Accountant 1 - 3
State of Louisiana
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Benefits offered by this job
Job summary
The Louisiana Department of Health seeks a qualified professional for the Vendor Payments team in Baton Rouge. This role reviews, audits, and processes vendor invoices, contract payments, and other accounts payable transactions for LDH agencies to ensure timely, accurate payments and compliance with policies and state and federal requirements.
Responsibilities include researching and resolving payment issues, maintaining vendor payment files, and coordinating with Treasury and auditors.
Qualifications
- Three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR
- Six years of full-time experience in any field plus twenty-four semester hours in accounting; OR
- A bachelor’s degree with twenty-four semester hours in accounting; OR
- A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, or statistics; OR
- An advanced degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, quantitative methods, or statistics; OR
- Possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license.
Responsibilities
- Prepares and processes complex accounts payable documents, journal vouchers, refund requests, and payment transactions while ensuring accurate accounting classification and compliance with state policies and regulations.
- Reviews, approves, researches, and resolves payment transactions, accounting issues, and system errors, using independent judgment to prepare and process necessary journal entries and corrections.
- Conducts accounting research and analysis; maintains financial records and reports; prepares specialized reports; and communicates with customers, contractors, vendors, and management regarding payment and accounting matters.
- Develops, maintains, and validates vendor payment files, supporting documentation, and financial reports to ensure accurate fund disbursement, audit readiness, and resolution of document discrepancies.
- Collaborates with the Office of State Treasury, statewide accounting offices, auditors, internal and external stakeholders, and agency leadership to ensure compliance with federal and state financial requirements.
- Assists with internal controls, procedural improvements, staff training, and cross-functional support to ensure efficient vendor payment operations and compliance with agency standards.
- Identifies financial process weaknesses, recommends corrective actions, and supports the implementation of procedural enhancements to improve operational effectiveness and accountability.
Education
Job description
The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.
The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.
Join the Louisiana Department of Health's Vendor Payments team in the Payment Management section. This is a professional accounting position for the largest State department with an annual budget in excess of 14 billion dollars.
This position is responsible for reviewing, auditing, and processing vendor invoices, contract payments, purchase order payments, and other accounts payable transactions for LDH agencies. The position ensures payments are processed timely, accurately, and in compliance with LDH policies, State accounting requirements, contract terms, purchasing rules, and applicable State and Federal requirements. If you have a passion for accounting, financial accuracy, and making a meaningful impact in public service, we encourage you to apply!
- Three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR
- Six years of full-time experience in any field plus twenty-four semester hours in accounting; OR
- A bachelor’s degree with twenty-four semester hours in accounting; OR
- A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, or statistics; OR
- An advanced degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, quantitative methods, or statistics; OR
- Possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license.
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.
Job Duties and Other Information
- Prepares and processes complex accounts payable documents, journal vouchers, refund requests, and payment transactions while ensuring accurate accounting classification and compliance with state policies and regulations.
- Reviews, approves, researches, and resolves payment transactions, accounting issues, and system errors, using independent judgment to prepare and process necessary journal entries and corrections.
- Conducts accounting research and analysis; maintains financial records and reports; prepares specialized reports; and communicates with customers, contractors, vendors, and management regarding payment and accounting matters.
- Develops, maintains, and validates vendor payment files, supporting documentation, and financial reports to ensure accurate fund disbursement, audit readiness, and resolution of document discrepancies.
- Collaborates with the Office of State Treasury, statewide accounting offices, auditors, internal and external stakeholders, and agency leadership to ensure compliance with federal and state financial requirements.
- Assists with internal controls, procedural improvements, staff training, and cross-functional support to ensure efficient vendor payment operations and compliance with agency standards.
- Identifies financial process weaknesses, recommends corrective actions, and supports the implementation of procedural enhancements to improve operational effectiveness and accountability.
Location: Office of the Secretary / Fiscal Services / East Baton Rouge Parish
Appointment Type: This position may be filled as a Probationary appointment or Promotional appointment
Cost Center: 3071050703
Position Number(s): 1997
Career Progression: This position may be filled as an Accountant 1, 2, or 3 determined by the qualifications of the candidate selected. This position provides the opportunity to advance within this job series.
Compensation: This position is eligible for the following Special Entrance Rates (SER)
- Accountant 1 - $21.63 hr / $1,730.40 bi-weekly
- Accountant 2 - $23.14 hr / $1,851.20 bi-weekly
- Accountant 3 - $26.50 hr / $2,120.00 bi-weekly
Deanda Thymes
Deanda.Thymes@la.gov
LA Department of Health (LDH)
Division of Human Resources
PO Box 4818
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
225-342-6477
This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.
LDH supports Louisiana’s commitment to being a State as a Model Employer (SAME) by promoting the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.
Information on the Louisiana Works, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services is available here.
LDH is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to recruit a highly productive and diverse workforce and will provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and prospective employees. Employment decisions shall be based strictly on merit and without regard to religious or political beliefs, sex, race, or any other non-merit factor.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a State Employee, You Will Earn Competitive Pay, Choose From a Variety Of Benefits, And Have Access To a Great Professional Development Program:
- Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
- Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave
- More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
- Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
- Mardi Gras,
- Good Friday,
- Memorial Day,
- Independence Day,
- Labor Day,
- Veteran's Day,
- Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
- Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
- State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
- Retirement – State Of Louisiana Employees Are Eligible To Participate In Various Retirement Systems (based On The Type Of Appointment And Agency For Which An Employee Works). These Retirement Systems Provide Retirement Allowances And Other Benefits For State Officers And Employees And Their Beneficiaries. State Retirement Systems May Include (but Are Not Limited To):
- Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
- Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
- Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
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