Senior Accountant

Job Title: Senior Accountant (Accountant Advanced)

Job Requisition ID: 44887

Closing Date: 03/04/2025

Salary: $5,179 a month

Work Hours: M-F 8:30AM - 5:00PM

Work Location: (Hybrid) 120 W Jefferson St Springfield, IL 62702

Union Position: Yes

Work authorization: US work authorization required at time of application. No sponsorship available. Not eligible for F1 OPT/CPT. Positions are W2 only and cannot be converted to a contract position. If you have questions about your work authorization eligibility, please email doit.recruitment@illinois.gov.

Questions? Email doit.recruitment@illinois.gov

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Are you looking for a rewarding career with an organization that values their staff? The Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) is seeking to hire qualified candidates with the opportunity to work in a dynamic, creative thinking, problem solving environment.

This position serves as the Senior Accountant to the DoIT Comptroller performing complex accounting and auditing work and special projects, including but not limited to, the review and maintenance of departmental funds including grants accounts.

In this role you will evaluate the more difficult accounting problems and records, keeping the Comptroller apprised of all identified violations, problems and issues.

In addition, you will prepare, summarize, examine and reconcile fiscal reports and assist in the preparation, examination, reconciliation and analysis of complex statements and reports which produce financial data used for planning, evaluating and forecasting.

If you possess these knowledges, skills, abilities and experience, we invite you to apply to join the DoIT team!

As a State of Illinois employee, you receive a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Competitive Group Insurance benefits including health, life, dental and vision plans
• Flexible work schedules (when available and dependent upon position)
• 10-25 days of paid vacation time annually (10 days for first year of state employment)
• 12 days of paid sick time annually which carryover year to year
• 3 paid personal business days per year
• 13-14 paid holidays per year dependent on election years
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Pension plan through the State Employees Retirement System
• Deferred Compensation Program – voluntary supplemental retirement plan
• Optional pre-tax programs -Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) & Dependent Care Assistant Plan (DCAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement Program and Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility

For more information regarding State of Illinois Benefits follow this link: https://www2.illinois.gov/cms/benefits/Pages/default.aspx

Essential Functions

• Under direction, serves as the Senior Accountant to the Comptroller performing complex accounting and auditing work and special projects, including but not limited to, the review and maintenance of departmental funds, grants accounts (DoIT Special Projects Fund) for the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT).
• Prepares, summarizes, examines, and reconciles fiscal reports.
• Assists in the preparation, examination, reconciliation, and analysis of complex statements and reports including internal statements, ledgers, journals, schedules and reports using various automated and manual systems which produce financial data used for planning, evaluating and forecasting.
• Prepares responses to fiscal/financial reporting inquiries from internal and external sources such as Comptroller, other agencies, Governor’s Office of Management & Budget (GOMB) and entities conducting business with DoIT.
• Performs development, testing, and implementation of enhancements to existing and new systems.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college with course work in business administration and accounting.
• Requires two (2) years of professional experience in accounting, external auditing, budgetary planning and control, or public accounting.

Preferred Qualifications (In Order Of Significance)

• Two (2) years of professional experience with State of IL accounting systems such as the SAP system, the Accounting Information System (AIS) and State Accounting Management Systems (SAMS), or similar systems.
• Two (2) years of professional experience independently performing complex accounting and auditing work involving the maintenance of departmental/company funds, including grants accounts.
• Two (2) years of professional experience assisting in the preparation of internal statements, ledgers, journals, schedules, and reports to produce financial data used for planning, evaluating, and forecasting.
• Extensive knowledge of Governmental Accounting and GAAP principles.
• Extensive knowledge of accounting and auditing theory, principles, methods and procedures.
• Extensive knowledge of laws, rules and regulations relating to state or non-state accounting or auditing procedures.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products including proficiency in Excel spreadsheet development and Access database applications.
• Ability to evaluate the more difficult accounting problems and records and to interpret complex accounting records.
• Ability to maintain satisfactory working relationships with others.
• Developed verbal and written communication skills to present information to others with clarity and precision.

Conditions of Employment

NOTE: Applicants must possess the ability to meet ALL of the following conditions of employment, with or without reasonable accommodation, to be considered for this position.

• Requires the ability to verify identity.
• Requires employment authorization to accept permanent full-time position with the State of Illinois.
• Requires the ability to pass a position specific, agency required background check.
• Requires self-disclosure of criminal history.
• Requires the ability to use agency supplied equipment such as laptop, personal computer, work cell phone and any other required equipment or devices.
• Requires the ability to attend seminars, conferences and training to remain current on methods, tools, ideologies or other industry related topics relevant to job duties.
• Requires the ability to work outside of normal business hours to meet deadlines.
• Requires ability to lift and carry objects weighing up to 20 pounds. This is considered light work as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor (20 CFR 404.1567(b)). Light work involves lifting no more than 20 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds.
• Requires the ability to travel in performance of duties.

The conditions of employment listed are incorporated and/or related to any duties included in the position description.