MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  EITHER:

(a)  Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered four year college or university with a Masters degree in Accounting, Public Administration, Business Administration or a related field which must have included or been supplemented by at least twenty credits in accounting AND two years of full time paid (or the part-time equivalent) supervisory experience in preparing and maintaining  governmental financial accounts and records which must have involved preparation of financial statements as well as other accounting activities; OR

(b)  Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered four year college or university with a Bachelors degree in Accounting, Public Administration, Business Administration or a related field which  must have included or been supplemented by at least twenty credits in accounting  AND four years of full    time paid (or the part-time equivalent) supervisory experience in preparing and maintaining   governmental financial accounts and records which must have involved preparation of financial  statements as well as other accounting activities.

Tompkins County is Committed to Equity and Inclusion. We encourage those with similar values to apply.

NOTE:  A minimum of 20 credits of accounting are required.  No experience or other education may be substituted for any of these required accounting credits.

NOTE:  A minimum of two years of full time (or the part-time equivalent) supervisory experience in preparing and maintaining financial accounts and records is required.  These two years must have involved the preparation of financial statements.  Education or other training may not be substituted for any of this experience.