ACCOUNT TECHNICIAN II

Position Overview

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is looking to hire an Account Technician 2 for the Office of Fiscal Management. This position will perform difficult and complex calculations; review, audit, and enter personnel transactions processed by the Agency or requested by the employee such as payroll deductions, direct deposit requests, deferred compensation requests and changes to tax withholdings; enter variants for overtime, holiday, dock time, shift differential, call back and temporary assignments; make complex calculations to determine payment amount; reconcile reports with information submitted to ensure accuracy.  We welcome interested and qualified applicants who would like to be part of this teams to apply today. 

Essential Functions

• Under direction, performs difficult and highly complex tasks in the preparation, processing and expediting of all personal services and contractual services payroll on a computerized system. 
• Maintains complex spreadsheets detailing seasonal worker, contractual and other non- permanent employee program data. 
• Independently reviews and reconciles payroll vouchers. 
• Serves as designated lead worker.
• Maintains Agency payroll filling system.
• Maintains complex expenditure spreadsheets by manually entering values not automatically captured by system processes. 
• 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 two years of college and one year of technical accounting experience or four years of related clerical bookkeeping experience 

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of accounting techniques. 
• Working knowledge of state or non-state accounting procedures. 
• One (1) year of experience supervising and training a small staff of subprofessionals in the performance of specialized clerical and account-keeping tasks. 

Conditions of Employment

• Requires completion of a background check and self-disclosure of criminal history.

The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description. 

Agency and Division Statement

Agency Statement

Charged with preserving, protecting and promoting Illinois’ natural and cultural resources, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) employees oversee water, wildlife, wetlands and oil wells, parks, historic sites – and everything in between. Employment opportunities vary greatly, often providing employees the chance to work indoors and out in a dynamic yet relaxed environment. Working for the State of Illinois, IDNR employees receive excellent benefits, including, vision health and dental insurance; a retirement plan and deferred compensation options; state holidays and other time off; as well as pre-tax benefit programs.
 

Office of Fiscal Management

The Office of Fiscal Management develops  budgets, processes payroll, administers workers compensation, manages audits, collects and records cash receivables, tracks inventory and assets, processes vouchers, and conducts procurements, and holds responsibility for monitoring much of the Department operational procedures, to include the review of fiscally related procedures to ensure compliance with all rules, regulations, and accounting standard.