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159770

ACCOUNTANT ADMINISTRATOR 3

AS624     $79,019 - $155,043
Creation Date: 04/05/1995
Change Date: 04/22/2025

FUNCTION OF WORK:
To serve as chief financial officer for a state agency.
LEVEL OF WORK:
Administrator
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Generally from a Deputy Undersecretary or other high-level administrator.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
Generally over at least two professional accountant positions. Agency hierarchy and reporting relationships will also be considered when making allocations at this level.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from Accountant Managers by serving as chief fiscal officer of an agency.

Differs from other Accountant Administrators by executive budget, T.O., fiscal subordinates, organizational units, and funding sources.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
CORE COMPETENCIES HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED BY STATE CIVIL SERVICE FOR THIS JOB TITLE. MORE INFORMATION ON THE SCS COMPETENCY MODEL CAN BE FOUND HERE.

EXAMPLES OF WORK:
EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Directs the fiscal office and all fiscal activities including budget preparation and the annual financial statement for the agency.

Sets fiscal and performance objectives; monitors accomplishment of objectives.

Consults with external and internal auditors, state, and federal and local officials regarding the financial operations of the entity.

Serves on department and statewide committees in the design, development, and implementation of new management information, accounting, and reporting systems.

Testifies before legislative committees relative to the financial operations of the agency.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Two years of the required experience for the following minimum qualifications must have been at the supervisory level or above:

Eight years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR

Six years of full-time experience in any field plus twenty-four semester hours in accounting plus five years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR

A bachelor’s degree with twenty-four semester hours in accounting plus five years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR

A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, or statistics plus five years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR

An advanced degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, quantitative methods, or statistics plus four years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR

Possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license plus three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.