Accountant 2 (Local Government) - Delaware County MH​/ID

Are you ready to apply your financial skills to support mental health programs that make a real impact in your community? Join the Delaware County Department of Human Services (DHS) as an Accountant 2 and help strengthen programs that support critical resources and services for our valued residents. Within this role, you will have the opportunity to enhance your financial skills while working with a wide range of funding sources.

Your work will support important programs by ensuring budgets, reports, and financial records stay accurate. Apply today to step into a position where your attention to detail makes a meaningful difference!

This position supports the fiscal management of mental health programs by maintaining financial records, preparing reports, and coordinating with various providers and county offices. Through your work, you will ensure accurate tracking of expenditures, reimbursements, and program budgets. As an Accountant 2, you will perform the following duties:

• Financial Coordination: Work with providers, program staff, and county offices to support efficient fiscal operations
• Account Maintenance: Create and maintain revenue and expense accounts in the accounting system
• Audit Preparation: Prepare financial documents for audits and assist with required reviews
• Budget Monitoring: Review program and provider budgets and track expenses throughout the year
• Rate Analysis: Analyze provider reimbursement rates using submitted financial reports
• Invoice Review: Evaluate expenditure requests and invoices for compliance with procedures and agreements

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• One year as an Accountant I; or
• Two years of professional accounting experience, and graduation from a four year college or university, including or supplemented by 15 credits in accounting.
• Four years of bookkeeping experience and 18 college credits in accounting may be substituted for college graduation.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• You must pass a background investigation.
• This position falls under the provisions of the Child Protective Services Law.
  • Under the Law, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports including, but not limited to, PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law.

All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
  • your score may be lower than deserved.
  • you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.