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AgencyHomeland Security and Emergency Services, Division of

TitleSupervising Accountant

Occupational CategoryFinancial, Accounting, Auditing

Salary Grade25

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

Salary RangeFrom $96336 to $121413 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 40%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8 AM

To 5 AM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County New York

Street Address 633 Third Avenue

City New York

StateNY

Zip Code10017

Duties Description The Supervising Accountant will report to Office of Administration and Finance's Grants Program Administration, Fiscal Monitoring Unit. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Provide oversight of the fiscal monitoring of grantees receiving federal and state funded grant contracts throughout New York State including counties, other local jurisdictions, and not-for-profit organizations.

• Manage the New York City staff of the Fisca Monitoring Unit in Grants Program Administration, including the selection, evaluation and training of professional staff.

• Train and supervise subordinate staff and serve in a leadership capacity within the unit: serve on committees and workgroups; participate in the development of unit procedures and protocols.

• Review and keep up to date on applicable Federal and State grant rules and regulations.

• Provide consultation and assistance to subordinate staff and subrecipients regarding Federal and State grant rules and regulations.

• Act as lead fiscal monitor on complex or sensitive monitoring reviews.

• Conduct oversight of all reviews conducted to ensure timely follow-up and close-out occurs on all monitoring issues.
• Communicate to the Director significant subrecipient monitoring issues and their assessed implications that are identified.

• Perform other duties and special projects as required.

• Ability to speak comfortably with various group sizes and levels of professionals.

• Previous audit or monitoring experience and strong writing skills are preferred.

• Travel may be required (approximately 40%), including during evening and weekends, depending on mission and assignment.

• Possession and maintenance of a valid Driver’s License is required or otherwise demonstrate the capacity to meet the transportation needs of the job.

Minimum Qualifications Current New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services employee with one year or more permanent, contingent-permanent or 55b/c service as a Supervising Accountant and are interested in reassignment; OR Current New York State employee with one year or more of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55b/c service in a position allocated to a Grade 23 and eligible for transfer under Section 70.1, 52.6 as appropriate of the Civil Service Law.

If approved for transfer appointment, you must also meet the special requirement(s):
A bachelor's degree & 24 credit hours* in accounting, auditing, or taxation.

*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.

NOTE: This vacancy posting is for the purposes of notifying individuals about transfer opportunities. You are encouraged to access GOT-IT on the Career Mobility website (careermobilityoffice.cs.ny.gov/cmo) to determine transfer eligibility.

OR

Provisional Pending Exam:

If a viable eligible list does not exist, a provisional appointment may be made in accordance with Civil Service Law. Candidates who accept a provisional appointment must take the next competitive examination and be reachable on the resultant eligible list in order to be considered for permanent appointment to the position. Please visit https://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/ for additional information on state examinations.

The minimum qualifications for a provisional appointment are:
One year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as an Associate Accountant or Associate Accountant (State Accounts & Systems).

OR

Non-Competitive Promotion (NCP):

If there are no more than three qualified candidates in the promotion field for this position, the agency will request approval from the Department of Civil Service to fill this position via a non-competitive promotion (NCP) examination, pursuant to Section 52.7 of the Civil Service Law. In order to be eligible for the NCP, candidates must be in the departmental promotion field and have one year or more in a permanent or contingent--permanent competitive, or 55b/c service as an Associate Accountant and must not have failed or failed to take the last holding of the promotion examination for the title listed above.

Additional Comments This position is eligible for location pay of $4,000.

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.

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

Name Human Rescources/VE

Telephone 518-486-5700

Fax 518-485-8432

Email Address HRresumes@DHSES.ny.gov

Address

Street NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, HRM

1220 Washington Ave., Bldg 7A, 5th Floor

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12226

 

Notes on ApplyingPlease submit a resume and cover letter detailing how you meet the minimum qualifications. Indicate the Position Title & Vacancy ID 189500 in the subject line of your application email to HRresumes@dhses.ny.gov.