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ACCOUNTANT

City of Chicago • Chicago, IL • 2h ago

Description:

BID/JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

ACCOUNTANT

CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ADMINISTRATION

Number of Positions: 1

(Additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

Starting Annual Salary: B13, $68,616.00 per year

This position is open to the public and all current City employees covered under the City's collective bargaining agreement with AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (AFSCME) - BARGAINING UNIT 1, 3, 4 & 5. Only employees in City job titles in this bargaining unit are eligible to bid.

BID INSTRUCTIONS : Apply on the bid site: https://chicago.taleo.net/careersection/103/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en AND

Check the box on your profile titled "Currently employed by the City of Chicago"

Enter your employee ID (located on your pay stub labeled 'payee/employee number')

Select your correct bargaining unit

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN A REJECTED BID APPLICATION

Applications for this position will be accepted from 5/18/26 until 11:59pm CDT on 6/1/26

The Chicago Department of Transportation is seeking an Accountant to perform professional accounting duties in establishing project funding, interfund reimbursements and billing, audits and grant set ups in OGM, revenue analysis, reconciliations and overtime.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Codes, records, and updates journal entries (e.g., expenditures, account transfers, budget revisions) using manual and computerized spreadsheets

Audits financial documents to ensure entries are accurate, appropriately allocated to accounts, and comply with contract and funding guidelines, and documents errors and reconciles accounts, as required

Monitors account balances and adjusts spending levels and fund re-allocations to ensure the availability of funds to cover expenditures

Prepares various reports (e.g., program and operating budgets, financial statements, balance sheets, financial reports) of a moderately complex nature using computer spreadsheets

Analyzes historical records and anticipated economic trends and forecasts future expenses and revenues

Participates in the compilation and analysis of fiscal data for inclusion in complex financial reports

Processes payments for various parties (e.g., editing, reapplying, and confirming receipt of payments, processing direct and order payment vouchers for grant-funded programs)

Calculates and prepares grant/project revenue collection reimbursement

Reviews grant/project applications and awards

Examines sub-grant agreements for any fiscal related requirements

Reviews departmental requests for appropriating funds, authorizing grant/project obligations, monitoring and reporting grant/project expenditures, recording receivables and collections and closing out grant/project awards

Coordinates and submits final close-out reports to various grantors

Maintains and reports in-kind awards and expenditures incurred by the sub-grantees Additional duties may be required for this position. Location : 2 N. LaSalle St., Ste 1050 Days : Monday-Friday Hours : 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM THIS POSITION IS IN THE CAREER SERVICE

Qualifications:

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting or a directly related field, plus 15 semester hours in Accounting

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

This position requires applicants to complete an interview. The interviewed candidate(s) possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position will be selected.

For Information on our employees benefits please visit our benefits website at:

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/fin/benefits-office.html

For Information on our salary and title structure visit our classifications website at:

https://my.chicago.gov/dam/intranet/documents/depts/dhr/INFORMATION/2026\Classification\and\Pay\Plan.pdf

APPLICATION EVALUATION: Initial evaluation will be based on information provided on the application and the documents submitted.?Department of Human Resource staff will review applications after the final posting date. Staff will follow any and all required Employment/Hiring Plan provisions, federal, state and local laws, and Collective Bargaining Agreements when applicable. Staff will apply hiring preferences as required by the municipal code. Placement on an eligibility list is not an offer or guarantee of an interview nor employment with the City of Chicago.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY: To further our commitment to hiring applicants with diverse experience the City of Chicago has adopted the following ordinances 2-74-020 and 2-74-075. The ordinances provide a preference to applicants who meet minimum qualifications and who are veterans of the Armed Forces, and/or residents of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas (SEDA) and/or Chicago Public School (CPS) high school graduates to be referred to departments for consideration. These hiring preferences do not apply to bidders, as Collective Bargaining Agreements define the hiring process for bidders. For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, bidders will be considered before external candidates. To learn more about our hiring practices click here. (https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dhr/provdrs/emp.html)

ALL REFERENCES TO POLITICAL SPONSORSHIP OR RECOMMENDATION MUST BE OMITTED FROM ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR CITY EMPLOYMENT.

The City of Chicago is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Military Friendly, and Fair Chance Employer.

City of Chicago

Brandon Johnson, Mayor

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