Account Clerk ICommunity Programs- Finance

EXAM NUMBER

Y0577A-EA

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT

OPEN COMPETITIVE- EMERGENCY

FIRST DAY OF FILING:

The application filing period will begin on Friday November 21 2025 at 8:00 a.m. (PT)and will remain open on a continuous basis. Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. Please note that the application window may close without prior notice once a sufficient number of qualified candidates has been received.

NO OUT-OF-CLASS EXPERIENCE OR WITHHOLDS ARE ALLOWED FOR THIS EXAMINATION.

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.

Duringyour 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.

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 unified system of 23 health centers and four hospitals - and expanded network of community partner clinics DHS annually provides direct care for over 500000 outstanding patients employs over 23000 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 addition to its direct clinical services DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the Countys 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.

For additional information regarding DHS please visit.

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 2000 appropriation fund proprietary and revenue accounts and cost centers.

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An accounts payable accounts receivable or trust accounting system having approximately 5000 active accounts.

A general accounting system or segment thereof having approximately 100000 appropriation fund proprietary and revenue accounts and cost centers.

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An accounts payable accounts receivable or trust accounting system having approximately 100000 accounts.

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 Auditors 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 Auditors 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 listings 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.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

OPTION I: One years 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 years 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: and

If you are unable to attach required documents during application submission you may email them to the exam analyst at 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 the application completely. Provide relevant job experience including employers 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 and following the prompts. This is to improve the security of the online application and to prevent incorrectly entered email addresses.

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 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 members or friends login information may erase a candidates 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 relationship with the specific duties of the job and consider potential mitigating factors including but not limited to evidence and extent of rehabilitation regency of the offense(s) and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about a conviction history any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).

Anti-Racism Diversity and Inclusion (ARDI):

The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. The Department of Health Services is committed to promoting Anti-racism Diversity and Inclusion efforts to address the inequalities and disparities amongst race. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality diversity and inclusion in recruitment selection and employment practices.

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Equal Employment Opportunity/Non-Discrimination Statement:
The County of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to non-discrimination in the County workforce regardless of age (40 and over); ancestry; color; ethnicity; religious creed; protected family or medical leave status; disability; marital status; medical condition; genetic information; military and veteran status; national origin; race ; sex; gender; sexual orientation; or any other characteristic protected by State or federal law. For more information please visit: Accommodations for Applicants:
The County of Los Angeles complies with all federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process please contact the testing accommodation coordinator listed on the job posting. Hearing impaired applicants with telephone teletype equipment may leave messages by calling the teletype phone number on the job posting. For more information on accommodations please visit: Chance:
The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws you will not be asked to provide information about conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job and will also consider potential mitigating factors which may include but is not limited to evidence and extent of rehabilitation recency of the offense(s) and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about conviction history any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).

Employment Eligibility:
Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.

Career PathFinder:
Resources to help current and prospective employees plan a career with Los Angeles County are available. To explore career paths to and from nearly all job titles please visit our interactive Career PathFinder application at .

Veterans Credit:
Pursuant to the County Charter and County policy in all open competitive examinations (i.e. examinations open to everyone) the County of Los Angeles will add a credit of 10 percent of the total credits specified for such examination to the final passing score of an honorably discharged veteran as well as the spouse of a deceased or disabled veteran who served in the Armed Forces of the United States under specific conditions.
For more information on veterans credit please visit: September 2025