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SUFFOLK COUNTY
SENIOR ACCOUNT CLERK
CIVIL SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
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LAST FILING DATE: JANUARY 3, 2024
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WRITTEN TEST DATE: FEBRUARY 10, 2024
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COUNTY ANNUAL
SALARY $38,367
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GRADE 14
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USUAL ANNUAL
SALARY $48,767 – $50,781
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SALARIES VARY BY
JURISDICTION
SPECIFICATION # 0206
All statements made on the application may be verified and the backgrounds of successful candidates
are subject to investigation by the appointing authority.
APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE and FEE WAIVER
The application
processing fee is $40. Application may be made
via the internet at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service. Payment must be made
by VISA or MasterCard credit card and there will be an additional convenience
fee of $1.95. An acknowledgement of
receipt of application will be sent to all internet
applicants via e-mail. A separate application and processing fee are required
for each examination (identified by examination number) for which you are
applying. The application
processing fee is non-refundable and non-transferable.
The application processing
fee may be waived for Suffolk County residents who are veterans, active duty
military, members of the reserves or National Guard, auxiliary police,
firefighters, members in good standing of a local fire district or ambulance
company, members of a Volunteer Fire Department or Volunteer Emergency Medical
Services Agency Explorers programs, volunteer CERT members and members of the
Suffolk County Police Explorers program. The fee may also
be waived if you are unemployed and primarily responsible for the
support of a household and for recipients of Medicaid, SSI, Public Assistance
or those in a training program under the Job Training Partnership Act/Workforce
Investment Act administered by a state or local social service agency.
Applicants should complete the “Request for Application Fee Waiver and
Certification” form online. All claims for application fee waiver are subject
to verification.
VACANCIES
The eligible list for this title will be used to fill current and future vacancies in Suffolk
County departments and non-county jurisdictions under the jurisdiction of the
Suffolk County Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service. There are currently 13 vacancies; one each in
the Half Hollow Hills CSD, Huntington UFSD, Lindenhurst UFSD, North Babylon
UFSD, Southampton UFSD and West Islip UFSD, two in the Middle County CSD, two
in the Suffolk County Department of Audit & Control and one each in the
Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Suffolk County Probation Department
and Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office.
DUTIES
An employee in this class maintains a
complex set of financial records, and compiles and prepares or assists a
superior in preparing difficult and complex financial or statistical reports.
Work may include utilization of computers or word processors with financial
capabilities. In the absence of supervisory responsibilities, the assignment of
positions to this class is based on the complexity of
accounting records kept, and the amount of independent judgment exercised in
the application of methods to particular problems. Supervision may be
exercised over a number of clerical subordinates. Work is performed
with relative technical independence and is reviewed by an administrative
superior or professional accountant through verification of financial records
and statements. Accounting records are
also subject to audit by County and State auditors. Does related work as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Graduation from a standard senior high
school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and four (4) years of
experience in computing and registering data in financial records, accounts, or
journals.
Note:
College education* in any area may be substituted for experience at the
rate, 30 credits = 1 year, provided that for each 30 credits earned, at least 3 credits were in accounting.
*Please attach to the application a copy
of your college transcript(s) which must have your
name, college name, and date of graduation printed on it by the
institution. Grade reports, incomplete
transcripts and other similar documents are unacceptable.
SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATION
The written test will cover
knowledge, skills and/or abilities in such areas as:
1.
Understanding
and interpreting written material;
2.
Arithmetic
computation with calculator;
3.
Understanding
and interpreting tabular material;
4.
Supervision.
Note: The
use of calculators is recommended for this
examination.
Note: A
Guide for the Written Test for Higher Level Account Clerical is available at the
New York State Department of Civil Service website at: https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm.
NOTES
1.
Should it become necessary to amend any
part of this announcement, the Department of Human Resources, Personnel and
Civil Service reserves the right to make such amendment on the Department’s web
page without notification to applicants.
The most current copy of this announcement is available during the
filing period at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service.
2. Expanded Description of the examination subtests.
3.
Candidates
who apply for this examination and who have not heard from the Suffolk County Department
of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service by February 7, 2024 are advised to contact the Department before the written
test date at (631) 853-5500.
N.Y.S.
DATE
PREPARED: December 6, 2023
GENERAL CONDITIONS OPEN-COMPETITIVE
ANNOUNCEMENT
1.
Application
may be made using the Suffolk County Application for
Employment (Forms CS-205A and CS-205B).
2.
Applicants
may complete a “Request for Application Fee Waiver and Certification” form and
submit it with Forms CS-205A and CS-205B.
3.
