Accounting System-Senior Business Analyst (Senior Public Service Administrator)

Job Requisition ID: 51728 
Closing Date: 12/05/2025
​Agency: Illinois Office of Comptroller
Class Title: SENIOR PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTR - 92220 
Salary: $90,000 - $120,000/year
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 2
Merit Comp Code: IOC

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Position Overview

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The Illinois Office of the Comptroller is seeking applicants for the position of Senior Business Analyst-Accounting System (Senior Public Service Administrator).

 

The Comptroller is the chief fiscal control officer for the Illinois government, charged by the Constitution with maintaining the state’s central fiscal accounts and ordering payments into and out of the appropriate funds. The office processes more than 16 million transactions annually and serves as a “fiscal watchdog” to ensure that all state payments meet the requirements of the law. The Comptroller’s office provides meaningful and timely fiscal information to help state policymakers adopt effective policies. The office continually seeks new ways to improve how it serves the public. The Comptroller has updated and streamlined the Comptroller’s website and has led the process of updating the state’s payroll and accounting systems. Comptroller Mendoza is committed to running the Office of Comptroller as a financial watchdog for the interest of Illinois citizens and to installing the most modern and transparent systems to make the state’s financial information available to all. 

Major Function

Under the direction of the Senior Public Service Administrator-State Accounting-Systems Administration (SASA), the incumbent owns the system integrity of the production and test regions of the Office of Comptroller State Accounting financial systems including Statewide Accounting Management System (SAMS), as well as Payroll, Retirement, Data Warehouse and other interfacing applications.

 

The incumbent researches complex or escalated system problems, often of an accounting nature, and determine root cause while working with applicable Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in the State Accounting department for resolution. Reviews and runs system assurance processes, monitors issue resolution and reviews changes to the State Accounting systems to ensure compatibility when integrated with all other systems. The incumbent develops functional designs for implementation of changes and enhancements to State Accounting applications. Aids in development of training materials and may administer training for internal and external users on State Accounting system changes and operations. The incumbent prepares policy and procedural changes necessary to update existing manuals.

 

This position will be part of an on-call schedule providing overnight on-call systems support as needed. 

Job Responsibilities

• Ensures the system integrity of processes in the production and test environments for State Accounting financial systems including Statewide Accounting Management System (SAMS), Payroll, Retirement, Data Warehouse and other interfacing applications.
  • Recommends resolutions that may involve correcting financial entries, system changes, interim solutions, and/or information for internal and external users.
  • Reviews and evaluates designs and user acceptance test scripts and results for correction or enhancements to Office of Comptroller (IOC) financial systems.
  • Reviews and tests SaaS (Software As A Service) co