ACCOUNTING ANALYST - Health

COUNTY OF ERIE

NOTICE OF ONE (1) ANTICIPATED VACANCY

DEPARTMENT:                                    HEALTH       

LOCATION:                                            ACCOUNTING;  95 FRANKLIN STREET 

SHIFT:                                                                    8:30 AM – 4:30 PM 

TITLE OF POSITION:                                            ACCOUNTING ANALYST    PROVISIONAL (OPEN)             

JOB GROUP & SALARY SCALE:              11 - $64,291- $81,567

*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 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 three (3) years’ experience in the field of accounting, at least one (1) year of which must have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity.

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 Administration may be substituted for one (1) year of the required accounting experience, but may not be substituted for the required supervisory or administrative experience.

• Examples of acceptable accounting experience are full-charge bookkeeper*, junior accountant 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, and any other special journal or subsidiary ledger, or experience preparing income tax returns. 

Supervision – responsible direction and control of subordinate employees. This involves the assignment of work, approval of work, training, evaluation and discipline of employees. The supervisory aspects must be an integral part of the job; not incidental or occasional. 

Administration – responsible direction and control of an organization or organizational unit. In addition to the supervision of work groups, the administrator is involved in planning, resource allocation, program evaluation and policy formulation. 

Accounting – recording, classifying, verifying, reporting and analysis of financial data. NOTE 2: Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting full-time experience requirements

THIS NOTICE WILL BE POSTED FOR THE PERIOD:                         APRIL 22, 2025

PLEASE REPLY IN WRITING (INCLUDE RESUME) TO TIA JOHNSON, 95 FRANKLIN ST. ROOM 604, BUFFALO, NY 14202 OR EMAIL: TIA.JOHNSON@ERIE.GOV

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