Accountant 3

About the role

Are you an experienced accounting professional who is looking to grow your leadership skills and the skills of a team? Join the Public School Employees' Retirement System (PSERS), Office of Financial Management in this advanced Accountant 3 position.

This role is responsible for the analysis, reconciliation, classification and reporting of various complex and highly automated investment account activities and will lead a team in these accounting activities.

If you have the ability to make decisions based on analysis of complex investment activities, can identify and put into use best practices to ensure proper accounting reconciliation, and can work side by side with your team while leading, then this role is for you. Apply today!

This position will supervise, lead, monitor, train, and review the results of the daily and monthly activities of a staff of professional accountants engaged in the analysis, reconciliation, classification and reporting of various complex and highly automated investment account activity, between our investment accounting system and the custodial bank in the Public Market Reporting and Analysis Section (Public Markets) of the General and Public Market Accounting Division.

The Public Markets Section includes the System's Fixed income, International Equity, Domestic Equity, Collective Trust Funds, Short-Term, and Healthcare investment composites. As an Accountant 3, you will perform the following duties:

• Financial Oversight: Reviewing and approving reconciliations and all journal entries for the general ledger
• Third Party Vendor Liaison: Communications, both verbally and in writing, to ensure that third-party vendors receive and transmit appropriate and pertinent information in the most efficient and effective manner possible
• Procedure Review: Maintaining and updating staffing and operational procedures of the department
• Quality Assurance: Conduct checks of cost reports and financial documents to ensure compliance with procedures and standards
• Data Analysis: Compares transactions between the custodial bank and accounting book of recording

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information

• Full-Time Employment (37.5 Hours per week)
• Work hours are 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 60-minute lunch.
• Hours may be negotiable, to be discussed during interview process.
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time. This position is a hybrid telework eligible, dependent on operational and executive leadership requirements. Telework schedule varies based on current work activities. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time. Additional details may be provided during the interview.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements

• One year as an Accountant 2 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Three years of progressively responsible professional accounting experience, and graduation from a four-year college or university, including or supplemented by fifteen credits in accounting.
• Four years of bookkeeping experience and fifteen college credits in accounting may be substituted for college graduation. A Master's degree in Accounting or a related field may be substituted for one year of general work experience.

Other Requirements

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform Essential Functions as presented in the linked Position Description.

Legal Requirements

• A conditional offer of employment will require submission of criminal history reports. See hiring agency contact information.

How to Apply

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

Veterans

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS)

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

Additional information

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
• your score may be lower than deserved.
• you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.