Civil Service Commission
(1) New Jersey
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or Public Administration, with a minimum of twenty-one (21) semester hour credits in finance, economics, and/or accounting courses. Please submit a copy of your transcript with your application. Failure to do will result in ineligibility.
NOTE: A bachelor's degree in any area supplemented by a minimum of twenty-one (21) semester hour credits in finance, economics and/or accounting courses plus two (2) additional years of experience as indicated below may be substituted for the required education. If you are substituting for the specific bachelor's degree, please upload a copy of your transcripts with your application. Failure to do so will result in ineligibility.
NOTE: Foreign transcripts must be evaluated by a recognized evaluation service. Please upload a copy of your evaluation with your application. Failure to do so will result in ineligibility.
NOTE: A valid New Jersey certificate as a Certified Public Accountant or a registration as a Public Accountant issued by the New Jersey State Board of Accountancy may be substituted for the Bachelor's degree.If you are substituting a certificate or registration for the degree requirement, please submit a copy of your certificate or registration with your application. Failure to do so will result in ineligibility.
Experience: Six (6) years of experience in fiscal management including work in auditing, budgeting, accounting, or public finance; two (2) years of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.
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.
The responsibility for ensuring that employees possess the required motor vehicle license, commensurate with the class and type of vehicles they operate, rests with the Appointing Authority.
NOTE: This announcement may be tested via the Management Test Battery, a computer administered exam. For information regarding the Management Test Battery, please refer to our website Civil Service Commission (nj.gov)
PLEASE NOTE: Applications must be completed and submitted by 4:00pm on the closing date.
Customer Care and Technical Support: If you are having difficulty submitting your application online, customer care and technical support are available during regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST, Monday - Friday, excluding holidays and emergency closings. Please email: OAS.support@csc.nj.gov or call (609) 292-4144. Please note that application support requests received outside regular business hours on the closing date will not change the application filing deadline so PLEASE FILE EARLY.
The current vacancy is in Mercer County. However, the resulting list will be used in all counties for future vacancies.
Please be advised that all requirements must be met as of the original closing date. If you filed an application for this announcement during the original posting period and would like to supplement your application due to the corrected requirements listed above, please send your supplemental information to NJCSC, PO Box 321, Trenton, NJ 08625 and include a copy of this announcement. Your supplemental information must be postmarked within five (5) days of the extended filing date. You do not need to submit a new application and fee during this extended filing period.
Posted 4/1/2025.
- NJAC 4A:4-2.3(b) states that all requirements must be met as of the closing date.
- Online applications must be completed and submitted by the closing date listed above.
- You must complete your application in detail. Your score may be based on a comparison of your background with the job requirements. Failure to complete your application properly may lower your score or cause you to fail. NOTE: Auto-fill may cause incomplete information on your application. Please confirm your name, address and phone number prior to submitting your application.
- If an employment list results from this announcement, it may be certified to fill full-time and part-time positions.
- Effective September 1, 2011, the New Jersey First residency law was enacted. Please click here for additional information. In accordance with Public Law 2010 c. 26, Veterans pay a reduced application fee of $15.00 if they have previously established Veteran's Preference with the DMAVA (as defined by NJSA 11A:5-1 et seq). Those claiming Veteran’s Preference but have not yet received approval from DMAVA must pay the full application fee and may request a refund if the claim is approved at least 8 days prior to the issuance of the eligibility list. Please note this reduced fee does not apply to Public Safety titles.
- Application fees submitted via personal check or money order must be postmarked within five (5) business days of submitting your application. If your fee is postmarked after five (5) business days, or is returned as invalid, you will be declared ineligible and denied admittance to the examination process.
- The Civil Service Commission is increasing its use of emails as a communication tool. Please ensure that your email is always up-to-date so that important information about the testing process is not missed. Please remember to check your junk mail, spam, and clutter for these important messages.