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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 12/13/17

Applications Due12/27/17

Vacancy ID46056

NY HELPNo

AgencyTransportation, Department of

TitleAssociate Accountant

Occupational CategoryFinancial, Accounting, Auditing

Salary Grade23

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $71847 to $90876 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8 AM

To 4 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? Yes

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Albany

Street Address 50 Wolf Rd

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12232

Minimum Qualifications In order to be considered for permanent appointment, candidates must be reachable on the current Civil Service eligible list or be eligible for reassignment or transfer in accordance with Civil Service Law.

Duties Description This position is located in the Expenditures unit. Duties include, but are not limited to:

Managing employees in the Voucher and Travel Units of the Accounting Bureau;
Overseeing Expenditures operations – including payments for M&O vouchers, reviewing land claim payments, processing refunds of appropriation and travel payments; writing, updating and posting appropriate Manual of Administrative Procedures (MAPS), processing complicated transactions;
Assessing and analyzing processes and troubleshoot problems; deriving and implementing solutions with minimal instruction;
Serving as Statewide Financial System Security Administrator and Transaction Workflow Administrator;
Serving as Statewide Financial Training Coordinator;
Representing Accounting Bureau for Statewide Incident Command Center (STICC) as Finance Section Chief;
Liaison for Accounting Bureau with Grants Gateway project;
Participating in miscellaneous assignments such as the on-boarding of NYSDOT to the Statewide Financial System.

Responsibilities may include serving a role within the Incident Command System to support the department’s response to regional and statewide emergency situations.

Additional Comments Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name Kelly Furman

Telephone (518) 457-6524

Fax

Email Address Kelly.Furman@dot.ny.gov

Address

Street 50 Wolf Rd

Policy and Planning Division, POD 5-2

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12232

 

Notes on ApplyingQualified candidates should submit a letter of interest and a current resume no later than December 27, 2017.

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