ACCOUNT CLERK I / COMMUNITY PROGRAMS- FINANCE

Account Clerk I / Community Programs - Finance

Salary : $51,379.68 - $57,273.84 Annually

Location : Los Angeles County, CA

Job Type : Full time

Job Number : Y0577A-EA

Department : Health Services

Opening Date : November 20, 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 are seeking qualified candidates to fill a Account Clerk I 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. During 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 Account Clerk I.

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its unified system of 23 health centers and four hospitals - and expanded network of community partner clinics DHS annually provides direct care for over 500,000 outstanding 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.

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

DEFINITION : Performs accounting clerical work in the maintenance of accounting records within a comprehensive established framework of procedures, under general supervision. A departmental accounting system having approximately 200 appropriation and revenues accounts and cost centers. A segment of a general accounting system having approximately 2,000 appropriation, fund, proprietary, and revenue accounts and cost centers. -OR- An accounts payable, accounts receivable, or trust accounting system having approximately 5,000 active accounts. A general accounting system or segment thereof having approximately 100,000 appropriation, fund, proprietary and revenue accounts and cost centers. -OR- An accounts payable, accounts receivable, or trust accounting system having approximately 100,000 accounts.

Essential Job Functions :

Serves as a clerical assistant to a higher level in-charge accounting position which has day-to-day responsibility for operation of the accounting system. Does bookkeeping and associated financial-clerical work, spending a major portion of time performing a variety of tasks involved in maintaining the accounting records of a small general accounting system, or an accounts receivable, accounts payable or trust accounting system. Performs the work within a comprehensive established framework of procedures; such work involves (1) performing all of the following tasks : sorting, coding, verifying, and filing financial documents, posting by hand, machine or, through the initiation of computer input, to registers and subsidiary ledgers, and balancing to controlling accounts, and (2) performing at least some of the following : locating and tracing both posting and coding errors; listing errors and required adjustments; taking trial balances; assisting in the reconciling of accounts with the Auditor's abstract; compiling prescribed financial-statistical data and preparing highly standardized reports such as sales tax, mileage, and collection reports or other reports reflecting current account balances; and reconciling bank accounts affecting the balances of a large group of funds or revenue accounts and involving a large number of transactions. Perform other work such as preparing payrolls or requisitions providing that a major portion of the work involves a bookkeeping assignment of the character described elsewhere as needed. Perform more difficult and complex bookkeeping work under close supervision or within a comprehensive established framework of detailed procedures as needed. Serve as lead of a group of bookkeeping machine operators as needed. Does inventory control work of a strictly clerical nature spending full time in maintaining a large scale system of stock and equipment accounts and performing associated work within an established framework of procedures; such work includes : checking and coding documents reflecting stock and equipment transactions, posting such transactions to stock and equipment ledgers manually, by bookkeeping machine or through the initiation of computer input, verifying the accuracy of stock and equipment accounts by balancing to receipts, issues, invoices, and statements of physical inventory and reconciling to the Auditor's property listings, reporting unexplained discrepancies to superiors, and preparing statistical reports reflecting inventory operations. Perform incidental tasks such as preparing requisitions, receiving reports or other documents such as those describing equipment or consigning equipment to surplus as needed. Participates in routine office and field checks of departmental installations to verify the clerical accuracy of accounting documents they submit such as petty cash collection reports, cash register receipts, and golf course starter sheets; checking procedures are well established and closely supervised and only a few kinds of transactions affecting a small number of accounts are examined; such work involves : checking clerical accuracy of postings and totals on reports, verifying postings with supporting documents; determining whether prescribed procedures have been followed, and listing discrepancies and required corrective action and tracing errors to their source. Performs office machine operating work which may require the skilled use of desk calculators, bookkeeping machines, adding machines and typewriters. Routinely access such office equipment as video display terminals, word processors, or personal computers to input data, perform computations, or produce documents not requiring the formatting or programming of such equipment as needed.

Requirements :

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS :

OPTION I : One year's clerical experience in bookkeeping assisting in the maintenance of a double entry accounting system and associated subsidiary records involving coding transactions and posting and balancing of ledgers, journals, and registers.

OPTION II : One year's clerical experience in the maintenance of financial or statistical records involving the coding, recording, checking tabulations and computation of data and completion of a high school level course in bookkeeping or elementary accounting.

PHYSICAL CLASS II - Light : This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring 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 for Option II, include a copy of your official high school transcripts from an accredited institution within seven (7) calendar days of filing your application online. The document should show the date the course was conferred, specified high school courses and be in English; if it is in a foreign language, it must be translated and evaluated for equivalency to U.S. standards. For more information on our standards for educational documents, please visit : https : / / file.lacounty.gov / SDSInter / dhr / 070812_PPG123.pdf and https : / / file.lacounty.gov / SDSInter / dhr / 205105_PPG_123_ACE_Resource_Guide.pdf 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.

OUR ASSESSMENT PROCESS : During 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