Senior Accountant​/Accountant Trainee - Albany; NY HELPS

Position: Senior Accountant/Accountant Trainee 1/2 - Albany (NY HELPS)
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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 06/22/26

Applications Due
07/06/26

Vacancy ID218326

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NY HELPYes

Agency Labor, Department of

Title Senior Accountant/Accountant Trainee 1/2 - Albany (NY HELPS)

Occupational Category Financial, Accounting, Auditing

Salary Grade
18

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

Salary Range From $53764 to $85138 Annually

Employment Type

Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Albany

Street Address 1220 Washington Ave

State Office Campus, Building 12

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code
12226

Duties Description Standard Duties:

The Senior Accountant/Accountant Trainee 1/2 in the Administrative Finance Bureau duties will include but are not limited to the following:

* Review and analyze program expenses versus available funding for assigned program areas on a monthly basis;

* Initiate a more detailed review of program spending to determine the cause of over or under spending issues;

* Prepare projections for funding, spending, supportable positions, and year-end financial status of assigned programs;

* Post journal entries, prepare reports and account reconciliation.

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, if they meet the below NY HELPS minimum qualifications.

NY HELPS Non-Competitive

Minimum Qualifications:

Accountant Trainee 1:

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.

Accountant Trainee 2:

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 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.

* Substitution - A master's or higher degree in accounting, auditing, or taxation may substitute for one year of experience.

Senior Accountant:

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.

It is expected that employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status in the future, 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.

If you are interested in the NY-HELPS program, or this position, you may reply to this vacancy posting, or you may visit the New York State Department of Civil Service website at https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). (copy and paste in browser) to register today, in three easy steps.

Competitive

Minimum Qualifications:

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