STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: CHIEF ACCOUNTANT
Class Code: 1705-26
Date Established: 07-02-65
Occupational Code: 7-2-2
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To plan and evaluate agency fiscal
operations, including supervising the control and analysis of financial income
and expenditure accounts and the reporting of accounting data.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Supervises the
preparation and review of financial reports and accounting records, including
updating the general ledger and preparing journal entries.
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Determines work
procedures and job assignments for accounting and operations staff, including
developing special financial reports and analyses and evaluating work
performance on an annual basis.
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Plans biennial budget
and coordinates progress leading to final approval.
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Evaluates capital
budget expenditures to ensure and approve availability of funds.
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Directly supervises a
staff of professional, technical and clerical employees engaged in maintaining
accounting records and preparing related reports, including supervision and
maintenance of the general ledger.
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Prepares warrants and
contract encumbrances for all Governor and Council approvals and encumbers all
purchase orders and contracts.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in analyzing and
interpreting data, policy and procedures OR in using equipment in order to
arrive at logical conclusions or recommendations.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific
understanding to analyze problems of a specialized or professional nature in a
particular field.
Impact: Requires responsibility for achieving
direct service objectives by assessing agency service needs and making
preliminary recommendations for the development of alternative short-term
program policies or procedures.
Errors at this level result in incomplete assessments or misleading
recommendations causing a disruption of agency programs or policies.
Supervision: Requires delegating supervisory or
program responsibilities to subordinate managers, with overall accountability
for hiring employees and approving program policies. The supervisor in this position assumes responsibility for
an organizational unit, including developing long-range plans, analyzing
staffing requirements, and formulating systemwide policies and procedures.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions under good conditions in a safe working environment.
Physical Demands: Requires sedentary work, including
continuous sitting or occasional standing and walking.
Communication: Requires reviewing summaries and
reports and making management level decisions to solve problems or to achieve
work objectives as well as articulating and expressing those solutions and
goals. This level also requires
formal presentations of solutions and goals to employees and the general public
to increase the responsiveness of the agency toward the demands of its client
system.
Complexity: Requires evaluating a combination of
wide-ranging job functions to determine work procedures, to solve problems, and
to reach conclusions by applying analytical, technical, or scientific
thinking. This level also requires
planning policies and long-term strategies, drawing conclusions based on
available criteria, and evaluating the effectiveness of program objectives.
Independent Action: Requires independent judgment in
planning and evaluating work procedures and in supervising the development of
professional, technical and managerial standards under administrative direction
and according to broad departmental guidelines.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor's degree from a recognized
college or university with major study in accounting, business or public
administration. Each additional
year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required
work experience.
Experience: Six years' experience in accounting or
auditing work, three years of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity,
and at least two of which shall have been directly concerned with accounting
operations. Additional years of
related work experience may not be substituted for the formal education
required by this class specification.
License/Certification: None required.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Extensive knowledge of accounting
methods of applying accounting principles and techniques to work
situations. Extensive knowledge of
laws, rules and regulations practices and procedures of New Hampshire public
fiscal administration including budgeting and reporting. Extensive knowledge of enterprise
accounting procedures and methods.
Ability to analyze, evaluate and establish systems of accounts. Ability to analyze revenue receipts and
expenditures, and prepare complicated fiscal reports. Ability to communicate effectively in spoken and written
form. Ability to plan, assign,
review and supervise the work of a staff of professional and non-professional
employees. Ability to establish
and maintain effective working relationships with employees, state department
heads and officials and members of executive and legislative committees. Must be willing to maintain appearance
appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency
appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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