Senior Accountant; Accountant Advanced

Agency Statement

IEMA-OHS is a team of dedicated public servants who are committed to better preparing the State of Illinois for natural, manmade, or technological disasters, hazards, or acts of terrorism. IEMA-OHS coordinates the State's disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery programs and activities, functions as the State Emergency Response Commission, and maintains a 24-hour Communication Center and State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC).

The SEOC acts as lead in crisis/consequence management response and operations to notify, activate, deploy, and employ state resources in response to any threat or act of terrorism. IEMA-OHS assists local governments with multi-hazard emergency operations plans and maintains the Illinois Emergency Operations Plan. IEMA-OHS is also responsible for protecting Illinois residents from the potentially harmful effects of ionizing radiation, administering more than two dozen programs to protect citizens and the environment.

Programs include extensive emergency planning and response efforts and training for local responders for accidents involving radiation; inspecting and regulating radioactive materials licensees; registering and inspecting radiation producing equipment and facilities statewide; accrediting medical radiation technologists; and certifying mammography facilities. IEMA-OHS also monitors 11 nuclear power reactors at six nuclear stations licensed to generate electricity in Illinois and inspects and escorts spent nuclear fuel shipments.

IEMA-OHS is seeking a candidate for the position of Accountant Advanced within the Fiscal Division’s Financial Reporting Section. The ideal candidate will have experience in state or federal grants, a strong attention to detail, and the ability to work successfully in a deadline-driven setting. Our employees work in an ever-changing environment that presents new challenges and rewarding results. If you are interested in joining our team of compassionate and integrity driven public servants, we invite you to apply for the Accountant Advanced position with IEMA-OHS!

8:00a - 4:30p Monday - Friday

• Independently performs complex accounting and auditing work involving the maintenance of several internal accounting spreadsheets consisting of ledgers, sub-ledgers, letters of credit, and reconciliations for assigned funds and grant accounts.
• Performs monthly reconciliations for assigned state and federal funds utilizing reports from the agency’s accounting system in Systems, Applications, and Products (SAP), the Comptroller’s Statewide Accounting Management System (SAMS) monthly reports, and query results from the SAMS Warehouse.
• Performs complex accounting and auditing work involving assigned funds and grant accounts in the preparation, examination, and summarization of related financial reports and statements for state and federal usage.
• Utilizes the agency accounting system in SAP to complete transactional data for communicating receipts between the Financial Reporting Section, the Office of the Comptroller, and the Office of the Treasurer, as well as to create and maintain grant‑related information.
• Coordinates with supervisor as well as Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Budget staff on recurring accounting processes, complex accounting problems, and implementation of new procedures or requirement changes.
• Develops and maintains official accounting records for assigned state and federal funds including, but not limited to, all supporting documentation related to reconciliations, federal financial reports, grant awards, fund ledgers, and other documents meant to provide an adequate audit trail and in accordance with record retention requirements.
• Develops, implements, and maintains standard operating procedures for accounting processes and procedures related to the job duties performed.
• Assists with agency needs, which may include supporting other agency functions, for a disaster response.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonable and within the scope of duties enumerated above, and which may include supporting other agency…