ACCOUNTANT (Upward Mobility)

Agency :  Emergency Management Agency 
Posting Number:  39227

Opening Date/Time:  07/02/2024

Closing Date/Time:  07/16/2024 
Salary:   Anticipated Starting Salary (Effective 7/1/24) $4766 monthly; Full Range $4766 - $6632 monthly  
Job Type:   Salaried 
County:   Sangamon  
Number of Vacancies:   1  
Plan/BU: RC062   

 

Agency Statement:  Are you ready to make a difference in the lives of others? The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS) is a team of emergency management professionals who support local communities by providing experience, perspective, and resources to help residents prepare for, mitigate, respond to, and recover from threats, hazards, disasters, or emergencies. IEMA-OHS is the lead agency for disasters and emergencies statewide and plays a key role in protecting the health, life, and safety of all Illinoisans.

 

Position Statement:  Under the direction of the Control and Compliance Manager, this position’s focus is accounts payable. They will process and audit vouchers, review invoices for payment, inputs accounts payable related data, and review voucher processing as needed. Our employees work in an ever-changing environment that presents new challenges and rewarding results. If you are interested in joining our team, we invite you to apply for the Accountant position with IEMA-OHS!

 

 

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

 

All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website.  State employees wishing to exercise their Contractual Right to a position MUST APPLY USING THE INTERNAL EMPLOYEE PORTAL and can click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.

 

Resume Preferred but Not Required

 

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

 

Posting Identification Number:  39227

 

Essential Functions

1. Performs technical accounting work processing and auditing vouchers.
    • Reviews and audits vouchers and other source documents.
    • Reviews and audits vouchers of other accounts payable staff to ensure the accuracy of the documents and compliance with State Comptroller rules and other State laws.
    • Reviews invoices of other accounts payable staff and corrects and advises as necessary.
    • Processes and posts vouchers.
    • Reconciles accounts using Excel Spreadsheets, SAP, Comptroller reports and other documentation as necessary.
    • Advises other accounting staff on proper State accounting for accounts payable.

2. Reviews state disaster invoices for payment to local units of government when federally declared disasters occur.
    • Reviews disaster related invoices for payment to individuals, municipalities, and counties.
    • Tracks disaster related invoices for future reporting.

3. Posts data from documents into the automated budgetary accounting system.
    • Records expenses and generates payment vouchers.
    • Files for future processing.
    • Determines correct accounts, detail object codes, function codes and obligating documents for each invoice to be processed

    • Assists with expenditure adjustment transmittals (C-63).

4. Inputs data from source documents into the automated accounting system verifying accuracy of vendor codes, dollar am