<p>Introduction</p> <p>YOU MUST BE AN ALAMEDA?COUNTY EMPLOYEE TO APPLY\n?\nTHIS?IS A NEW?PROMOTIONAL ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION.?The eligible?list resulting from this examination will cancel any existing list and may last approximately?one year but can?be extended. Qualified applicants must be current?county employees and have?completed,?by?the last day?for filing, the equivalent of six months of continuous service following a regular appointment in the Alameda?County classified service.?A regular appointment does not include provisional, TAP (Temporary?Assignment Pool), or STEP-UP appointments.\n\n\nApplications must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing.\n\n\n\nAPPLICATIONS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED ONLINE.\n</p> <p>DESCRIPTION</p> <p>\n\n\n\nTHE POSITION\nUnder general direction, to plan, organize, and direct a varied and complex departmental accounting program; to prepare a variety of complex accounting statistical, and narrative reports; to supervise directly and through subordinates a staff of clerical, paraprofessional, and professional subordinates; and to do related work as required.\n\n\nFor more information about the job classification, visit: Supervising Accountant (#0140).\n\n\nCURRENT VACANCIES\nSupervising Accountant is a countywide classification; positions in this class can be found in departments throughout Alameda County.?We are currently recruiting to establish a countywide eligible list that will be used by any County department or agency needing to fill a vacancy in this classification.?The immediate vacancy for this classification may be found in the General Services Agency.?\n</p> <p>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS</p> <p>EITHER I:\nExperience:\nThe equivalent of one (1) year of full-time experience as a Senior Accountant in the Alameda County classified service. \nOR II:\nExperience:\nThe equivalent of two (2) years of full-time experience as a Senior Auditor in the Alameda County classified service. \nOR III:\nEducation: ? \nPossession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in accounting, finance, or another closely related field. ? \nAND\nExperience: ? \nThe equivalent of four (4) years full-time, increasingly responsible professional accounting, auditing, or administrative experience that included significant accounting/fiscal duties and responsibilities, one year which must have been in a supervisory capacity.? ? ? ?\nNOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify the above Minimum Qualifications in the announcement of an examination.\n</p> <p>KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS</p> <p>The most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies:\nKnowledge of:?? \n\n Generally accepted accounting principles, governmental accounting and auditing principles, theory, and procedures. \n Cost accounting principles and systems. \n Computer accounting systems. \n Principles of public administration, personnel management, and business office management. \n Computerized accounting systems to track accounting transactions and to generate/retrieve final reports. \n Working knowledge of computer spreadsheet and word processing applications. ? \n\nAbility to:\n\n Communicate effectively in writing. \n Communicate effectively orally. \n Make decisions. \n Analyze and problem solve. \n Plan and organize. \n Conduct budget analysis. \n Manage personnel. \n Exercise interpersonal sensitivity. \n Prepare comprehensive, clear and concise, highly complex accounting and statistical reports. \n\n</p> <p>EXAMINATION COMPONENTS</p> <p>The examination will consist of the following steps:\n\n A review of applicants' applications to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process.\n An?oral examination which will be weighted as 100% of the candidate's final examination score. The oral examination may contain situational exercises.\n\nCandidates must attain a qualifying rating of each portion of this examination.?\n\n\nWE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED EXAMINATION STEPS.\n\n\n\nAlameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designed to determine the qualifications, fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant position, in which case, the eligible list may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.\n\n\nFor more information on the Civil Service Selection process, please visit the "What You Need to Know" section of our website,?https://hrs.alamedacountyca.gov/.\n\n</p> <p>RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PLAN</p> <p>The County will inform applicants, via email and with reasonable notice in advance, of any examination process that will require their attendance.? The following dates are tentative and subject to change based on operational needs.\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n RECRUITMENT PLAN\n \n \n ?\n \n \n \n \n Deadline for Filing:\n \n \n 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 20, 2025\n \n \n \n \n Review of Applications for Minimum Qualifications:\n \n \n By September 2, 2025\n \n \n \n \n Virtual Civil Service Pre-Recorded Oral Examination:\n \n \n September 15 - 25, 2025\n \n \n \n Ratings of Oral Interview Examination:\n September 29 - October 3, 2025\n \n \n \n Notification of Results:\n \n \n Week of October 6, 2025\n \n \n \n \n SELECTION PLAN\n \n \n ?