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We are looking for individuals with strong leadership skills and a passion for inspiring, helping and challenging people and we want you to be a part of our team in a Trust Account Supervisor role.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

1. Ensure the integrity of site assigned Trust Accounts by performing daily and weekly audits.
2. Work with site Facility/Executive Directors to ensure client/inmate Trust Accounts are in accordance with all contractual obligations by interpreting the contract for each facility they are responsible for and company policies and procedures and then implementing procedures to ensure compliance.
3. Provide instruction to the Facility/Executive Directors on compliance requirements.
4. Audit inmate/client trust accounts assigned to other Trust Account Supervisors to ensure all charges, deposits, draws and any other activity on each account is accurate based on specialized knowledge of contract, policy, procedure, accreditation and best financial practices prior to the Trust Account Supervisor processing the client/inmate discharge payments.
5. Post and Audit deposits to ensure accuracy based on specialized knowledge of contracts, policies, procedures and financial best practices.
6. Train Employment Specialists and regulate work performed to ensure compliance with contract requirements, accreditation and company policy.
7. Audit Subsistence, formulate and perform corrections that need to be made to inmate/client accounts based on specialized knowledge of contract, policy, procedures, accreditation and financial best practices.
8. Audit Court Ordered Payments from client/inmates trust accounts and work with Department of Correction’s staff to ensure the proper handling of payment to the Department of Corrections.
9. Review all draw requests from client/inmates and determine if the requests are within the guidelines of the contract and company policy prior to approving for processing.
10. If draw request is outside normal guidelines formulate a decision based on best business practices for the client/inmate to ensure the request is in the clients/inmates best financial interest. Post Draws based on decisions made.
11. Post and audit to ensure accurate charging of urine charges, medical charges, and other miscellaneous charges using specialized knowledge and interpretation of contract, policy, procedures and best business practices.
12. Print client/inmate Statements and review with client/inmate when necessary.
13. Pay site vendor bills.
14. Pay site Monthly Service Charges for inmates to the Department of Corrections.
15. Do all filing daily and have completed all filing no later than Friday of every week
16. In the event that a Trust Account Supervisor is not able to finish their assigned job duties in the time frame given, they must report this to their immediate supervisor.
17. With the absence of the Fiscal Quality Assurance Manager, a Trust Account Supervisor may be called upon to fill in their required duties to ensure and maintain contractual compliance.
18. Clock in and out utilizing the company time and attendance system.
19. Must be able to perform the major functions of job with or without an accommodation.
20. Required to attend all mandatory training specified by policy.
21. Must be able to speak, read, write and understand English.
22. Report all Workers Compensation injuries, whether they require medical attention or not, to their immediate supervisor immediately.
23. Report all breaches of company policy or code of ethics that you have knowledge of, hear about or see regardless of who is involved in the breach immediately to your immediate supervisor or HR Department when necessary.
24. Report all unsafe conditions that could affect clients/inmates or employees which you become aware of immediately to your immediate supervisor.
25. To be eligible for promotion you must demonstrate organizational abilities and must have good written and oral communication skills.
26. To be eligible for promotion to a supervisory position you must complete supervisory/team building training. This can be accomplished by checking out “How to Supervise People” CD from the corporate office and passing all tests with a minimum score of 80%.
27. Ensure that all applicable policies and procedure that fall within the scope of job description are followed and adhered to.
28. Performs other job-related duties as assigned by the Fiscal Quality Assurance Manager

EXPERIENCE: 2 years of experience in accounting/payroll.

EDUCATION: Associate degree preferred.