Senior Accountant; NY HELPS Job Albany area,City of Albany New York USA,Accounting

Position: Senior Accountant (NY HELPS)
Location: City of Albany

duties description

the office of financial administration (ofa) is responsible for fiscal operations of the housing trust fund corporation (htfc) and the division of housing and community renewal (dhcr). Ofa’s scope of responsibilities includes purchasing, grant contracts, payables and receivables, mortgage servicing, travel, and htfc payroll and htfc accounting. Ofa is seeking to fill a senior accountant position to assist with managing these responsibilities.

The senior accountant will be cross‑trained to cover a combination of the following duties:

conduct routine account and fund reconciliations in the accounting system for the htfc programs and administrative activities.
routinely update the htfc check registers and accounting system.
monitor and track funding requests.
provide accurate general ledger coding for all accounting transactions, including data entry of information into the accounting system, and review coding and data entry completed by other staff.
complete bank account reconciliations.
assist in the preparation of materials for the htfc’s annual financial statements audit, the annual single audit, and treasurer’s reports.
assist in all month‑end and year‑end closeout activities.
assist with htfc payroll transactions.
work collaboratively with unit accountants to ensure that all aspects of finance’s accounting needs are managed, including providing backup support for other staff.
assist with providing accurate reports and accounting detail upon request.
assist with research and reconciliation projects as needed.

preferred experience and skills

knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (gaap)
excellent analytical and organizational skills
excellent oral and written communication skills

minimum qualifications

this title is part of the new york hiring for emergency limited placement statewide program (ny helps). For the duration of the ny helps program, this title may be filled via a non‑competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply. At a future date, it is expected employees hired under ny helps will have their non‑competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination.

Employees will then be afforded all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of new york state. While serving permanently in a ny helps title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

a bachelor’s degree in accounting, auditing, or taxation or a bachelor’s degree with 24 semester credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation courses and two years of professional experience in accounting/auditing or financial internal or field auditing, where you were responsible for the full range of activities in the design and/or review, analysis and management of accounting systems, resulting in the preparation of, or recommendations on, financial statements in accord with generally accepted accounting principles.

a master’s degree in accounting, auditing, or taxation and one year of professional experience in accounting/auditing or financial internal or field auditing, where you were responsible for the full range of activities in the design and/or review, analysis and management of accounting systems, resulting in the preparation of, or recommendations on, financial statements in accord with generally accepted accounting principles or a currently valid certified public accountant license and registration issued by new york state.

note that courses such as business law, economics, statistics, and most finance courses, although taken as part of an accounting curriculum, cannot be counted toward the 24 semester credit hours. + experience not considered qualifying are activities restricted to teaching, bookkeeping, maintaining/auditing payroll records or accounts receivable/accounts payable, or preparing tax returns.

competitive minimum qualifications

must be reachable on the new york state civil service eligible list and provide proof of the education requirements for either accountant trainee or senior…


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