Senior Accountant​/Trainee - NY HELPS

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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 06/22/26

Applications Due
07/02/26

Vacancy ID218377

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* Job Specifics

* How to Apply

NY HELPYes

Agency Corrections and Community Supervision, Department of

Title Senior Accountant/Trainee - NY HELPS

Occupational Category Financial, Accounting, Auditing

Salary Grade
18

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary Range From $66951 to $85138 Annually

Employment Type

Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

"Other" Explanation Hours of work to be discussed at time of interview.

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Albany

Street Address NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision - Industries

550 Broadway

City Menands

StateNY

Zip Code
12204

Duties Description Will be discussed at interview.

Minimum Qualifications
* This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). (
* Please see below for further information).

Must be permanent in title, eligible for reassignment/transfer or reachable from the appropriate eligible list.

NY HELPS

Minimum Qualifications for Non-Competitive Appointment: 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.

Substitution: 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:

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.

* For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title maybe 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 (within one year of permanent appointment), it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to complete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with 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.

Additional Comments

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name Katrina Truax, Human Resources Specialist 1

Telephone

Fax

Email Address Katrina.

Truax.gov

Address

Street NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

1220 Washington Avenue, Building 4

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12226

Notes on Applying

To apply , please send your cover letter, resume, and official transcripts (when a degree or credits are required) preferably as a PDF attachment to Katrina.

Truax.gov with the position title and vacancy  # listed in the subject line of the email. Failure to include the required information may result in your resume not being considered for this position.