\n \n \n \n \n Department Hiring Selections:\n \n \n Week of June 23, 2025\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nWE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED RECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN\n\n\nAlameda County and the Human Resource Services Department will make reasonable efforts in the examination and/or selection process to accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities and/or medical conditions in accordance/compliance with the State Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Alameda County's Reasonable Accommodation Policy and applicable statues. To request an accommodation due to a disability/medical condition during this or other phases of the examination/selection process, please contact the assigned Human Resources Representative listed on the job announcement?before the last date of filing.?Alameda County requires applicants to provide supporting documentation to substantiate a request for reasonable accommodation. In order to qualify for a reasonable accommodation, applicants must have a disability/medical condition pursuant to the ADA, FEHA and applicable statues.\n\n\n\nFor more information regarding our Reasonable Accommodation procedures, please visit our website,?https://hrs.alamedacountyca.gov/.\n\n</p> <p>BENEFITS</p> <p>The County offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that affords wide-ranging health care options to meet the different needs of a diverse workforce and their families. We also sponsor many employee discount, fitness and health screening programs focused on overall wellbeing.? These benefits include but are not limited to<em>:\nFor your Health & Well-Being\n\n Medical - HMO & PPO Plans\n Dental - HMO & PPO Plans\n Vision or Vision Reimbursement\n Share the Savings\n Basic Life Insurance\n Supplemental Life Insurance (with optional dependent coverage for eligible employees)\n Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance\n County Allowance Credit\n Flexible Spending Accounts - Health FSA, Dependent Care and Adoption Assistance\n Short-Term Disability Insurance\n Long-Term Disability Insurance\n Voluntary Benefits - Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Long-Term Care, Hospital Indemnity and Legal Services\n Employee Assistance Program\n\nFor your Financial Future\n\n Retirement Plan - (Defined Benefit Pension Plan)\n Deferred Compensation Plan (457 Plan or Roth Plan)\n\nFor your Work/Life Balance\n\n 12 paid holidays\n Floating Holidays\n Vacation and sick leave accrual\n Vacation purchase program\n Management Paid Leave\n Catastrophic Sick Leave\n Pet Insurance\n Commuter Benefits Program\n Guaranteed Ride Home\n Employee Wellness Program (e.g. At Work Fitness, Incentive Based Programs, Gym Membership Discounts)\n Employee Discount Program (e.g. theme parks, cell phone, etc.)\n Child Care Resources\n 1st?United Services Credit Union\n\n</em>Eligibility is determined by Alameda County and offerings may vary by collective bargaining agreement.? This provides a summary of the benefits offered and can be subject to change.\n Non-exempt management employees are entitled to up to three (3) days of management paid leave. Exempt management employees are entitled to up to eight (8) days of management paid leave.\n</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>All notices related to County recruitments for which you have applied will be sent/delivered via email. Please add?@acgov.org,?@jobaps.com,?NoReply@jobaps.com,?and?NoReplyAlamedaCountyHR@acgov.org?as accepted addresses to any email blocking or spam filtering program you may use. If you do not do this, your email blocking or spam filtering program may block receipt of the notices regarding your application for recruitments. You are also strongly advised to regularly log into your County of Alameda online application account to check for notices that may have been sent to you. All email notices that will be sent to you will also be kept in your personal online application account. You will be able to view all of your notices in your online application account by clicking on the 'My applications' button on the Current Job Openings page.\n\n\nPlease take the steps recommended above to ensure you do not miss any notices about a recruitment for which you have applied. The County of Alameda is not responsible for notices that are not read, received or accessed by any applicant for a County recruitment.\n\n\nNOTE: All notices are generated through an automated email notification system. Replies to the email boxes?Noreply@acgov.org?and?NoReplyAlamedaCountyHR@acgov.org?are routed to unmonitored mailboxes. All notices are generated through an automated email notification system. Replies to the email box are routed to an unmonitored mailbox. If you have questions, please go to our website at?https://hrs.alamedacountyca.gov/. You may also contact the Human Resources Analyst listed on the job announcement for the recruitment for which you have applied.\n\n\n\nMaria Tabora | Human Resources Analyst\nHuman Resource Services, County of Alameda\n(510) 272-6463 |?Maria.Tabora@acgov.org\nhttps://hrs.alamedacountyca.gov/\n\n\n\n\nDISASTER SERVICE WORKER\nAll Alameda County employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law.? Employment with the County requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect.? Employees are required to report to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.\n\n\n\nEQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY\n\nAlameda County has a diverse workforce, that is representative of the communities we serve and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.? All aspects of employment are based on merit, competence, performance and business need. Alameda County does not discriminate in employment on the basis of, race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors protected under federal, state and local law. Alameda County celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive, and welcoming workplace environment.\n</p>