ACCOUNTANT

Position Overview
The Illinois Department of Public Health is seeking a highly motivated individual to perform professional accounting work in maintaining a complex, complete set of general account ledgers, by program and funding source for assigned funds and federal projects, procures goods and services as requested by program staff. Prepares vouchers for payments to vendors. Prepares contract obligation documents (CODs) for grants and contracts. Maintains ledgers and prepares financial reports.

Benefits Statement
As a State of Illinois Employee, you will receive a robust benefit package that includes the following:

Flexible and hybrid work schedules are available in many program areas (when available and dependent upon position) 
Competitive Group Insurance benefits including health, life, dental and vision plans.
Pension plan through the State Employees Retirement System
Deferred Compensation Program – voluntary supplemental retirement plan
Optional pre-tax programs -Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) & Dependent Care Assistant Plan (DCAP)
10-25 days of paid vacation time annually (10 days for first year of state employment)
12 paid sick days annually which carryover year to year
3 paid personal business days per calendar year (pro-rated dependent on start date)
13-14 paid holidays per year
12 weeks of paid parental leave
Employee Assistance Program and/or mental health resources
These are just a few of the many perks available to all State employees. For more information about our benefits please follow this link: https://www2.illinois.gov/cms/benefits/Pages/default.aspx.

Essential Functions
Prepares, audits, and processes vendor invoices for payment through the statewide electronic accounting system.
Establishes and maintains ledgers for assigned state funds and federal projects.
Prepares and enters contract obligation documents through the statewide electronic accounting system.
Reviews program requests for travel and procurement of goods and services.
Assists other staff as necessary to ensure timely processing of fiscal documents and to ensure cross training of fiscal activities.
Prepares detailed reports and responses to satisfy routine and special requests including, but not limited to, GAAP, audit request, legislative requests, and Court of Claims.
Maintains fiscal files including obligations, vouchers, grand awards, correspondence and other documents to provide adequate audit trail and documentation for assigned state funds and federal projects.
Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Minimum Qualifications
Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college, with courses in business administration and accounting or four years of technical accounting experience.