Bookkeeper, Level II

City of New York • New York, NY

4d • $50,394 - $66,865 • Onsite

About The Position

The New York City Police Department's mission is to enhance the quality of life in New York City by working in partnership with the community to enforce the law, preserve peace, protect the people, reduce fear, and maintain order. The Narcotics Boro Manhattan North conducts investigations into violence and the sale of narcotics, requiring the use of department funds for purchasing narcotics, firearms, and paying confidential informants. A bookkeeper assigned to this unit is responsible for maintaining the command's fiscal account, which includes all department funds issued to supervisors' accounts. This role involves accounting for and documenting expense reports for funds spent during investigations, and maintaining detailed records of available, issued, and expensed department funds.

Requirements

• Completion of 30 semester credits from an accredited college or university, including 6 credits in accounting; or
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and two years of satisfactory full-time bookkeeping experience; or
• A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to the above.
• College education may be substituted for experience on the basis that 15 semester credits from an accredited college may be substituted for each year of required experience.
• Must have a high school diploma or its educational equivalent.
• Must have either 6 semester credits in accounting from an accredited college or 6 months of bookkeeping experience.
• Must be a permanent City employee in the civil service title of Bookkeeper.
• Must have taken and passed Bookkeeper Exam 3117 (include list number on resume).

Nice To Haves

• To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level III individuals must have, in addition to meeting the minimum requirements, at least one year of experience as a Bookkeeper (40526) or at least four years of satisfactory full-time bookkeeping experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining the overall command's fiscal account, encompassing all Department funds issued to supervisors' accounts.
• Accounting for and documenting expense reports for funds spent during investigations.
• Keeping detailed records of Department funds available, issued, and expensed.
• Processing paperwork delivered from supervisors and investigators documenting multiple expenses during different investigations on the same or multiple dates.

Benefits

• Health insurance for the employee and his or her spouse or domestic partner and unemancipated children under age 26
• Union benefits such as dental and vision coverage
• Paid annual leave
• Sick leave
• Paid holidays
• A pension
• Optional savings and pre-tax programs such as Deferred Compensation, IRA, and a flexible spending account.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree