ACCOUNTANT ADVANCED

Maryland Department of Planning (Planning) provides guidance, analysis, outreach, and support to ensure that all the state’s natural resources, built environment and public assets are preserved and protected to achieve its goals for economic, community and environmental vitality.

Planning sees Maryland cities, towns, and communities as attractive, vibrant places to live, work, play and learn. They grow in ways that add value to the landscape and provide opportunity for new enterprises. Our natural, cultural, and historic resources are catalysts that strengthen and renew economic and community development. Planning’s actions will change Maryland for the better.

Local government - with its residents - invests time and resources in creating a vision for how they want their communities to look in the future. They are in the best position to achieve these local aspirations through comprehensive plans, ordinances, and local planning.

Planning stands ready to assist in bringing our full portfolio of professional staff, data resources and programmatic assistance. 

Part of the Maryland Department of Planning, the Maryland Historical Trust serves as Maryland’s State Historic Preservation Office and administers The Maryland Heritage Areas Program. 

Maryland’s Heritage Areas are places to experience – to see, hear and even taste – the authentic heritage of Maryland in a unique way that you cannot experience anywhere else. 

In Heritage Areas individuals, businesses, non-profits and governments form partnerships to preserve the best of Maryland's historic sites and towns, unspoiled natural landscapes and enduring traditions. 

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301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

This position serves as the Department’s Accountant Advanced as Agency Procurement Manager. An Accountant Advanced is the advanced level of work examining, analyzing, and interpreting accounting systems, records, and reports by applying generally accepted accounting principles in order to modify and maintain agency accounting systems, prepare financial reports or statements and give fiscal advice to management. Employees in this classification perform specialized duties in the areas of cost accounting, systems accounting, federal fund accounting or bond and loan accounting. To procure equipment, services, construction, supplies, information technology, and other needs, which must be obtained through the competitive or negotiated procurement process. Employees in this classification are responsible for soliciting, evaluating, negotiating, and awarding contracts, according to State Procurement laws, procedures, and regulations, as well as maintaining contracts by assuring compliance with terms and conditions. Procure computer related hardware, software, supplies, and services for the Department of Planning; develop procurement solicitations, Invitations for Bids (IFB), procurement contracts and when, necessary, amendments to existing contracts; serve as primary Telecommunications Officer responsible for all application telecommunications issues, such as providing new staff withtelephone equipment, providing user training, monitoring staff changes to assure currency of telecommunication operations and to manage all inventory of State property in the Department of Planning.

Performs advanced level cost accounting, systems accounting, federal fund accounting or bond and loan accounting in the preparation of financial records, reports, and statements for use by management. Plans, coordinates, leads and review the procurement work.   

Education: A Bachelor's degree in Accounting from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by three credit hours in auditing.

Experience: Three years of experience examining, analyzing and interpreting accounting systems, records and reports by applying generally accepted accounting principles.

Notes:

1. Candidates may substitute a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with thirty credit hours in Accounting and related courses, including or supplemented by three credit hours in auditing for the required education.

2. Applicants who have met the requirements for admission to the CPA examination prior to July 1, 1974 will be considered to have met the educational requirement referenced above.

3. Possession of a certificate as a Certified Public Accountant or a master's degree in accounting from an accredited college or university may be substituted for one year of the required experience.

4. Applicants may substitute one year of professional auditing experience for one year of the required experience.

5. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in the Accounting Officer classification or Financial Management specialty codes in the Accounting field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience and education.

 

Please make sure that you provide sufficient information on your application to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment.

The assessment may consist of a rating of your education, training and experience related to the requirements of the position.

STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS

 

For education obtained outside the U.S., a copy of the equivalent American education as determined by a foreign credential evaluation service needs to be provided before hire.