Senior Accountant/Trainee 1-2 (NY HELPS)

About the role

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, candidates must meet the open‑competitive minimum qualifications for this position. After one year of permanent appointment, 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 a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified. 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop preventive service rates for the local departments of social services (LDSS) to claim for Title IV‑E Prevention funding.
• Develop a claiming infrastructure and guidance for the LDSS.
• Monitor Title IV‑E sub‑recipient claims.
• Assist with updates for LDSS cost allocation plans and processes.
• Provide guidance to the LDSS staff.
• Additional duties will be discussed in detail during the interview.

Qualifications

• Transfer: One year of permanent competitive or 55‑b/c service in this title or in a title eligible for 70.1 transfer.
• Open to the Public: 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, candidates must meet the open‑competitive minimum qualifications for this position, which are:
  • For Accountant Trainee 1 (equated to SG‑14): Either 1. A bachelor's or higher degree in accounting, auditing, or taxation; OR A bachelor's or higher degree with 24 semester credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation courses. 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.
  • For Accountant Trainee 2 (equated to SG‑16), you must also have: Either 1. One year of professional 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