SENIOR ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN / EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT HOMELESSNESS

Senior Accounting Systems Technician / Emergency Appointment Homelessness

Salary : $90,820.32 - $122,388.00 Annually

Location : Los Angeles County, CA

Job Type : Full time

Job Number : Y0666A-EA

Department : HEALTH SERVICES

Opening Date : 03 / 24 / 2025

The LA County Board of Supervisors recently declared a local state of emergency for homelessness, and the County is working to revise and expand our response to help all who are affected. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing, mental health, and substance use. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County, this may be the opportunity for you.

Department of Health Services Community Programs (Housing for Health for Homelessness) and Office of Diversion and Reentry seek qualified candidates to fill emergency Senior Accounting Systems Technician vacancies related to the homelessness crisis. Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment. Before your initial work period ends, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%. Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment as Senior Accounting Systems Technician.

About Los Angeles County Department of Health Services :

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second-largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its integrated system of 23 health centers, four acute hospitals, and an expanded network of community partner clinics DHS annually provides direct care for 500,000 unique patients, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget of over $8.4 billion. Through academic affiliations with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC), and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU), DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. In addition to its direct clinical services, DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the County's 911 emergency response system, as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re-entry, each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations, including those released from correctional and institutional settings to supportive housing.

Mission :

To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care.

Definition :

Supervises professional accounting systems analysis work in connection with the internal audit, development, evaluation, and review of large-scale and complex fiscal control systems for State and Federally financed welfare and other programs.

Essential Job Functions :

Supervises the study, evaluation, development and implementation of accounting control and reporting systems to be incorporated in electronic data processing systems. Recommends and coordinates the implementation of policy and procedure relating to accounting control, fiscal record keeping methods, and audit trails; monitors the activities of organizations responsible for implementing these policies and procedures to ensure compliance. Discusses accounting systems studies and findings with departmental personnel. Develops financial controls to be incorporated in the administration of welfare programs. Participates in formal discussion of audit findings with auditors; serves as liaison for the department with auditors while audits are in progress. Prepares formal replies to audit findings of the Auditor's Office and other governmental agencies. Develops tests of accounting controls incorporated into electronic data processing systems. Serves as consultant to management on accounting systems matters.

Requirements :

Minimum Requirements :

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with twenty-one units of accounting including cost accounting and auditing -AND- Two years professional auditing or accounting experience at the level of Intermediate Accountant-Auditor or higher.

Physical Class II - Light : This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring a light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10-pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved.

Special Requirement Information :

• In order to qualify include a copy of your official transcript from an accredited institution within seven (7) calendar days of filing your application online. The document should show the date the degree was conferred, specified college courses and be in English; if it is in a foreign language, it must be translated and evaluated for equivalency to U.S. standards.

Note : If you are unable to attach required documents during application submission, you may email them to the exam analyst at yramos@dhs.lacounty.gov within 7 calendar days of filing online. Please include your name, the exam number and exam title in the subject line of the email. We do not accept password-protected documents. Ensure documents are unlocked before attaching to your application or sending to the exam analyst.

Professional experience : Work is professional when the position exercises discretion, judgment, or personal responsibility for the application of an organized body of knowledge that is consistently studied to make discoveries and interpretations and to improve data, materials, methods.

In the County of Los Angeles, Intermediate Accountant-Auditor is defined as experience conducting management, performance, financial, and compliance audits and other studies of County departments and contract providers.

In the County of Los Angeles, Accountant III is defined as experience performing responsible and highly complex professional accounting and auditing work in the preparation, analysis, review, maintenance, reconciliation and control of financial records and fiscal revenue and expenditures forecasting.

Responsible and highly complex is defined as a significantly greater degree of originality, innovation, critical thinking, resourcefulness, and conceptualization, required to perform the task.

Additional Information :

Our Assessment Process :

Before the end of your initial work period, the appointing department will evaluate your performance. Those who achieve a passing score on this evaluation will be considered for permanent appointment.

Eligibility Information :

Please note that ALL information included in the application materials is subject to VERIFICATION at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. FALSIFICATION of any information may result in DISQUALIFICATION.

Vacancy Information :

The current vacancies are to be filled within Community Programs (Housing for Health for Homelessness).

Available Shift :

Appointees may be required to work any shift, including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Application & Filing Information :

We only accept applications filed online. Applications submitted by U.S. mail, fax, or in person are not accepted. Apply online by clicking on the "Apply" green button at the top right of this posting. This website can also be used to get application status updates. Applications will be accepted and reviewed for interview consideration on an ongoing basis. If you are not contacted for an interview within 60 days of submitting your application, and the recruitment remains open or reopens for filing, we encourage you to submit a new application. This will allow you to reaffirm your interest and update any relevant information. Please fill out the application completely. Provide relevant job experience including employer's name and address, job title, beginning and ending dates, number of hours worked per week, and description of work performed. If your application is incomplete, it will be rejected. We may verify information included in the application at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. Falsification of information could result in refusal of application or rescission of appointment. Copying verbiage from the Requirements or class specification as your work experience will not be sufficient to demonstrate meeting the requirements. Doing so may result in an incomplete application and may lead to disqualification. New email addresses need to be verified. This only needs to be done once per email address and can be done at any time by logging in to governmentjobs.com and following the prompts. This is to improve the security of the online application and to prevent incorrectly entered email addresses. Social Security Number : Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number, so include yours when applying. Computer and Internet Access at Public Libraries : For applicants who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County. Please refer to their website for updated information.

No Sharing of User ID, E-mail, and Password :

All applicants must file their application online using their own user ID and password. Using a family member's or friend's login information may erase a candidate's original application record.

Fair Chance Initiative :

The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except for a very limited number of positions, you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse