Job Description

Description
The starting wage for this position is listed above. This position is represented by ACsE/IEA-NEA: Associate of Civil Service Employees. For more information regarding salary and other details please visit: https://laborrelations.siu.edu/labor-contracts/

Employees in positions allocated to this level of the series are experienced accountants who apply accounting principles and practices to a variety of responsible accounting, budgeting, cost accounting, and/or other fiscal functions. They work under general supervision.

Examples of Duties
prepares annual financial schedules for state appropriated funds and local resources (Statement of Net Assets; Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Net Assets; Statement of Cash Flows);

prepares and reconciles complex accounting reports or supervises the preparation and reconciliation of complex accounting reports;

examines a variety of accounting documents to verify conformance to pertinent policies, procedures, and accounting standards;

prepares reports and statements requiring interpretation and analysis of accounting records;

prepares budgets;

maintains and monitors contractual billing and payment recording;

collaborates with unit fiscal officers, deans, directors, and other responsible administrators in development, evaluation, implementation, and operation of automated or manual accounting systems;

assembles, organizes, prepares, analyzes, and reports administrative data;

supervises lower level staff as required;

performs work related to the lower level in this series;

performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications
Any one or any combination of the following, totaling three (3) years (36 months), from the categories below:
Work experience and/or training in Accounting or a closely related field
College course work and/or training in Accounting or a closely related field including 12 semester hours in accounting
30 semester hours equals one (1) year (12 months)
Associates Degree (60 semester hours) equals eighteen months (18 months)
90 semester hours equals two (2) years (24 months)
Bachelors Degree (120 semester hours) equals three (3) years (36 months)
A total of two (2) years (24 months) of experience in professional level accounting work consistent with the next lower level of this series.
Note: An advanced degree in accountancy or registration as a Certified Public Accountant may be substituted for one year of professional experience.