Financial Information Executive
Springfield, IL, US, 62701
Agency: Illinois Commerce Commission
Class Title : Executive I
Closing Date/Time: November 22, 2024
Salary: $5,703 - $8,170 Monthly
Job Type: Salaried Full Time
Category: Professional
County: Sangamon County
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: RC-062 paygrade 18 AFSCME
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 41605
Why Work for Illinois?
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Position Overview
Performs professional accounting and audit work and maintains Accounts Payable records for the Illinois Commerce Commission(ICC); posts expenditures into SAP; ensures compliance with SAMS accounting policies and internal procedures; maintains detailed documentation of each expenditure's requisition documents and other pertinent information to support payment transaction; examines travel vouchers for accuracy and completeness and processes for payment; serves as the agency vehicle coordinator for the ICC; organizes, plans, executes, controls and evaluates the operation of the ICC’s vehicle program; manages day- to-day activities; implements procedures and practices to ensure vehicle policies are adhered to and in compliance with all applicable statutes, rules and policies; receives and tags fixed assets and makes changes as necessary in the Inventory tracking system; compiles, examines and maintains budgeting, forecasting and spending information for Agency expenditures.
Essential Functions
- Performs professional accounting and audit work and maintains Accounts Payable records for the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC).
- Serves as agency vehicle coordinator for the ICC.
- Receives and tags fixed assets for inventory tracking purposes.
- Compiles, examines, and maintains budgeting, forecasting, and spending information regarding Agency expenditures.
- Perform other duties as required or assigned which are reasonable within the scope of duties enumerated above.
Minimum Requirements
- Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of college, preferably with coursework in business or public administration.
- Requires one year of responsible administrative experience in a public or business organization, or completion of an agency approved professional management training program.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prefers working knowledge of the principles of government accounting, program budgeting, vehicle fleet management and procurement.
- Prefers the ability to develop and manage a small agency function program and to analyze administrative problems and adopt an effective course of action.
- Prefers the ability to estimate and budget for future needs and costs of personnel, space, equipment, supplies and services.
- Prefers the ability to prepare comprehensive accounting reporting; Prefers the ability to review detailed written or numerical data and to make calculations rapidly and accurately and to evaluate and analyze accounting records.
- Prefers the ability to establish and maintain satisfactory working relationships and to deal tactfully with controversial problems.
- Prefers experience in accounting, auditing, budgetary planning and control or public accounting.
- Prefers knowledge of laws, rules and regulations relating to state or non-state accounting or auditing procedures
Conditions of Employment
- Requires the ability to pass a background check.
The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
Work Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm
Work Location: 527 E. Capitol Ave. Springfield, IL 62701.
Agency Contact: Colette Smith
Email: Colette.Smith@illinois.gov
Phone #: 217-557-4206
Agency Statement
The ICC’s mission is to balance the interests of consumers and utilities to ensure adequate, efficient, reliable, safe and least cost, public utility services, while promoting the development of an effectively competitive energy supplier market.
This position DOES NOT contain “Specialized Skills” (as that term is used in CBAs).
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Use the “Apply” button at the top right or bottom right of this posting to begin the application process.
If you are not already signed in, you will be prompted to do so.
State employees should sign in to the career portal for State of Illinois employees – a link is available at the top left of the Illinois.jobs2web.com homepage in the blue ribbon.
Non-State employees should log in on the using the “View Profile” link in the top right of the Illinois.jobs2web.com homepage in the blue ribbon. If you have never before signed in, you will be prompted to create an account.
If you have questions about how to apply, please see the following resources:
State employees: Log in to the career portal for State employees and review the Internal Candidate Application Job Aid
Non-State employees: on Illinois.jobs2web.com – click “Application Procedures” in the footer of every page of the website.
The main form of communication will be through email. Please check your “junk mail”, “spam”, or “other” folder for communication(s) regarding any submitted application(s). You may receive emails from the following addresses:
- donotreply@SIL-P1.ns2cloud.com
- systems@SIL-P1.ns2cloud.com
Nearest Major Market: Springfield