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ACCOUNTANT at Health Dept.

Exam Type
Notice of Vacancy
Department
Health
Job Category
Finance and Accounting
Location Category
Buffalo
Location
95 Franklin St., Buffalo
Posting Date
Closing Date
Salary Range
$55,590 - $70,250 Annually
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COUNTY OF ERIE

NOTICE OF VACANCY

 ACCOUNTANT

DEPARTMENT:                                          HEALTH

LOCATION:                                                 95 FRANKLIN STREET; ACCOUNTING  

SHIFT:                                                           08:30 AM – 4:30 PM     

TITLE OF POSITION:                                ACCOUNTANT (Provisional*)  

POSITION NUMBER:                                 # 51018537     

SALARY Range:            $55,590 - $70,250  (CSEA Job Group 9)

*Please note that this position is a competitive civil service title and will require a civil service examination in the future. After the exam, selection for permanent appointment(s) will be made from reachable candidate(s) on the eligible list according to the NYS Civil Service Rule of Three.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered four (4) year college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or related field, including or supplemented by twenty-four (24) semester credit hours in accounting and one (1) year of accounting* and/or auditing** experience. 

* ACCOUNTING - Recording, classifying, verifying, reporting and analysis of financial data.

**AUDITING - Confirmation and documenting the veracity of data.

NOTE 1: Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered four (4) year college or university with a Master’s Degree in Business or Public Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or other closely related field may be substituted for the required (1) year of accounting* or auditing** experience. 

NOTE 2: Examples of acceptable accounting experience would be junior accountant, full-charge bookkeeper***and similar positions. 

***BOOKKEEPER - responsible for a full set of financial records, including General Ledger and all subsidiaries.

Examples of unacceptable experience are: account-clerical experience and experience limited to posting, maintaining, examining, or preparing one or more of the following: voucher register, sales register, cashbook, insurance register, accounts receivable ledger, accounts payable ledger, any other special journal or subsidiary ledger, or experience preparing income tax returns. NOTE: Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting full time experience requirement.

THIS NOTICE WILL BE POSTED FOR THE PERIOD            NOVEMBER 27, 2024

THROUGH AND INCLUDING:                                             DECEMBER 11, 2024                 

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PLEASE REPLY IN WRITING (RESUME/TRANSCRIPT) TO:

Latoshia Hubert, 95 FRANKLIN ST. ROOM 906, BUFFALO NY 14202 

OR EMAIL LATOSHIA.HUBERT@ERIE.GOV

Erie County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to workplace diversity.