Senior Accountant or Accountant Trainee

The New York State Office of Mental Health is seeking a Senior Accountant or Accountant Trainee. The role involves performing general accounting duties, including reviewing financial reports, auditing accounts, and assisting with compliance and data management.

What you'll do:

• Review games of chance and bingo quarterly reports filed with the Division of Charitable Gaming by licensed authorized organizations
• Audit the required bell jar reports to verify that required deposits into bell jar accounts have been made and that accurate additional license fees have been remitted to the Division of Charitable Gaming
• Work with the Department of Financial Management to verify that deposits are made into the Division’s bell jar account
• Correspond with charitable organizations to answer questions and resolve issues regarding accurate filing of financial reports
• Assist the Accountant Aide in running delinquent and billing reports and monitoring compliance with billing and delinquent notices
• Assist the Accountant Aide with reviewing and data entering checks and reports received from charitable gaming licensees
• Assist with reviewing requests to disburse games of chance or bingo proceeds
• Liaise with the Department of Financial Management to process insufficient funds requests and maintain reports regarding returned check fees
• Maintain licensed supplier quarterly sales data and generate reports for annual license fee reconciliation
• Gather, review, and evaluate information required for audit of financial operations by licensees
• Maintain spreadsheets and databases to provide analytic information to ensure accurate and timely information is readily available
• Provide financial assistance to licensees in order to reconcile gaming books and records

What they're looking for:

• Candidates must currently be a permanent Senior Accountant
• Must be reachable on the appropriate Civil Service eligible list
• Candidates must be a current New York State employee eligible for transfer via Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law
• Accountant Trainee (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 (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 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
• A master's or higher degree in accounting, auditing, or taxation may substitute for one year of 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 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
• A master's degree in accounting, auditing, or taxation and 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 or a currently valid Certified Public Accountant license and registration issued by New York State
• Intermediate or advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Highly accurate, organized, and logical work habits
• Ability to multi-task and manage changing priorities