ACCOUNTANT in aUBURN, New York

PROVISIONAL VACANCY: ACCOUNTANT Department of Social Services)
This will be a PROVISIONAL civil service appointment. Candidate will be required to take the civil service exam when it is scheduled in the future. Permanent appointment will be dependent upon candidate’s exam score.

HOW TO APPLY:
Go to: mycivilservice.cayugacounty.us/jobopps and click on the APPLY button next to the title of
ACCOUNTANT Provisional Vacancy under Current Vacancies.

SALARY: $59,934 – $67,064 (2024 Cayuga County Compensation Plan, CSEA, Grade 23)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: We will accept applications until the position is filled.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
(A) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university or one
accredited by the New York State Board of Regents to grant degrees with a Master’s degree in
accounting, business or public administration, economics or related field, including or supplemented by
24 semester credit hours in accounting, and one (1) year of accounting or auditing experience involving
the maintenance or auditing of double entry books of a business, including the general ledger, or in the
maintenance of governmental agency books involving the appropriation accounting and the preparation
of budget and financial reports; which shall have included supervisory experience; OR
(B) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university or one
accredited by the New York State Board of Regents to grant degrees with a Bachelor’s degree in
accounting, business or public administration, economics or related field, including or supplemented by
24 semester credit hours in accounting, and two (2) years of experience as defined in (A), one year of
which shall have included supervisory experience; OR
(C) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university or one
accredited by the New York State Board of Regents to grant degrees with an Associate’s degrees in
accounting, business administration or related field including or supplemented by twelve (12) semester
credit hours in accounting and four (4) years of experience in (A), one year of which shall have included
supervisory experience; OR
(D) An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A), (B), and (C)

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: Performs complex and technical accounting work in County
Departments; does related work as required. These duties involve the performance of a variety of assignments
relating to transactions of the greatest importance. They include responsibility for maintaining and keeping in
balance the general ledger, accounting for all revenues received by the County, and having overall charge of
books of original entry and subsidiary ledgers for accounts contained in the general ledger. In addition, an
incumbent prepares the most complex and important reports required of the Department Head. Ordinarily, an
employee is regarded as a specialist concentrating on the most complex accounting operations in the office. The
work, which is performed under general supervision of the department head, or their designee, in accordance
with established accounting principles and the requirements of relevant law and rules, does not involve regular
continuing supervision over others.