DOC Fiscal Accounting Compliance Accountant Advanced

Job Requisition ID: 50574 
Closing Date: 10/31/2025
​Agency: Department of Corrections
Class Title: ACCOUNTANT ADVANCED - 00133 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $5,384/month; CBA Applies; Full Range: $5,384-$7,980/month
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC062 Technical Employees, AFSCME
Merit Comp Code: 

 

 

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Position Overview

This position with the Department of Corrections is responsible for professional accounting work in our Accountingand Compliance Unit. In this role, the Accountant Advanced will work with several Agency units as it pertains tocontract establishment, budget preparation, fiscal reconciliations, and procurement. The ideal candidate will beable to organize daily work while meeting periodic deadlines and can effectively communicate reporting needs toother staff. If interested in this position, please apply according to the instructions listed on the posting. Weencourage all qualified applicants to apply.

Essential Functions

• Independently performs professional accounting work in establishing and maintaining complex budgetary reports, ledgers and statements financial records/ledgers for departmental use and/or submission to Office of Management and Budget (OMB), using standard automated and manual systems for assigned programs.
• Prepares complex internal statements and reports using various automated systems, which produce financial data used for planning, evaluating, and forecasting.
• Prepares, inputs and monitors information relating to Statewide Accounting System (SAP) and Remedy.
• Evaluates and assists in coordinating financial reporting of accounting, contract modifications and fund transfers to ensure compliance with federal regulations and applicable policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years college, with courses in business administration and accounting.
• Requires two (2) years of professional experience in accounting, external auditing, budgetary planning and control or public accounting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience performing accounting functions related to general ledgers, budget forecasti