Civil Service Commission
M0158E
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
02/01/2023
02/21/2023
VENTNOR CITY
$29,000.00 ~ $72,000.00 Per Year
1
40 Hours per Week
$25.00
(1) Ventnor City; (2) Atlantic County
EDUCATION: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree including or supplemented by twenty-one (21) semester hours credits in professional accounting subjects. Please upload copy of your transcript with your application. Failure to do so will result in ineligibility.
EXPERIENCE: One (1) year of professional accounting or auditing experience.
NOTE: Applicants who have satisfactorily completed (21) semester hours credits in professional accounting courses at an accredited college or university may substitute accounting experience involving the operation and maintenance of large-scale systems of accounts for the remainder of the above educational requirement on a year-for-year basis with thirty (30)semester hour credits being equal to one year of experience. If you are using this substitution clause, please upload a copy of your transcript with your applicaiton. Failure to do so will result in ineligibility.
NOTE: Possession of a valid certificate as a Registered Municipal Accountant or Certified Public Accountant issued by the New Jersey State Board of Certified Public Accountants or as a Certified Municipal Finance Officer issued by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Local Government Services may be substituted for the above educational requirement. If you are substituting a certificate for the required education, please upload a copy of your certificate with your application. Failure to do so will result in ineligibility.
Foreign transcripts must be evaluated by a recognized evaluation service. Please upload a copy of your evaluation with your application. Failure to do so will result in ineligibility.
LICENSE: Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
EXPERIENCE: One (1) year of professional accounting or auditing experience.
NOTE: Applicants who have satisfactorily completed (21) semester hours credits in professional accounting courses at an accredited college or university may substitute accounting experience involving the operation and maintenance of large-scale systems of accounts for the remainder of the above educational requirement on a year-for-year basis with thirty (30)semester hour credits being equal to one year of experience. If you are using this substitution clause, please upload a copy of your transcript with your applicaiton. Failure to do so will result in ineligibility.
NOTE: Possession of a valid certificate as a Registered Municipal Accountant or Certified Public Accountant issued by the New Jersey State Board of Certified Public Accountants or as a Certified Municipal Finance Officer issued by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Local Government Services may be substituted for the above educational requirement. If you are substituting a certificate for the required education, please upload a copy of your certificate with your application. Failure to do so will result in ineligibility.
Foreign transcripts must be evaluated by a recognized evaluation service. Please upload a copy of your evaluation with your application. Failure to do so will result in ineligibility.
LICENSE: Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
The responsibility for ensuring that employees possess the required motor vehicle license, commensurate with the class and type of vehicles they operate, rests with the Appointing Authority.
PLEASE NOTE: All applications must be completed and submitted by 4:00 pm on the closing date.
Customer Care and Technical Support: If you are having difficulty submitting your application online, customer care and technical support are available during regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST, Monday - Friday, excluding holidays and emergency closings. Please email: OAS.support@csc.nj.gov or call (609) 292-4144. Please note that application support requests received outside regular business hours on the closing date will not change the application filing deadline so PLEASE FILE EARLY.
- NJAC 4A:4-2.3(b) states that all requirements must be met as of the closing date.
- Online applications must be completed and submitted by the closing date listed above.
- You must complete your application in detail. Your score may be based on a comparison of your background with the job requirements. Failure to complete your application properly may lower your score or cause you to fail. NOTE: Auto-fill may cause incomplete information on your application. Please confirm your name, address and phone number prior to submitting your application.
- If an employment list results from this announcement, it may be certified to fill full-time and part-time positions.
- Effective September 1, 2011, the New Jersey First residency law was enacted. Please click here for additional information. In accordance with Public Law 2010 c. 26, Veterans pay a reduced application fee of $15.00 if they have previously established Veteran's Preference with the DMAVA (as defined by NJSA 11A:5-1 et seq). Those claiming Veteran’s Preference but have not yet received approval from DMAVA must pay the full application fee and may request a refund if the claim is approved at least 8 days prior to the issuance of the eligibility list. Please note this reduced fee does not apply to Public Safety titles.
- Application fees submitted via personal check or money order must be postmarked within five (5) business days of submitting your application. If your fee is postmarked after five (5) business days, or is returned as invalid, you will be declared ineligible and denied admittance to the examination process.
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