BOOKKEEPER

The New York City Employees Retirement System (NYCERS) Finance Division is seeking a parttime Bookkeeper (Level 1) to assist the Accounting and Financial Reporting unit. The Accounting and Financial Reporting unit records and maintains all monetary transactions in the accounting database deposits all incoming payments and processes NYCERS operating expense invoices and other authorized payments.

Depending on the needs of the unit the parttime Bookkeeper maybe assigned to the following duties:

Determine the appropriate revenue code; record payments and returned checks in the accounting database
Respond to inquiries from members pensioners and other divisions/units within NYCERS
Open to learning new tasks and performing additional functions

Qualifications :

(1) Completion of 30 semester credits from an accredited college or university accredited by regional national professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) including 6 credits in accounting; or
(2) A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and two years of satisfactory fulltime bookkeeping experience; or
(3) A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to 1 or 2 above. College education may be substituted for experience in 2 above on the basis that 15 semester credits from an accredited college may be substituted for each year of required experience. However all candidates must have a high school diploma or its educational equivalent and either 6 semester credits in accounting from an accredited college or 6 months of experience as described in 2 above.
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 fulltime bookkeeping experience.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Parttime