Job Description

** THIS POSITION IS OPEN TO CANDIDATES WHO ARE PERMANENT IN THE ACCOUNTANT TITLE OR THOSE WHO TOOK AND PASSED THE RECENT CIVIL SERVICE EXAM. Please indicate in your cover letter if you are already permanent in the Accountant title or if you took the recent exam. Please note, candidates who took the recent civil service exam will be required to provide proof of exam score.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The mission of the New York City Police Department is to enhance the quality of life in New York City by working in partnership with the community to enforce the law, preserve peace, protect the people, reduce fear, and maintain order. The NYPD strives to foster a safe and fair city by incorporating Neighborhood Policing into all facets of Department operations, and solve the problems that create crime and disorder through an interdependent relationship between the people and its police, and by pioneering strategic innovation.

The mission of the Property Clerk Division is to accept, catalogue, safeguard, store, produce as required for court, return to legal owner or otherwise legally dispose of all property coming into the custody of the New York City Police Department/ Approximately two-thirds of all property taken in is evidence required for criminal cases. Other categories of property accepted include the safekeeping of found property, descendant's property, prisoner's property, property no longer needed as evidence or for further investigation, contraband, seized peddler property pending release, DNA evidence, and property confiscated for forfeiture proceedings. Property received by this Division include cash, jewelry, rifles, handguns, various weapons, general property of every description, evidence related to homicides and other crimes and vehicles. All property coming into and leaving the Property Clerk Division is subject to strict legal constraints. Evidence property is regularly signed out for presentation to Criminal Court. Property that can be legally returned to as rightful owner is done so in a timely manner. Contraband is destroyed when it is no longer needed for a criminal case. The Property Clerk Division auctions all vehicles and unclaimed general property via the internet via authorized agent.

Under general supervision, with wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment, performs difficult and responsible work in accounting and auditing or supervises an accounting and auditing or supervises an accounting unit or auditing group comprising a substantial accounting staff.

WORK LOCATION:

375 Pearl St.

New York, NY 10038

HOURS/ SHIFT:

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

This position is open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a program. Please indicate in your cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position under the 55-a program.

In compliance with Federal Law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

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.

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.