GAAP Liaison (Public Service Administrator Option 8C)

Position Overview

The Office of Fiscal Services is seeking to hire a dynamic, organized, detail oriented Certified Public Accountant to serve as a GAAP Liaison, to prepare and review the agency’s GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) reporting and perform financial audit related tasks. The position will be responsible for preparing and reviewing GAAP packages for the agency and responses to internal and external audit requests. The position will also be responsible for generating and approving journal entries, establishing appropriation lines, and generating numerous financial reports for the Office of Fiscal Services.

Essential Functions

• Serves as a GAAP Liaison.

• Serves as a liaison for the Office of Fiscal Services to internal and external auditors.

• Serves as the representative of the Office of Fiscal Services on Department-wide projects, work teams and task forces involving the Office.

• Serves as liaison to the IDHS Office of Internal Audit and external auditors.

• Serves as liaison to the Federal Reporting Unit, Office of Fiscal Services.

• Provides guidance and direction to various facility, school and regional office staff.

• Performs other duties as assigned or required which are reasonable within the scope of duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires the knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to the completion of four (4) years of college with course work in accounting and finance.

• Requires three (3) years of progressively responsible accounting experience in a public or private organization.

• Requires certification as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Illinois.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2) years of professional experience working with accounting and auditing theory, principles, methods and procedures.

• Two (2) years of professional experience in auditing federal programs in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).

• Two (2) years of professional experience working with Comptroller policies and procedures, Federal and State statutes, administrative rules, and regulations relative to federal grants and programs.

• Two (2) years of professional experience developing financial reports and statements.

• Two (2) years of professional experience utilizing automated accounting systems.

• One (1) year of professional experience making recommendations for revisions of accounting policies and procedures for a public or private business organization.

• One (1) year of professional experience communicating with both internal and external stakeholders, including auditors.

• One (1) year of professional experience working with laws, rules and regulations relative to accounting and financial reporting.

• One (1) year of professional experience conducting research and special projects or assignments relative to federal grants, financial activities, or legal issues involving financial tracking for a public or private business organization.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires basic proficiency in Excel and Access software.

*All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.