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Accounting Clerk 2

Salary

$35,963.20 - $52,353.60 Annually

Location

Fort Dodge - 50501 - Webster County, IA

Job Type

Full-time

Job Number

26-01627

Agency

252 Corrections - Fort Dodge Correctional Facility

Opening Date

12/22/2025

Closing Date

1/6/2026 11:59 PM Central

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Point of Contact

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Job Description

Receive funds from outside sources for posting to offender accounts

Verify that funds meet the requirements set forth by Iowa Administrative Code

For funds needing additional approval, contact the appropriate agency to get that approval

Log all funds needing returned into a spreadsheet for tracking and return to the sender

Post approved funds into the ICON Banking System

Run a calculator tape of all posted funds and balance that total to totals provided by the banking system

If funds do not match, search for and identify the cause

Once totals are reconciled, prepare the funds for deposit

Close out offender accounts upon release

Determine, based on Iowa code; if an offender is allowed a gate allowance.

Process transactions for gate allowance, savings account closeout, primary account closeout and transportation

Cut check or place funds on an offender release card

Compile and post offender allowances (pay) to offender accounts on a monthly basis

After pay is posted, follow up with sending any additional money to offenders who are released during the month.

Deduct expenses from offender accounts.

Verify that all needed approvals have been obtained and the expenses meet all DOC requirements.

Enter the deduction into the ICON offender banking system.

File appropriate paperwork in file and send any necessary information to the vendor and/or property

officer.

Enter DOC Sanctions in the system as needed.

Respond to offender inquiries regarding offender accounts.

Answer questions from the public concerning offender accounts.

Attend required training.

Perform other clerical duties as needed.

E-Verify and Right to Work

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 federalRight to Worklaws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visitwww.e-verify.gov.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Graduation from high school or G.E.D. equivalency and two years of clerical accounting experience which involved the compilation, tabulation, examination, verification or recording of financial, statistical or related fiscal data 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

employees withcurrentcontinuous experience in the state executive branch that includes the equivalent of twelve months of full-time work as an Accounting Clerk 1 shall be considered as qualifying.

For additional information, please click on thislink to view the job description (https://das.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/hr/documents/class\_and\_pay/JobClassDescriptions/AccountingClerk2-00306.pdf) .

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Do you understand that the information provided on your application and resume must be truthful, honest, and accurate to the best of your knowledge?

Knowingly misrepresenting the facts when submitting any information related to an application, examination, certification, appeal, or any other facet of the selection process will result in your disqualification from this application and future employment with the state of Iowa.

+ Yes - I understand and agree

+ No

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PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

Have you filed a registration statement pursuant to the federal Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. §611 et seq?

+ No - I have NOT filed a registration statement pursuant to the federal Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. §611 et seq

+ Yes - I HAVE filed a registration statement pursuant to the federal Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. §611 et seq

03

Have you graduated from high school or G.E.D. equivalency? IF YES - How many years do you have of clerical accounting experience which involved the compilation, tabulation, examination, verification or recording of financial, statistical or related fiscal data using elementary bookkeeping principles and practices?

+ I have not graduated from high school or G.E.D. equivalency

+ Less than two years of the experience identified

+ Two years or more of the experience identified

04

Have you successfully completed 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?

+ Yes

+ No

05

How many years do you have of a combination of high school/G.E.D. equivalency education AND/OR clerical accounting experience which involved the compilation, tabulation, examination, verification or recording of financial, statistical or related fiscal data using elementary bookkeeping principles and practices?

+ Less than 6 six years of the combined education and/or experience

+ Six years or more of the combined education and/or experience

06

How many years do you have of a combination of post high school Business, Accounting or closely related curriculum AND/OR clerical accounting experience which involved the compilation, tabulation, examination, verification or recording of financial, statistical or related fiscal data using elementary bookkeeping principles and practices? Thirty semester hours equals one year of experience.

+ I do not have any of the education and/or experience

+ Less than two years of the combined education and/or experience

+ Two years or more of the combined education and/or experience

07

Do you have a combination of qualifying experience as listed above education and/or experience?

+ Yes I have a combination of qualifying experience as listed above education and/or experience

+ No, I do not have a combination of qualifying experience as listed above education and/or experience

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Are you a current State of Iowa employee (executive branch)? IF YES - How many months of experience do you have in the classification of Accounting Clerk 1 for the State of Iowa?

+ I am not a current State of Iowa employee

+ I do not have any experience in the classification of Accounting Clerk 1

+ Less than 12 months of experience in the classification of Accounting Clerk 1 for the State of Iowa

+ 12 months or more of experience in the classification of Accounting Clerk 1 for the State of Iowa

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Employer

State of Iowa

Agency

252 Corrections - Fort Dodge Correctional Facility

Address

1550 L St

Fort Dodge, Iowa, 50501

Website

https://doc.iowa.gov/find-facility/iowa-doc-districts-and-facilities/fdcf

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