Senior Accountant/Trainee 1/Trainee 2 (NY HELPS)

Description

Duties Description

The incumbent will support the Disaster Recovery Finance section within the Office for Disaster Recovery Programs. The duties may include, but not be limited to:

• Develop and maintain knowledge of all applicable State and Federal laws, rules and regulations relating to recovery programs and grant administration. Acts as a resource and shares knowledge and expertise with subordinate staff, internal/external agency stakeholders and applicants.
• Maintain manual or automated ledgers including books of account or general ledgers, the classification and recording of transactions, the maintenance of controls and the preparation of required accounting statements and reports.
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), concepts, and practices. Verify, classify and code financial transactions for input following GAAP and applicable laws, rules and regulations.
• Perform and oversee record-keeping and required fiscal reporting for State and federally funded agency programs by interpreting guidelines, instructions, and monitoring schedules and reports.
• Monitor revenue and record transactions according to specific disaster events.
• Provide advice and assistance to impacted State and local jurisdictions, and private sector concerning accounting matters. Advice is based on GAAP principles, theories, concepts, and practices, and relevant body of laws, rules, and regulations.
• Organize, maintain, and update electronic information and documentation for projects, contracts, disaster declarations, letters, program and financial information and reports.
• Monitor and track multiple grants, projects, financial information and reconciliations. Compiles financial information, prepares reports and analyzes expenditure data and payments of federal and state funds for use by Federal and State agencies for budgeting and audit purposes.
• Compile data and drafts program and financial disaster specific section letters and reports on the status of programs, projects and funds, responses to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), state agencies and applicants as directed.
• Draft project narratives, identify expenses and review for eligibility and accuracy for reimbursement, and reconciliations of the same.
• Compile data, reports, and conduct audits on expenditure data to ensure Federal compliance for reimbursement purposes.
• Attend meetings with FEMA, state agencies and applicants as needed.
• Complete special projects as assigned.
• Potential to supervise staff and perform the full range of supervisory duties.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Travel 10%.
• Work schedule may vary based on operational need.
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).***

To be considered for appointment through NY HELPS or 55b/c, candidates must meet the open-competitive minimum qualifications for this position.

This title includes a traineeship opportunity and applicants will be appointed to the appropriate level** based on their professional experience and education.

• Accountant level requirements:
• Accountant Trainee 1 (equated to SG-14): A bachelor's degree in accounting, auditing, or taxation or a bachelor's degree with 24 semester credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation courses.
• Accountant Trainee 2 (equated to SG-16): A bachelor's degree in accounting, auditing, or taxation or a bachelor's degree with 24 semester credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation courses and one year of professional experience.
• Senior Accountant, SG-18: A bachelor's degree in accounting, auditing, or taxation or a bachelor's degree with 24 semester credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation courses and two years of professional experience
  
  

OR

a currently valid Certified Public Accountant license and registration issued by New York State.

Required professional experience: Experience in accounting/auditing or financial internal or field auditing, where you were responsible for the full range of activities in the design and/or review, analysis and management of accounting systems, resulting in the preparation of, or recommendations on, financial statements in accord with generally accepted accounting principles.

Substitution: A master's or higher degree in accounting, auditing, or taxation may substitute for one year of professional experience.

Note that courses such as business law, economics, statistics, and most finance courses, although taken as part of an accounting curriculum, cannot be counted toward the 24 semester credit hours.

Dependent upon qualifications, if appointed as a trainee, successful completion of a one-year or two-year traineeship leads to appointment as a Senior Accountant, SG-18.

Applicants may also be appointed to this position if currently reachable on the appropriate eligible list for this title OR are a current New York State employee with one year or more of qualifying permanent service in a position eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 or 70.4 of the Civil Service Law.

NOTE: This vacancy posting is for the purposes of notifying individuals about transfer opportunities. Employees on the Civil Service eligible list will be considered and should not respond to this posting. If you are on the eligible list and not reachable, you may be eligible for transfer. You are encouraged to access GOT-IT on the Career Mobility website (careermobilityoffice.cs.ny.gov/cmo) to determine transfer eligibility.

Additional Comments

• This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply. At a future date, it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in an NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.
  
  

NOTE: Support of operations during times of emergency and disaster from State Emergency Operations Center (EOC), state field offices and/or local deployments may be required, which would result in a change and/or increase in working hours, locations and/or duties.

NOTE ON TELECOMMUTING: Employees are required to apply and obtain approval through management to telecommute according to the agency’s Telecommuting Program Guidelines.