Job Description The Accountant staff is responsible to the Director of Internal Audit for the satisfactory completion of the following tasks: Under general supervision, with wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment, performs difficult and responsible work in accounting and auditing or supervises a clearly differentiated accounting unit or auditing group comprising a substantial accounting staff. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following: - Participates in and reviews audit work paper and audit reports. - Participates in and reviews the processing of fiscal documents, claims, financial statements, and the accounting for the receipt, deposit and disbursement of large sums of money. - Performs work using information available in various phases of the accounting systems, account relationships and established techniques for computing and verifying accounting data. - Examines, analyzes, reconciles, adjusts and prepares reports and correspondence affecting various accounts. - Participates in and reviews the analysis and interpretation of accounting data, budgets, financial statements, reports. - Update laptop and desktop inventory on IA fileSite. - Update E-Form resignation requests and online court system access on IA fileSite. - Update Salvage history on IA fileSite worksheet. - Prepare Directive #1 related worksheets. - Assist with the iPhone salvage process and the annual fiscal year-end inventory counts (supplies, toners, laptops, Family Court Safe). - Assist with managerial lump sum payments and updating agency policies and procedures. - Support audits, reviews, and inspection/salvage of electronic equipment. - Respond to emails promptly and work on special projects as assigned. Qualifications 1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in accounting, including one course each in advanced accounting and auditing; or 2. A valid New York State Certified Public Accountant license. To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II individuals must have, in addition to meeting the minimum requirements, at least one year of experience as an Accountant - Assignment Level I or at least two years of satisfactory full-time professional accounting or auditing experience. Additional Information The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.