Senior Accountant​/Accountant Trainee

Duties Description

Duties will include but are not limited to the following:

• Maintain the Financial Statement creation file along with corresponding support.
• Create, review, and distribute the Financial Statements.
• Monitor the progress of other departments which contribute to the Financial Statements ensuring they provide the information necessary for completion.
• Prepare various ledger entries, with corresponding support, to be approved for posting.
• Daily posting of General Ledger entries along with the import and posting of system
• generated entries.
• Maintain in-office reconciliations to verify account balances are correct.
• Work with outside departments to identify and correct any issues with the General Close various modules within the Authority’s accounting software.
• Maintain lease records and accounting schedules within the Authority’s lease software.
• Maintain the Authority’s internal system report repository.
• Prepare monthly payment files for Health Insurance and Union Benefits, as well as interfund transfer memos.
• Maintain and generate monthly Financial Reports from the Accounting software, along with any other reports needed.
• Assist in Year End Reporting with any additional needs that may arise.

Duties will include but are not limited to the following:

• Maintain the Financial Statement creation file along with corresponding support.
• Create, review, and distribute the Financial Statements.
• Monitor the progress of other departments which contribute to the Financial Statements ensuring they provide the information necessary for completion.
• Prepare various ledger entries, with corresponding support, to be approved for posting.
• Daily posting of General Ledger entries along with the import and posting of system
• generated entries.
• Maintain in-office reconciliations to verify account balances are correct.
• Work with outside departments to identify and correct any issues with the General Close various modules within the Authority’s accounting software.
• Maintain lease records and accounting schedules within the Authority’s lease software.
• Maintain the Authority’s internal system report repository.
• Prepare monthly payment files for Health Insurance and Union Benefits, as well as interfund transfer memos.
• Maintain and generate monthly Financial Reports from the Accounting software, along with any other reports needed.
• Assist in Year End Reporting with any additional needs that may arise.

Current New York State employee with one year or more of qualifying permanent service?allocated?to a Grade 13 or above and eligible for transfer under Section?70.1, and 70.4 of the NYS Civil Service Law.???

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Qualifications:?

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Accountant Trainee 1?– A bachelor's degree in accounting, auditing, or taxation; or any 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 any 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 preparation of, or recommendations on, financial statements in accord with generally accepted accounting principles.??

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Substitution: A master’s or higher degree in accounting, auditing, or taxation may?substitute for?one year of experience.???

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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…