Accountant 3

Take your career to the next level with supervisory and advanced accounting work! The Public School Employees' Retirement System (PSERS) is seeking an Accountant 3 to oversee the Healthcare Accounting Section within our Office of Financial Management. Our team will rely on you to ensure effective accounting operations for the system’s postemployment healthcare activities, including both the premium assistance health insurance account and the public school retirees’ health insurance fund. Apply now and achieve your professional potential with our team! 

In this role you will manage and direct the activities of the Healthcare Accounting Section within the Office of Financial Management, which is responsible for all aspects of accounting and financial reporting postemployment healthcare accounting operations. Your responsibilities will include developing and maintaining controls for detecting misuse and loss of funds by monitoring the third party administrator, maintaining a thorough knowledge of government and financial accounting methods especially as applied to postemployment healthcare; and researching the annual Plan changes for the Health Options Program to ensure the continued use of generally accepted accounting principles and procedures. You will have the opportunity to obtain guidance from Managers for situations involving complex law changes or significant policy changes that impact section operations. 

Your leadership and financial analysis will ensure timely and accurate payments and recoupments, timely and accurate investment allocations, and accuracy and thoroughness of source documentation. Work involves performing a full range of supervisory duties over a staff of professional accountants and fiscal personnel, examining and analyzing financial data, and monitoring and maintaining premium assistance portion of contributions. You will also play a leadership role in the ongoing enhancements to the new pension administration system and act as business liaison and subject matter expert on all premium assistance benefit, receivables, recoupments, or medical deduction accounting issues. Advance your accounting career and help us serve the Commonwealth’s public school employees by fulfilling the promise of a secure retirement! 

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 60-minute lunch.
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• One year as an Accountant 2 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or 
• Three years of progressively responsible professional accounting experience, and graduation from a four-year college or university, including or supplemented by fifteen credits in accounting.
• Four years of bookkeeping experience and fifteen college credits in accounting may be substituted for college graduation. A Master's degree in Accounting or a related field may be substituted for one year of general work experience.

Other Requirements:

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position. 

Veterans: 

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS): 

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position.  No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions. 
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
  • your score may be lower than deserved.
  • you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.