Chief, Financial Accounting Division pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 03257
- Class code
- 03257
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Chief, Financial Accounting Division is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 03257.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
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 03/28/2011.
What the state says the job is
This is managerial work in planning, organizing, and directing the financial accounting functions of the Office of Comptroller Operations, Bureau of Financial Management, Financial Accounting Division. The employee in this job is responsible for directing the development, implementation and evaluation of enterprise-wide financial accounting operations. Work involves managing subordinate supervisors and staff involved in statewide accounting; budgetary accounting; financial programs support activities; key business processes for auditing, accounting, and financial services functions; fixed asset reporting; and special projects.
Examples of the work
Plans, organizes, and directs the work of Division staff involved in financial accounting functions through subordinate supervisors. Develops, implements, and administers policies and procedures that provide for the efficient and effective operations of financial accounting in the Commonwealth. Develops goals and objectives for the Division consistent with those of the Bureau of Financial Management. Works with key stakeholders to address escalated issues and provide resolution. Oversees the maintenance of the Statewide Indirect Cost Allocation Plan.
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 supervisory accounting experience 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.