Assistant Accountant(Hybrid)

Introduction

Do you have independent experience and responsibility in performing routine bookkeeping, maintaining financial records, or examining financial documentation?

If so, join our team!

The State of Connecticut, Teachers’ Retirement Board (TRB) is recruiting for a full-time Assistant Accountant.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

• Visit our State Employee Benefits Overview page!
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• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:

• Full time, 40 hours per week
• Monday through Friday
• First Shift
• Location: 165 Capitol Ave. Hartford, CT 06106
• This position is eligible for hybrid telework after successful completion of initial training.

THE ROLE:

• Serve as a liaison between school district reporting entities and the agency.
• Provide customer service to teachers around the state in providing support to the administration of the pension system.
• Additional duties may include auditing, reconciling, accounts payable, and 1099 reporting.
• Other related duties.

ABOUT US:

• The State of Connecticut, Teachers’ Retirement Board (TRB) administers retirement and health benefits to the State’s retired teachers, their survivors, and beneficiaries. The TRB maintains over 52,900 active accounts and provides approximately $2.2B in pension payments to 39,650 retirees annually.

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Selection Plan

FOR ASSISTANCE IN APPLYING:

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BEFORE YOU APPLY:

• Meet Minimum Qualifications: Ensure you meet the Minimum Qualifications listed on the job opening by the job closing date. You must specify your qualifications on your application. The minimum experience and training requirements listed must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
• Educational Credits: List your earned credits and degrees from accredited institutions accurately on your application. To receive educational credits towards qualification, the institution must be accredited. If the institution of higher learning is located outside of the U.S., you are responsible for providing documentation from a recognized USA accrediting service which specializes in determining foreign education equivalencies to the contact listed below by the closing date listed on the job posting.
• Resume Policy: Per Public Act 21-69, resumes are not accepted during the initial application process. As the recruitment process progresses, candidates may be required to submit additional documentation to support their qualification(s) for this position. This documentation may include: a cover letter, resume, transcripts, diplomas, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the request and discretion of the hiring agency.
• Preferred Shift/Location: Select all location(s) and shift(s) you are willing to work on your application. Failure to do so may result in not being considered for vacancies in that specific location or shift.
• Timely Submission: All application materials must be received by the job posting deadline. You will be unable to make revisions once you officially submit your application to the State. Late submissions are rarely accepted, with exceptions only for documented events that incapacitate individuals during the entire duration of the job posting. Request exceptions by emailing DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.
• Salary Calculations: For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.

• Note: The only way to apply to this posting is via the ‘Apply’ or ‘Apply Online’ buttons on the official State of Connecticut Online Employment Center job posting.

AFTER YOU APPLY:

• Referral Questions: This posting may require completion of additional Referral Questions (RQs), which must be completed by the questionnaire’s expiration date. If requested, RQs can be accessed via an email sent to you after the job close date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section).
• Prepare For An Interview: Interviews are limited to those whose experience and training are most aligned with the role. To prepare, review this helpful Interview Preparation Guide to make the best impression!
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• The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
• Note: This position will be filled in accordance with contractual language, reemployment, SEBAC, transfer, promotion and merit employment rules. Candidates who are offered and accept a position with the State of Connecticut are bound by the State Code of Ethics for Public Officials and State employees, available at www.ct.gov/ethics.

QUESTIONS? WE’RE HERE TO HELP:

Due to high volume, we are unable to confirm receipt or provide status updates directly. For recruitment updates, please check your Personal Status Board and review our Frequently Asked Questions. If you have additional questions about the recruitment process, reach out to Anamaria Giangarra at Anamaria.giangarra@ct.gov

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PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In a state agency this class is accountable for performing a combination of a full range of basic professional and highly complex clerical work in accounting or financial examination work.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

• Maintains an interrelated group of accounts including classifying and recording transactions, taking trial balances and reconciling accounts;
• Prepares simple financial statements;
• Assists in preparation of complex financial statements;
• Examines financial documents to ensure accuracy and conformance with requirements by reviewing related records, provisions and/or regulations;
• Maintains accounts receivable including preparing and processing billings, maintaining related accounts, managing accounts receivable, making and recording adjustments, cancellations or remissions and computing interest due and penalties;
• Calculates rates involving complex arithmetical formulas;
• Responsible for accounts payable including maintaining disbursement records, distributing charges to proper accounts, encumbering appropriation accounts for purchase orders, authorizing routine expenditures, auditing invoices or payments for accuracy and compliance with state regulations;
• Gathers and consolidates payroll and expenditure data to facilitate budget preparation;
• Ensures expenditures plus encumbrances are within appropriation limits;
• Ensures routine payments are in compliance with contract provisions;
• Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

• Knowledge of
• bookkeeping and financial record keeping principles and practices;
• basic governmental accounting principles and practices including general accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable and budget control;
• Skills
• interpersonal skills;
• oral and written communication skills;
• Considerable
• arithmetical ability;
• auditing ability;
• Ability to
• understand and apply statutes and regulations;
• utilize electronic data processing (EDP) systems for financial information.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Four (4) years of experience in complex clerical accounting or financial examining work. Complex clerical accounting or examining work is interpreted as independent responsibility for generally routine bookkeeping, financial record keeping or financial record examining at the level of a Financial Clerk.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

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  College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of two (2) years.
  
  
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  One (1) year as a Pre-Professional Trainee in an accounting class may be substituted for the General Experience.
  

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with PeopleSoft applications or CORE-CT Financial systems.
• Experience using advanced functions of Microsoft Excel, including creating pivot tables, utilizing VLOOKUP functions, and Queries.
• Experience performing account audits, reconciliations, and analyzing financial data.
• Experience interpreting and applying statutes and regulations.
• Experience providing customer service in a call center environment.

Conclusion

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.