Senior Accountant, Accountant Trainee ; NY HELPS), Box OSEA-

Position: Senior Accountant, Accountant Trainee 1 (NY HELPS), Box OSEA-320/40161
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Date Posted 07/03/26

Applications Due
07/17/26

Vacancy ID219220

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NY HELPYes

Agency Education Department, State

Title Senior Accountant, Accountant Trainee 1 (NY HELPS), Box OSEA-320/40161

Occupational Category No Preference

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

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 Office of Special Education and ACCES

OSEA Fiscal and Administrative Services Team

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code
12234

Duties Description The New York State Education Department's (NYSED) Office of Special Education and Adult Career and Continuing Education Services (OSEA) is seeking candidates for a Senior Accountant position in the Fiscal and Administrative Services Team. The incumbent of this position will serve as a fiscal liaison within the Department. Duties of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

* Prepare budget updates for OSEA programs including Office of Special Education, Adult Education, High School Equivalency, Proprietary School Supervision, and Vocational Rehabilitation.

* Work on matters pertaining to OSEA contracts, procurements, and payments.

* Track and analyze spending from federal and State sources.

* Review and approve contract payments, and assure they are in accordance with contract terms.

* Audit, process, and track contract claims and vouchers.

* Work on miscellaneous fiscal, budget, and administrative projects.

* Prepare end-of-the-fiscal-period financial transactions to ensure that all federal and State funds are fully expended before the fund end dates.

* Prepare documents and materials relevant to new contracts and contract amendments.

* Assist with the review and preparation of required federal reporting; and

* Provide technical assistance to ACCES staff and vendors on all aspects of contracting, claiming, and status updating.

Minimum Qualifications NY HELPS

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 (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 compete 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.

NON-COMPETITIVE

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

To be considered for appointment through NY HELPS candidates must meet the open-competitive minimum qualifications for this position. The qualifications are:

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.

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

Senior Accountant:
Candidates must have either:

* 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…