Senior Accountant​/Accountant Trainee - Albany; NY HELPS

Senior Accountant/Accountant Trainee 1/2

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.
• 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.

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.

Competitive

Minimum Qualifications:

To be considered for this position, a review of your state history is needed. Please provide the last four digits of your social security number in your email response or on your resume. If you are not comfortable providing this information in your response, a representative from our office will contact you via phone. If Civil Service Eligible list(s) exist, they will be canvassed.

You may also apply if you are eligible for appointment by one of the following qualifications:

• Reassignment
  
  Qualifications:
  
  Current New York State Department of Labor employee with at least one year of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55 b/c service as a Senior Accountant/Accountant Trainee 1/2. If you have less than one year of service, you must be reachable on the current eligible list for this location if one exists.
• 70.1 Transfer
  
  Qualifications:
  
  Accountant Trainee 1 – One year of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55 b/c service in a title allocated to Grade 12 or higher determined to be similar by Civil Service. Accountant Trainee 2 – One year of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55 b/c service in a title allocated to Grade 14 or higher determined to be similar by Civil Service. Senior Accountant – One year of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55 b/c service in a title allocated to Grade 16 or higher determined to be similar by Civil Service.
• 70.4 Transfer
  
  Qualifications:
  
  One year of permanent competitive service as a Grade 12 or higher; have taken and passed the most recent holding of the Professional Career Opportunities (PCO) exam, and have at least a bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 24 semester credit hours in accounting, auditing, and/or taxation coursework.
• Subsequent 55 B/C
  
  Qualifications:
  
  A subsequent 55b/c appointment may be considered if you have one year of permanent or contingent-permanent service in a title allocated to Grade 12 or higher determined to be similar by Civil Service
  * and have a current Civil Service 55b/c approval letter.

Note:

For all transfers noted, a comprehensive list of titles approved for transfer is available through Civil Service GOT-IT at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

Preferred Qualifications:

Ability to initiate and maintain relationships across a diverse set of stakeholders.