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About the Role

Suffolk County Government is seeking Accountants to maintain accounting records, prepare financial statements, and assist with budgeting and audits.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a varied and complex set of accounting records; posts entries to books from supporting records; makes adjusting entries; prepares financial statements from accounting records.
• Verifies unencumbered balances on books against the amounts reported monthly by auditors of the agency or department.
• Assists a higher-level accountant or independently establishes new accounting systems and procedures.
• Analyzes cost data of a department of institution according to labor, material and overhead costs to compute unit costs; records data for use by management; controls expenditures.
• Assists in preparing a department budget.
• Performs internal audits on accounts, payrolls, invoices and expenditures to prove mathematical correctness.
• May participate in the implementation and maintenance of accounting systems.
• May supervise a number of clerical personnel in the account clerical and general clerical series engaged in maintaining fiscal records.

Requirements

• Graduation from a college with federally-authorized accreditation or registration by NY State with a Bachelor's Degree, which includes, or is supplemented by, at least twenty-four (24) credits in Accounting.
• Two (2) years of experience as an accountant or auditor.
• Bookkeeping experience will NOT be credited towards meeting the above minimum qualifications.
• Graduate level education, which includes at least twelve (12) accounting credits, may be substituted for one (1) year of the above experience.
• Possession of a New York State license as a Certified Public Accountant may be substituted for two (2) years of experience as an accountant or auditor.

Location

• Suffolk County

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 2 years of experience as an accountant or auditor

Education Level

• Bachelor's Degree with at least 24 credits in Accounting

Salary/Compensations

• $54,392-$88,531

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance plan, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Pension
• Paid Time Off: Vacation (2 weeks to start), sick leave, personal days, and thirteen (13) paid holidays
• Regular working hours
• Job security

About the Company

• Suffolk County Government

Equal Opportunity

• Suffolk County is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability that can be reasonably accommodated without undue hardship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, citizenship, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status.