Accountant Trainee (LEAP)

Join CAL FIRE; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

CAL FIRE is seeking an Accountant Trainee (LEAP) to join our entry-level accounting team in California. Under close supervision from a senior accountant, you will learn to establish and maintain accounts and records while receiving on-the-job training.

The role offers exposure to agency activities, departmental systems, and central fiscal controls, with opportunities to develop professional skills and build relationships with program personnel and control agencies.

Responsibilities

• Under close supervision, perform professional accounting work in the establishment and maintenance of accounts and records; learn agency activities, departmental systems, and central fiscal control activities.
• Develop interpersonal skills by contact with program personnel and control agencies in fiscal control activities.

Job description

Exam # 4059

Deadline Continuous

Working title Accountant Trainee (LEAP) Monthly salary ACCOUNTANT TRAINEE: $4,442.00 - $5,296.00 (A) per Month
ACCOUNTANT TRAINEE: $4,575.00 - $5,455.00 (L) per Month

Position Description

00104179 - ACCOUNTANT TRAINEE

This is the entry and trainee level in the professional accounting series. Under close supervision from a higher level professional accountant, as a learner, incumbents perform professional accounting work in the establishment and maintenance of accounts and records while receiving training; learn agency activities, departmental systems, and central fiscal control activities; and develop interpersonal skills by contact with program personnel and control agencies in fiscal control activities.

Special Personal Characteristic

Ability to qualify for a fidelity bond.

For information regarding position location(s), please refer to the Eligible List Information section.