ACCOUNTANT ADVANCED

Position Overview

Serves as an Accountant Advanced for the Division of Finance under the Office of the Director; balances reports to overall budget totals and related information; tracks expenditures, commitments and obligations versus expenditure authority limits; prepares monthly cash flow reports for analysis and monitoring of expenditures and receipts; performs divisional budgetary analysis based on cost center allotments, transfer request, historical spending trends and periodic projections received from cost center managers; assigns and maintains cost center accounting records for approved expenditures; manages the results of the budget/headcount analysis by advising division heads of areas of concern; assists in formulating projections/spending as required by the Governor's Office of Management and Budget (GOMB) and agency heads; prepares budget documents as needed for the Illinois House and Illinois Senate; updates the budget documents and instructions for each cost center; trains division fiscal liaisons on new laws, procedures and processes as required.

About the Agency

​​The Illinois State Police strives for excellence seeking to be one of the premiere policing agencies in the country. Our core values are Integrity, Service, and Pride. We are seeking individuals with similar values to join us on our mission to promote public safety.

Essential Functions

• Prepares headcount, salary and other personnel related reports. 
• Maintains budget files and monitors assigned cost centers.
• Develops report formats for various monitoring and analysis projects.
• Works with IT staff to obtain detailed budget/personnel reports.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned, which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to the completion of four (4) years of college with coursework 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 two (2) years accounting experience with a public or private organization.
• Prefers two (2) years of budgeting experience preparing budgetary information on an agency level.
• Prefers two (2) years of working experience preparing complex financial spreadsheets and accounting reports.
• Prefers one (1) year of experience using System Applications and Products in Data Processing (SAP) accounting software.
• Prefers intermediate level of expertise using Adobe Professional, Microsoft Word and Excel.

Conditions of Employment

• Pass the Illinois State Police Background Investigation.
• Pass the Illinois State Police Drug Screening.
• The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.

Benefits Package

The Illinois State Police offers a robust benefit package including:

• Health, life, vision, and dental insurance.
• 12 weeks paid maternity/paternity leave.
• Pension Plan
• Deferred Compensation, and other pre-tax benefit programs.
• Employees earn twelve (12) paid sick days annually.
• Ten to twenty-five (10-25) paid vacation days based on years of service.
• Employees earn three (3) paid personal days pro-rated based on start date.
• Thirteen-Fourteen (13-14) paid state holidays annually.