GRANTS SENIOR STAFF ACCOUNTANT

​Agency: Department of Employment Security
Class Title: ACCOUNTANT ADVANCED - 00133 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None 
Closing Date/Time: 02/07/2025
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $5,179 monthly; Full range $5,179 - $7,341 monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Cook
Number of Vacancies: 2
Plan/BU: RC062

 

 

 

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 

44044 

 

 

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Position Overview

The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) is seeking an organized, professional, and results oriented individual to serve as a Grants Senior Staff Accountant. Responsibilities include reconciliation of and reporting on agency accounts pertaining to grants and administrative funds in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), federal guidelines, and Illinois Comptroller's Office regulations and related ledgers, ensuring that all accounting systems and subsystems are in balance and consistent with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). This position provides a great opportunity for someone who has a strong knowledge of creating journal entries, maintaining general ledgers and performing financial analysis and who is dedicated to ensuring compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Federal Guidelines, and Illinois Comptroller's Office regulations. The ideal candidate for this position will have extensive experience maintaining ledgers for large funds, preparing accrual journal entries, performing account reconciliations, and using Microsoft Excel to perform complex analyses and create reports. IDES offers a competitive compensation plan, excellent benefits, and a pension program. We invite you to join our innovative team to help make a positive difference in the lives of Illinois employers and job seekers.

Essential Functions

• Under direction, serves as a Grants Senior Staff Accountant for the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES)
• Reviews, analyzes and reconciles accounting transactions to ensure accuracy
• Performs reconciliations of agency’s grants and administrative funds accounting systems and related ledgers, ensuring that accounting systems and subsystems are in balance and consistent with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Illinois Comptroller's Office regulations and relevant state and federal guidelines
• Utilizes a PC and systems including but not limited to Microsoft (MS) Excel, SAP and SAP High-performance Analytic Appliance (HANA) reporting and analytic tools to extract, compile an analyze financial data and prepare complex financial statements and reports
• As directed, confers and consults with various agency staff, the Illinois Comptroller's Office and other interested parties to resolve complex technical issues and/or interpretation of policies and to ensure accurate journal entries and financial reports
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reas