PRINCIPAL AUDIT ACCOUNT CLERK
To land Principal Audit Account Clerk in New Jersey you go through the competitive route: you sit an announced exam and the score puts you on the eligible list agencies hire from.
The one gate is 2 years of relevant experience. The FY 2027 range lands between $44,750 and $64,522, and state payroll currently lists 3 people in the title, most of them at Labor.
How to apply
This title is filled by competitive examination.
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Principal Audit Account Clerk appears on the State payroll at 2 departments, most of them at Department of Labor.
State departments
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| Department of Labor | 2 |
| Department of Law & Public Safety | 1 |
State payroll and independent authority payroll are separate systems and are never merged. See data sources.
Who employs this title
State payroll records show 3 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $62,340. The agencies employing the most are:
- Labor (2)
- Law and Public Safety (1)
Counts from NJ YourMoney agency payroll. See statewide workforce analytics.
Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under direction of a supervisory official in a state department, institution, or agency, has charge of a large group of Senior Audit Account Clerks and Audit Account Clerks engaged in reviewing and checking calculations of varied types for completeness, accuracy, and authority; or personally makes difficult and complex determinations and computations; does related work as required.
Examples of work
- Organizes varied clerical auditing and accounting work and takes the lead in developing suitable procedures and outlines for the clerical auditing and accounting work of the unit in accordance with established regulations.
- Plans, organizes, and assigns the work of the organizational unit and evaluates employee performance and conduct, enabling the effective recommendation of the hiring, firing, promoting, and disciplining of subordinates.
- Assigns and instructs Senior Audit Account Clerks, Audit Account Clerks, and other clerical employees engaged in the work of the unit and supervises the performance of their work, as required.
- Personally makes complex and unusual determinations and computations using established rules, regulations, and policies.
- Supervises the work involved in reviewing and checking field audits and reports and in determining that eligibility has been confirmed, that proper charges have been assessed, and that arithmetical calculations have been correctly made.
- Supervises the checking of the accuracy and propriety of bills, statements, vouchers, certificates, receipts, extensions, claims, benefit payments, tax receipts, reimbursements, and totals.
- As required, on a sporadic basis, may do typing which is uncomplicated, does not require skill or speed, and which is of a nature reasonably to be expected of employees in a business office.
- As required, on an infrequent basis, may use varied types of common office machines in temporary assignments where skill and speed are not primary requirements and special training is not necessary.
- Prepares letters which involve routine replies.
- Prepares summaries and reports based on data, information, and records maintained.
- Maintains records and files as required.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information system used by the agency, office, or related units.
Experience
Two (2) years of experience in work involving the preparation, review, and verification of varied types of financial or statistical records for corrections, completeness, and legality.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of modern business office methods, procedures, and route their application to clerical auditing and accounting work.
- Knowledge of the rules, regulations, policies, and procedures of the department and their application to specific cases after a period of training.
- Knowledge of the common books of accounts and of the procedures used in maintaining financial records and in checking financial documents of varied types.
- Ability to analyze clerical auditing and accounting problems, organize assigned supervisory and other work, and develop effective work methods.
- Ability to give suitable assignments and instructions to a group of Audit Account Clerks of several grades and to the other clerical employees of the unit and supervise the performance of their work.
- Ability to examine and check financial statements, reports, and other documents for accuracy, completeness, and conformance with regulations.
- Ability to make and check arithmetic calculations.
- Ability to supervise the making of proper financial entries.
- Ability to supervise the balancing of accounts and the preparation of statements of financial status and of amounts of moneys due.
- Ability to supervise the checking of claims for payment and benefit payments of varied types.
- Ability to prepare and supervise the preparation of letters which involve routine replies.
- Ability to do uncomplicated typing which does not require speed or skill on sporadic basis.
- Ability to use varied common office machines in temporary assignments where skill and speed are not a primary requirement and special training is not necessary.
- Ability to prepare and supervise the preparation of reports and summaries based upon data, information, and records maintained.
- Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
- CODES: R12- ECK 4/7/95