Accountant - Peoria - Ump

Job Requisition : 59336
Opening Date: 10/09/2026
Closing Date: 10/27/2026
Agency: Department of Children and Family Services
Class Title: ACCOUNTANT - 00130
Skill Option: UMP Certificate
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $5127 monthly;
Full Range $5127 - $7135 monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC062 Technical Employees, AFSCME
Merit Comp Code:
Work Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5pm
Anticipated Hybrid Work Schedule Availability: 4 to 5 Days per week in office, depending on operational needs
Headquarter Location: 5415 N University St, Peoria, Illinois, 61614
Work County: Peoria

Agency Contact: Fisayo Oyadeyi
Agency Contact: [email removed]

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

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The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is seeking an organized, professional, and results oriented individual to serve as Regional Business Office Accountant. Under general supervision, this position will maintain, update, and balance ledgers. The position will review, analyze, and reconcile complex financial documents such as vouchers, billings, and forms to ensure compliance with appropriate policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.

This position will make payments via appropriate payment systems and will verify the accuracy of billings to ensure amounts and rates are correct. The position will also prepare and analyze various financial reports and reconcile payment discrepancies. This position provides a great opportunity for a motivated individual who is interested in playing a role in ensuring that DCFS accounting processes are carried out in an efficient, effective manner.

DCFS offers a competitive compensation plan, excellent benefits, and a pension program. The ideal candidate for this position will have excellent organizational skills and strong accounting skills. We invite you to join our innovative team to help make a positive difference in the lives of the children and families of Illinois

• Serves as Regional Business Office Accountant
• Makes payment on the MARS or Childcare payment systems
• Prepares and analyzes various financial reports, including monthly expenditures and projection reports
• Reviews and maintains the obligation documents ledger
• Serves as liaison to providers, vendors, and staff regarding payment policy and requirement for processing payments through the voucher, childcare payment, or board payment system
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above

• R equires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of college, with courses in business administration and accounting OR four years of technical accounting experience
• Qualifying state employees in the employee Upward Mobility Program, may complete combinations of specific proficiency tests and training programs leading to a certificate of proficiency in lieu of the stated requirements for this classification.

• 2 years of…