Job Description

The Office of Child Support Services, Fiscal Operations which handles all fiscal related activities is responsible for ensuring that child support accounts are build, updated, and maintained so that payments received are disbursed accurately to the correct party timely, and that all misdirected funds are properly rerouted to the correct account resulting in the proper enforcement of child support orders. This department ensures that OCSS records reflect Family and Supreme court orders, accurate public assistance history including desk reviews to ensure excess support and pass-through payments are properly accounted and disbursed to the right parties. The Undistributed Collections Unit is responsible for the accurate and timely processing of payments posted by the NYS Central Child Support Payment Processing Center that were previously misidentified. This area oversees the manual application of Federal, State intercepted tax refunds, and lottery winnings ensuring all established protocols are followed with the goal of continually reducing undistributed collections to avoid Federal and State sanctions. These duties are technical and complex and involve close examination and analysis of financial records to ensure proper distribution of undistributed funds.

Under general supervision of the Director of Payment Adjustment, with wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment, the Accountant II, serving as the Undistributed Collections Coordinator, is responsible for the supervision of an accounting group of seventeen (17) professional staff of Bookkeepers. S/he ensures that all undistributed payments are investigated and resolved so that custodial parents can be paid and/or noncustodial parents may be reimbursed.

The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) is looking to backfill one (1) Accountant 02 who will:

Plan, coordinate and direct the work of three (3) Supervisors, UDC Analyst (Bookkeeper III) and their staff of fourteen (14) Account Adjusters, (Bookkeeper II) ensuring the complete and accurate resolution of undistributed checks. Manage the processing of undistributed checks by ensuring that referrals are retrieved from undistributed collections; review transactions, and adjust Trust and Agency accounts. Review work performed by staff to ensure adherence to policies and procedures governing child support collections.

Review and analyze statistical data and periodic activity reports; ensures quality control and compliance with current policies and procedures which include monitoring Lottery cases, reviewing bankruptcy cases and evaluating undistributed child support case review and resolution.

Ensure that the Trust and Agency accounts are managed appropriately which includes preparing and submitting reports to the Director of Accounting; coordinates the referral process through the OCSE/CS Track and NYS/ECS customer service systems.

Prepare reports regarding unit productivity; collaborate with the Director to ensure proper performance within the Units. Evaluates staff performance; provide staff training on policy, practices, and procedures; assist in resolving problems or conflicts that arise within the unit and monitor time, leave, and performance.

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree 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 by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in accounting, including one course each in advanced accounting and auditing; or

2. A valid New York State Certified Public Accountant license.

To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II individuals must have, in addition to meeting the minimum requirements, at least one year of experience as an Accountant - Assignment Level I or at least two years of satisfactory full-time professional accounting or auditing 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 individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.