Unless
otherwise stated, candidates must meet the minimum qualifications by the date
of the written test, or last filing date in the case of training and experience
evaluations. Unless otherwise stated
part-time experience will be pro-rated.
4.
Candidates
found ineligible to compete in the written examination may appeal to the
Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service for reconsideration
prior to the written test date appearing on this announcement. Appeals received on or after the announced
written test date will not be considered.
5.
Candidates
who fail the examination, or who fail to appear for the examination as
scheduled, will be eliminated from further
consideration for purposes of this competition.
Unless otherwise specified, the final rank order of the eligible list
will be determined on the basis of the score received
on the written test, plus veterans’ credits where appropriate.
6.
Eligible
applicants will be notified when and where to appear for examination. If an application is rejected, due notice
will be sent.
7.
Unless
specifically prohibited by the examination instructions, candidates are permitted to use quiet, hand-held, solar or
battery-powered calculators. Devices with
typewriter keyboards, spell-checker, personal digital assistant, address books,
language translators, dictionaries and any similar devices are
prohibited.
8.
When
the examination is prepared and rated by the Suffolk County
Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service, the
provisions of the Suffolk County Civil Service Rules dealing with the rating of
examination will apply.
9.
When
the written examination is prepared and rated by the New York State Department
of Civil Service in accordance with Section 23-2 of the Civil Service Law, the
provisions of the New York State Civil Service Rules and Regulations
which deal with the rating of examination will apply.
10.
The
eligible list established as a result of this
examination will remain in force for at least one year and may be extended by
the Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service for a maximum of
four years. Changing conditions may make
it necessary to certify to future vacancies at higher or lower salaries than
those announced.
11.
Information
regarding eligibility for veterans’ credits appears on the open-competitive
application form.
12.
Pursuant
to Section 85-a of the Civil Service Law, children of firefighters and police
officers killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to receive an additional
ten points added to a passing score attained in a competitive examination for
original appointment in the same municipality in which his or her parent
served. If you are qualified to
participate in this examination, and you are the child of a firefighter or
police officer killed in the line of duty, please so notify us in writing when
you submit your application for examination.
A candidate claiming such credit must submit appropriate documentation
to verify eligibility to receive these additional credits before the eligible
list is established.
No additional credits will be granted after the
eligible list is established.
13.
Inquiries
may be made as to character and ability and all
statements made by candidates are subject to verification. Some employers may require the candidate to be fingerprinted and to pass a background investigation.
14.
Candidates
must be medically, physically and psychologically capable of performing the
duties of the job. Candidates who are appointed to positions in the Suffolk County service may
be required to pass qualifying medical and/or physical and/or psychological
evaluations.
15.
Residency
is not required for taking any examinations.
However, some jurisdictions, such as schools, libraries, etc., give
hiring preference to residents. Some
towns also require employees to establish residency within the township. For employment in a Suffolk County
Department, with only limited exceptions set forth in Suffolk County Law,
residency within Suffolk County is required within five years of employment
with the county. In any case in which residency preference is given, the
appointee(s) must meet a specific residency standard as defined in the Civil
Service Rules.
16.
Saturday
Sabbath Observers and handicapped persons:
If special arrangements for testing are required, indicate this on your
application.
17.
No
smoking is permitted in the building or on the grounds
of the examination site.
18.
If
you will be on active military duty with the armed forces of the United States
on the date of this test, please contact the Suffolk County Department of Human
Resources, Personnel and Civil Service before the last filing date appearing on
this announcement for alternate test date information.
19.
Multiple Examinations Scheduled for the
Same Day: If you have applied to take a
written test announced by either one or several local jurisdictions (county,
town, city) scheduled to be held on the same test date as this written test,
you must notify each of the local jurisdictions no later than two weeks before the
test date, so they can make arrangements for taking all tests at one test site. All examinations for positions in State
government will be held at a State examination
center. If you have any questions,
please call the Suffolk County Department of Human Resources, Personnel and
Civil Service at (631) 853-5500.
20.
For
information regarding a weather-related cancellation of this examination,
please refer to our website at
www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service and click on the “Weather
Related Exam Cancellations” link. Civil
Service Announcements are shown at the bottom of that
page. Also check News 12 Long Island for notice of cancellation of this
examination: NEWS 12 LONG ISLAND, TV
CHANNEL 12 or at their website: www.news12.com.
Suffolk County
Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service
725 Veterans
Memorial Hwy.,
William J. Lindsay
County Complex, Bldg. # 158
P.O. Box 6100
Hauppauge, NY 11788-0099
Phone: (631) 853-5500