The Mergis Group Finance and Accounting Employee Confidence Index, a measure of overall confidence among U.S. finance and accounting workers, decreased 5.2 points to 52.6 in the second quarter of 2012, after reaching its highest level in four years in the first quarter of 2012.

The survey was conducted online by Harris Interactive among 184 employed finance and accounting workers. Mergis Group, a Boston finance and accounting recruitment firm, said the survey reveals a decrease in confidence around the strength of the economy and availability of jobs. Conversely, workers’ sense of job security in their current positions remained strong.

"The decline in employee confidence during the second quarter appears to be in response to global economic uncertainty emanating from Europe as opposed to material deterioration in personal economic conditions," said Steve McMahan, executive vice president of Randstad US, Professionals, Mergis’s parent company.