Accountant, Financial Reporting, Financial Analyst

Position: Accountant 3

Posting number: CS-

Department: Public School Employees' Retirement System

Division: PS Fin Mgmt

Job classification: Accountant 3

Posting type: SCSC E&T Vacancy

Categories: Accounting and Finance

Summary

The Public School Employees' Retirement System (PSERS) is searching for an Accountant 3 to join their Office of Financial Management (OFM) team. This position will handle the financial activities of PSERS Hybrid Plan including the new Defined Contribution Plan (DC) investments under Act 5 and the production and analysis of the annual 1099-R and 1042-S forms. This position also provides reporting to Senior management and oversees an Accountant 2 that is engaged with responsibilities for the PSERS Hybrid Plan including DC.

If you have prior accounting experience; can work independently to plan, organize, and direct; and want to take the next step in growing your career - apply to join PSERS today!

Examples of duties

This position combines advanced accounting work with oversight of investment reporting for defined contribution plan investments. You will help ensure accurate financial reporting, support major financial activities, and supervise accounting operations. As an Accountant 3, you will perform the following duties:

• Investment Reporting: Prepare and review investment reports covering financial performance and a variety of investment transactions while ensuring complete and accurate reporting
• Account Reconciliation: Verify reconciliations, analyze general ledger accounts, and resolve routine and complex investment accounting issues
• Team Leadership: Direct and oversee the work of an Accountant 2 while supporting daily accounting operations and staff development
• Financial Implementation: Coordinate with consultants, administrators, and internal teams to support financial management activities for new hybrid plans
• Tax Form Support: Assist with the analysis, compilation, reconciliation, and production of annual 1099-R tax forms for a large recipient population
• Control Monitoring: Develop and maintain controls that help detect misuse or loss of funds and monitor third-party plan administration activities

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information

• Full-time employment (37.5 hours per week)
• Work hours are 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 60-minute lunch.
  • Hours may be negotiable, to be discussed during interview process.
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time. This position is a hybrid telework eligible, dependent on operational and executive leadership requirements. Telework schedule varies based on current work activities. 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.

Qualifications QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• One year as an Accountant 2 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration);
  or
• Three 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…