Accountant II

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

1. Any one or any combination of the following, totaling three (3) years (36 months), from the categories below:
   1. Work experience and/or training in Accounting or a closely related field
   2. College course work and/or training in Accounting or a closely related field including 12 semester hours in accounting
2. 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.