ACCOUNTANT (UMP)

Job Requisition ID: 47894 
Closing Date: 06/27/2025
​Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Class Title: ACCOUNTANT - 00130 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary (Effective 7/1/25) $4,954 monthly; Full Range $4,954- $6,894 monthly.
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC062
Merit Comp Code: 

 

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 of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.

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

 

Posting Identification Number  47894

Accountant (UMP)

(Job Assignment Only: Targeted title for Accounting & Fiscal Administration Career Trainee Bid Req# 47893)

 

 

 

 

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Position Overview

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Director/Chief of Staff, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Finance Section, is seeking to hire an Accountant for its Accounting and Cash Management Unit. This is the target title for an Accounting Fiscal Administrative Career Trainee (AFACT). The ideal candidate for this position will be organized, detailed and possess the ability to adapt to change in a collaborative, fast paced environment. The ideal candidate will also need to be able to communicate effectively verbally, electronically and in writing with both internal and external stakeholders.

The benefits of working at the EPA include a 37 ½ hour work week, a generous salary and benefits package (paid time off for vacation, sick or personal leave, holidays), pension and other retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement, and insurance eligibility on day one (medical, dental, vision, and life). We invite all qualified candidates to apply.

Essential Functions

• Receives and deposits cash receipts for various accounts.
• Reconcile the Agency mainframe Cash Management System to logs maintained on Excel spreadsheets to the Comptroller’s monthly fund ledgers and receipts ledger.
• Records accounts receivable ledgers for various agency accounts utilizing a personal computer and spreadsheet software programs.
• Examine and verify for completion the accuracy and compliance of various financial status reports and statements for utilized by agency management personnel for planning and budgeting.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned, which are reasonably within the scope of duties.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of college, with courses in business administration and accounting or four years of technical accounting experience.
• Qualifying state employees in the employee Upward Mobility Program