the Iowa Department of Workforce Development can have a current, ongoing overpayment balance with Iowa Workforce Development without a payment plan in place. Selected positions will be subject to a criminal background check

Minimum Qualification Requirements Graduation from high school or G.E.D. equivalency and four years of clerical accounting experience which involved the compilation, tabulation, examination, verification or recording of financial, statistical or related fiscal programs using elementary bookkeeping principles and practices; OR the successful completion of a post-high school vocational/technical, business college, or area community college curriculum in accounting which included concentrated course work equivalent to twenty semester hours (or more) in accounting; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of employment in clerical office work for each year of the required education; OR substituting the successful completion of thirty semester hours or the academic equivalent in a post high school Business, Accounting or closely related curriculum for each year of the required experience; OR any equivalent combination of qualifying education or experience; OR one year of experience as an Accounting Technician 1 in the State of Iowa classified service will be considered as qualifying; OR one year of work experience as an Accounting Clerk 3 in the State of Iowa classified service will be considered as qualifying. For additional information, please click on this link to view the job description.