Accountant, Financial Reporting, Accounting Manager

Accountant 4

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Are you interested in a challenging and rewarding opportunity in a fast‑paced environment? If so, take the next step in your career as an Accountant 4 with the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Financial Operations. This position gives you the opportunity to provide advanced professional and supervisory work requiring the management of professional staff. If you are a hands‑on leader dedicated to operational excellence and team success, we want to hear from you!

In this pivotal role, you will manage the administration of various sections of the Taxpayer Relief Act (Act
1). This position establishes, plans and supervises the activities of other accountants, advises the Division Chief on accounting procedures related to appropriation forecasting, subsidy calculations and reconciliations, develops guidelines and directs the activities of support staff. Work involves supervising the examination of financial data submitted by school districts, including preliminary budgets and proposed increases in tax rates. You will be expected to review school district requests for referendum exceptions to increase the tax rate beyond the allowed index amount and approve or disapprove referendum exception requests.

This position calculates and distributes allocations to school districts from the Property Tax Relief Fund. You will have the opportunity to communicate with individuals, agencies outside of the department and various districts and school board personnel to convey information relating to the provisions of Act 1.

• Full‑time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday – Friday, with 60‑minute lunch.
• Telework:
  You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part‑time, 1 day per week in office, every Wednesday. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high‑speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time.
  
  Additional details may be provided during the interview.
• 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.

• One year as an Accountant 3 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration) or certification as a Public Accountant; or
• Four years of progressively responsible professional accounting experience, and graduation from a four‑year college or university, including or supplemented by fifteen credits in accounting.
• Four years of bookkeeping experience and fifteen college credits in accounting may be substituted for college graduation. A Master’s degree in Accounting or a related field may be substituted for one year of general work experience.

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

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this…