Accounting Technician

Join our team and make a difference in your community as an Accounting Technician in the Child Support Department.
Sauk County is the ultimate destination where anyone can happily live, work, and play.
We are looking for someone who has the desire to support local communities and be a part of the Child Support team.
The purpose of the Accounting Technician is to perform administrative support and recordkeeping tasks for court-ordered or stipulated spousal, child, and medical support for the Sauk County Child Support Agency.
Essential Duties Initiate new cases and update existing cases in the KIDS system.
Interpret and record all Court orders as financial and nonfinancial obligations in KIDS database.
Collect and process disbursements of support, purge, and fee payments.
Calculate past due amounts or overpayments and reconcile financial records accordingly.
Print and work multiple financial reports daily.
Review suspended collections, working to resolve financial transactions or manually adjust the suspended collection as required by State policy.
Furnish certified financial information to authorized parties, other agencies, and the Courts.
Deposit payments into Agency checking account for disbursement.
Write checks for the Agency when cash payments are received.
Review Financial Account Holds ensuring the agency meets the State determined percentage guidelines.
Utilize State systems to gather information which includes CWW, KIDS, CCAP, WiKIDS, CSOS, KIDSTAR, and Control D.
Generate new, amended, suspension, and termination of income withholding notices and mail or electronically deliver notices to employers.
Review participant and case financial accounts to calculate payments deficiencies and determine and fix any issues or discrepancies in the KIDS participant or case account.
Perform all court paperwork for the agency attorney, including printing State Wage Records, CWW information, and Unemployment Income information.
Create the court calendar for the Agency and Family Court Commissioner each week.
Receive participant phone calls regarding payments, distribution of payments, and history of payments.
Receive employer phone calls regarding remitting payments and issues with payment processing.
Manage the assigned Non IV-D caseload for the Agency.
Manage the agency trust account.
Participate in office meetings and trainings as scheduled.
Maintain all relevant certifications.
Enter and maintain accurate participant demographic and employment data to KIDS.
Handle large amounts of cash regularly by taking in payments from payers and purge payments.
Act as back up for the Program Support/Receptionist as needed.
Provide testimony in Court to substantiate accuracy of agency financial records.
Manually distribute Ho-Chunk Per Capita payments each month.
Determine the accurate emancipation date of minor children to end current support and health insurance obligation timely.
Contact participants and schools to collect this information.
Enter verified dates into KIDS and update the court order charging obligations when required.
Certify payment records for Court weekly and for participants or attorneys when required/requested.
Review the required report list daily.
Print reports for all agency staff and disburse reports timely.
Write checks monthly for cases with money in the agency trust account and make bank deposits regularly.
Perform notary public duties.
And other duties as assigned.
Minimum Training and Education Required: High school diploma or equivalent 2 years of administrative or office experience Preferred: 2 years of child support experience Certification: Notary Public Certification, or the ability to become certified within six months of start Any combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities may be considered.