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Prepares local and state reports, enters invoices and deposits and prepares monthly summary reports and statistical data. Ensures that all revenues and expenditures that they track are processed and reported accurately.Will work as an administrative support team member in the Criminal Justice Services Department and provides administrative support to employees and management staff.\nESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:\n(The following duty statements are illustrative of the essential functions of the job and do not include other non-essential or marginal duties that may be required. Mesa County reserves the right to modify or change the duties or essential functions of this job at any time. All responsibilities may not be performed by all incumbents.)\nReconciles various state reports, including fund balancing on a monthly and quarterly basis. Reconciles daily deposits from revenue received with the treasurer’s office and audits for correct GL account coding. Manages accurate general ledger records for proper account coding and manages invoices from service providers along with entering approved invoices for various services providers to the counties finance computer system.\nPerforms other data collection and entry into the state and county systems for accurate statistical reports as needed. Prepares invoices for the state and other agencies based on data entered.\nAuthorizes provider payments monthly for client services.\nMay perform timekeeper duties, assures accuracy of timesheets and computer system entry for department employees.\nMaintains accounts receivable and accounts payable invoices.\nCommunicate with relevant treatment providers and other vendors about invoices and billing.\nTrack vendor codes and match them to the correct account codes and place it on each invoice.\nEvaluate invoices, coding and process invoices.\nMaintains accurate client records for intake, discharge, movement, etc. for the state databases on a daily, monthly and quarterly basis or as necessary. Ensures client movement matches department system tracking for clients.\nMakes purchases for various departments, maintains Xerox equipment, and maintains office, classrooms and supply rooms for each department.\nAssists in maintaining contracts, may prepare agreements and grants for annual review as necessary.\nPrepares client withdrawals and balances accounts with system software. Ensures local bank records for the trust account balances with department system software. Prepares reports for staff and clients related to client accounts.\nManages a variety of wait lists for those awaiting services. Coordinates services with providers.\nReviews case file documents to determine who is a Victim Notification according to statute. Utilizes the internet, databases, and other resources available to research and identify and/or locate victims contact information.\nProvides statutorily mandated notifications both in writing and through phone contact to victims which include: upcoming court dates and changes to victims’ case status and defendants release from custody. Enters data into a case management system to track victim contact.\nPerforms various filing tasks.\nInputs data from court records, ensuring use of correct forms and procedures. Reviews input of other staff to audit data integrity.\nCounts money and prepares daily deposits for money received from clients.\nDisperses money to clients weekly by disbursements, spending or phone cards.\nProcesses promissory notes, tracking client payments and amounts still owed.\nProcesses new referrals from the court and sets up records for pending clients in database.\nPrepares reports and notices to the courts. Help resolve questions on sentencing information.\nMay interact with clients on a limited basis in regards to their financial or payroll issues.\nOral and written communications must be clear, effective and professional.\nPerforms other related duties as assigned.\nMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:\n\nEducation and Experience:\nHigh school diploma or equivalent and one (1) year of vocational/technical school course work in bookkeeping, accounting or related areas and one (1) year of related accounting clerical experience.\nAccounting, data entry, government purchasing and customer service background helpful.\nAny combination of education, training and experience which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities required for the job.\nMust have a valid Colorado driver's license.\nPHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT:\nThis position requires standing, stooping, sitting, bending, twisting, and lifting up to 10 pounds.\nWork is generally confined to a standard office environment.\nWorking Conditions:\nWhile performing the essential functions of this job, the incumbent is regularly exposed to somewhat noisy conditions of a busy waiting room or residential facility. Will require moving throughout a secure residential correctional facility and having contact with residential Community Corrections clients.\nThe incumbent may work with resistive and difficult people in the performance of their job duties.\nEQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK ACT:\nIn compliance with the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act the following items can be used as a determining factor in the starting and ongoing wage of an employee working in this position:\nA seniority system that rewards employees based on length of employment;\nA merit system that rewards employees for exceptional job performance;\nAn incentive system that pays employees based on the quality of their work or the amount of work they perform, or;\nEducation, training, or experience to the extent that they are reasonably related to the work in question.\nThis position is eligible for the following Mesa County benefits:\nMedical\nDental\nVision\nRetirement\nPaid Sick and Vacation Leave\nLife insurance\nLong term disability\n_____________________________________________________________\nAgency\nMesa County\nAddress\n544 Rood Ave\nGrand Junction, CO 81501\nPhone\n970- 244 - 1856\nWebsite\nhttp://www.mesacounty.us","description_format":"text","description_chars":6242,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":1,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"high_school","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Life insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Digital Government"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-29T03:43:26Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":19,"reasons":["conf:8","win:early","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-10-30T05:48:23Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/mesa-county-accounting-technician","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/mesa-county-accounting-technician.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-31T04:21:29Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":6047,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2206825},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2206825"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmesa-county-accounting-technician"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmesa-county-accounting-technician"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmesa-county-accounting-technician"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/mesa-county-accounting-technician\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmesa-county-accounting-technician"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3437344}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"mesacounty.us","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3437344},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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