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Chief, Federal Accounting Division pay range

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 03285

$102,788 to $156,167 per year$102,788$156,167MINIMUM · MIDPOINT $129,478 · MAXIMUM

Published per year range, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Class code
03285
Pay scale group
ST 11
Pay unit
Year
Bargaining unit
A3
State
Pennsylvania

Class specification

The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 04/11/2009.

What the state says the job is

This is managerial work in planning, organizing, and directing the federal accounting functions in the Office of Comptroller Operations, Bureau of Commonwealth Accounting, Federal Accounting Division. The employee in this job is responsible for directing the federal accounting functions through subordinate managers. Work involves managing staff and operations involved in federal accounting tasks for Commonwealth agencies organized by communities of practice, managing federal grant program accounting functions, and interpreting and directing the implementation of federal regulations related to accounting and cash management requirements of federally funded programs.

Examples of the work

Plans, organizes, and directs the work of Division staff involved in federal accounting functions through subordinate managers. Develops, implements, and administers policies and procedures that provide for the efficient and effective operations of federal accounting in the Commonwealth. Assists the Bureau Director in implementing new procedures and revisions to accounting policy. Develops goals and objectives for the Division consistent with the Bureau of Commonwealth Accounting. Develops and tracks performance measures and addresses deficiencies. Identifies workflow issues and redeploys resources to address needs.

Minimum qualifications

Six years of professional accounting experience, including two years in a supervisory capacity and a bachelor’s degree including twenty four credits in accounting; or An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes two years of professional accounting supervisory work and twenty four credits in accounting.

Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.

Where this comes from

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.

The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.

The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.

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