Investment Audit Specialist (SERS) pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 03060
- Class code
- 03060
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Investment Audit Specialist (SERS) is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 03060.
- 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 08/10/2001.
What the state says the job is
This is professional investment accounting and auditing work in the State Employees' Retirement System. An employee in this class focuses on the analyses, classification, reconciliation, and reporting of complex investment transactions involving various income and asset categories. These transactions include, but are not limited to the following asset classes: real estate, domestic equities and fixed income, global equities and fixed income, venture capital, private placements and currency forwards. Work involves performance of extensive and complex investment accounting and auditing. Major responsibilities involve the analysis of accounting standards, operating procedures, systems, and controls for new and evolving investment instruments.
Examples of the work
Recommends and implements approved operating procedures and controls for investment accounting that are in compliance with GAAP and SERS investment guidelines. Analyzes a variety of complex investment reports from the sub-custodial banks and external managers. Analyzes a variety of complex audit reports of investment activity from subcustodial banks and external managers. Responsible for the analysis and reconciliation of multiple sources of investment financial transactions and reports. Responsible for the analysis, classification, and reconciliation of investment general ledger accounts. Prepares complex investment accounting financial reports.
Minimum qualifications
Four years of a combination of professional accounting and auditing experience which includes at least two years of investment accounting and investment auditing experience, one year of which included experience in domestic fixed income, equities, real estate, or derivative asset classes; and a bachelor's degree which included or was supplemented by fifteen credits in accounting; or An equivalent combination of experience and training, which included at least two years of professional investment accounting and investment auditing experience, one year of which included experience in domestic fixed income, equities, real estate, or derivative asset classes and fifteen 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.