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TAX ACCOUNTANT

Exam Type
Notice of Vacancy
Department
Real Property Tax Services
Job Category
Finance and Accounting
Location Category
Buffalo
Location
95 Franklin St., Buffalo
Posting Date
Closing Date
Salary Range
STARTING: $59,024 Annually
Changed
ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF REAL PROPERY TAX SERVICES
VACANCY NOTICE
PROVISIONAL 
1 ANTICIPATED VACANCY
DEPARTMENT:                             REAL PROPERTY TAX SERVICES
TITLE OF POSITION:                  TAX ACCOUNTANT 
LOCATION:                                   95 FRANKLIN ST. BUFFALO, NY 14202
JOB GROUP:                                  10 (STARTING ANNUAL SALARY: $59,024)

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 Accounting and two (2) years of experience in accounting auditing or bookkeeping. 

NOTE 1: Examples of the kinds of experience which will not be considered as qualifying 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. Examples of acceptable experience would be full charge bookkeeper*, junior accountant and similar position. *Bookkeeper responsible for a full set of financial records including General Ledger and all subsidiaries. 

NOTE 2: Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting full-time experience requirements.

Candidates must sit for the exam once it is announced and be reachable within the top 3 scores to maintain the position.

This notice will be posted for the period September 3, 2025 through and including September 15, 2025.

If interested and meet the above qualifications, please send a resume to:

Charles Gardinier

SUPERVISOR TAX ACCOUNTANT

REAL PROPERTY TAX SERVICES

95 FRANKLIN STREET, ROOM 100

BUFFALO NY 14202

 Charles.Gardinier2@erie.gov