Principal Accountant

Salary : $93,480.00 – $115,800.00 Annually

Location : Downey, CA

Job Type: Dual Certification

Job Number: 24-303

Department: Business Services

Division: Accounting & Budget Development

Opening Date: 09/07/2023

Closing Date: 9/21/2023 11:59 PM Pacific

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An equal opportunity employer fostering a workforce that embraces and reflects
the rich diversity of Los Angeles County

Principal Accountant$7,790 to $9,650 Monthly

Insurance:
Your choice of several medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans

To learn more, visit:
https://www.lacoe.edu

Online applications
must be submitted by:

9/21/2023

11:59 P.M. (Pacific)

Retirement:
PERS Defined Benefit Plan

Paid Time Off:
24 vacation, 15 holidays, and 12 illness days.

Los Angeles County Office of Education is seeking experienced individuals with strong attention to detail and analytical skills for Principal Accountant. The current vacancy is in the Accounting and Budget Development Division.

The Principal Accountant plans, organizes, and supervises the activities of a work unit responsible for an accounting functional area or for providing consulting and fiscal services to various special programs or local educational agencies; performs complex professional accounting work; develops and updates accounting procedures; and participates in accounting system design, development, and implementation.

The Well Qualified Candidate Will Possess the Following

Knowledge:

Generally accepted accounting and auditing principles, practices and methods and their application to governmental accounting
Federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations as they pertain to accounting procedures and systems and records retention
Processes of business, banking, and/or other financial systems
Principles of financial administration, including budget development and reporting
Principles and techniques of organization, administration, and human resources management
Concepts and applications of automated data processing systems and equipment related to financial systems and accounting operations
Methods and techniques of financial analysis and research
Principles and techniques of employee selection, supervision, training, and performance evaluation
Current office practices, procedures, terminology, equipment and technology related to financial record keeping

Competencies:

Analyzing & Interpreting Data – Drawing meaning and conclusions from quantitative and/or qualitative data
Critical Thinking – Analytically and logically evaluating information, propositions, and claims
Decision Making – Choosing optimal courses of action in a timely manner
Legal & Regulatory Navigation – Understanding, interpreting, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations
Professional & Technical Expertise – Applying technical subject matter to the job
Using Technology – Working with electronic hardware and software applications
Attention to Detail – Focusing on the details of work content, work steps, and final work products
Oral Communication – Engaging effectively in dialogue
Writing – Communicating effectively in writing
Customer Focus – Attending to the needs and expectation of customers Relationship Building – Establishing rapport and maintaining mutually productive relationships
Managing Performance – Ensuring superior individual and group performance
Project Management – Planning and tracking projects to ensure they are on-time, on-budget, and achieve their objectives
Cultural Proficiency – Modeling communications and interactions that respect and include all individuals and their languages, abilities, religions and cultures

Required Education and ExperienceEducation: A bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 24 semester or 36 quarter verifiable college coursework units in accounting from an institution of higher learning recognized by the Council of Higher Education Accreditation. Foreign degrees and credit units require translation and equivalency established by an agency recognized by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

Experience: Four years of professional accounting experience, including one year of experience in a supervisory capacity.

Additional Requirements: A valid California driver’s license and the availability of private transportation or the ability to obtain transportation between job sites may be required for some positions.

Hybrid remote schedules may be available. To ensure the health and safety of its staff, LACOE may require employees to provide evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19.

Selection ProcessCandidates who meet the minimum requirements above will be invited to participate in an examination that may consist of a Performance Exam and a Structured Interview.

Contact
For information about the examination process you may send an e-mail to
Ella Gasparyan at gasparyan_ella@lacoe.edu. For assistance between September 8th – 26th, you may send an email to Jennifer Kirkpatrick at kirkpatrick_jennifer@lacoe.edu.

For general inquiries please call 562.803.8360 (Mon- Fri 8:00 am – 5:00 pm)

For complete application information, please go to https://www.lacoe.edu/pc

LACOE Personnel Commission, 9300 Imperial Hwy, EC-Annex, Downey, CA 90242
Additional InformationMinimum qualifications must be met by the close of filing date. For complete application information, please go to https://www.lacoe.edu/pc. For additional information on our selection procedures, please visit Exam Preparation on our website. Selection and promotion are based on a competitive examination process. Candidates who pass all exam parts are ranked according to overall exam score and placed on an eligibility (hiring) list. Vacant positions are filled from the top three ranks. Eligibility lasts for 12 months; however, additional recruitment may occur under a separate bulletin with additional candidates being merged onto the eligibility list. Some positions that involve public contact may require bilingual proficiency for which selective certification may apply (Education Code 45277.5). In addition, the eligibility list resulting from this examination may be used to fill vacancies in related job classifications for which no eligibility list exists (Education Code 45272). Veterans’ Credit may be awarded for entry jobs.

Reasonable accommodations in completing an application, testing, and employment are available to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request an accommodation, please call 562.803.8360 as early as possible.

This examination is authorized as Dual, open to the public and promotional for LACOE employees.

Recruitment ID: 24-303

This announcement does not constitute an implied contract. Any part of this announcement is subject to change.

Based on full-time assignment:

Although new employees usually begin at the first salary step, advanced salary step placement may be requested
24 vacation days per year
15 paid holidays per year
12 paid sick days annually
Insurance includes health, medical, dental, vision and group life
Retirement CALPERS combined with Social Security, and pre-tax retirement savings account options

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: Answer the following questions as truthfully and accurately as possible. You are not expected to answer at the highest level of each of these items to be qualified.

The application will be evaluated for minimum qualifications. Your responses to the supplemental questions below may also be used to determine your qualifications beyond the minimum qualification requirements for this classification in a training and experience (T&E) evaluation. Referring to your application/resume, listing “see resume”, or incomplete responses will NOT qualify as a response to any question. Questions that are answered in this method will be considered INCOMPLETE and may result in DISQUALIFICATION.

You are required to answer ALL of the supplemental questions as truthfully and accurately as possible. Your responses to these questions are subject to verification and may be assessed in subsequent examination parts. All experience, education, training, and certification must be included in your application in order to be considered. Any sign of deliberate misinformation or intentional exaggeration will result in disqualification from this examination process and possible bar from future employment opportunities with the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE).

Select “Yes” if you have read, understood, and agree to the above statements.

Select “No” if you have read, understood, and DO NOT agree with the above statements and voluntarily withdraw your application for this position.

Have you earned a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 24 semester or 36 quarter units in accounting courses?

(You must attach a copy of your transcript to your application for verification purposes. Failure to do so may cause the disqualification of your application for this process, if we are unable to verify that the courses requirement is met.)

Please list the accounting courses you have completed with the semester/quarter units and college/university where the course was taken.

How many years of experience do you have in professional-level accounting?

(Professional level work is defined as performing duties that require interpretation, and independent judgment in the application of externally-defined and updated principals, practices, and regulations. Professionals are expected to bring this expertise into the organization rather than learn on the job.)

No experience
Less than 1 year
1 year but less than 2 years
2 years but less than 3 years
3 years but less than 4 years
4 years but less than 5 years
5 or more years

Please list EACH professional-level accounting position you have held. For each position, please include the following information: .

For each related experience, please include:
a) Your job title(s)
b) Name of the organization(s)
c) Job duties/responsibilities related to the job areas described above
d) Length(s) of employment