Open CompetitiveA) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a baccalaureate degree in accounting or a baccalaureate degree including or supplemented by 24 semester credit hours, or its equivalent, in accounting plus four (4) years of work experience, or its part-time equivalent, in professional accounting or financial auditing, or a closely related field, which must have involved as the major job function the application of accounting principles to the installation and operational maintenance of a general or specialized accounting system, the design or modification of an accounting system, final authority and responsibility for a system or major portion thereof, and the exercise of supervision over accounting activities; or,B) Eight (8) years of work experience, or its part-time equivalent in accounting, financial auditing or full charge bookkeeping which is defined as experience which must have involved the accumulation of financial and statistical data into general and subsidiary ledgers and journals and the compilation of this material into financial reports and studies of which four (4) of the eight (8) years must have been work experience in professional accounting, or financial auditing, or a closely related field, which must have involved as the major job function the application of accounting principles to the installation and operational maintenance of a general or specialized accounting system, the design or modification of an accounting system, final authority and responsibility for a system or major portion thereof, and the exercise of supervision over accounting activities. Minimum QualificationsPromotional:One (1) year of permanent competitive class status in the title of Systems Accounting Manager, Auditor (Payroll) or Auditor III; or,Two (2) years of permanent competitive class status in the title of Accountant II, Auditor II, or Accounting Supervisor Grade B; or,Four (4) years of permanent competitive class status in the title of Accountant I, Auditor I, or Systems Accountant.