Accountant 1 - 4

State of Louisiana; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance Coverage

Parental Leave

Holidays and Leave

Retirement Benefits

Job summary

The Louisiana Department of Health is seeking a lead accountant for the Cash Management Unit in Baton Rouge to manage daily and quarterly accounting activities supporting LDH agencies and external providers. You will oversee complex cash management, revenue control, and fiscal reporting while ensuring audit readiness.

Responsibilities include budgeting, coding structures, and collaboration with OSRAP, State Treasury, and auditors.

Qualifications

• Three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking.
• Six years of full-time experience in any field plus twenty-four semester hours in accounting.
• A bachelor’s degree with twenty-four semester hours in accounting.
• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, or statistics.
• An advanced degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, quantitative methods, or statistics.
• Possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license.

Responsibilities

• Manages and oversees daily, monthly, and quarterly accounting activities for the Medical Assistance Trust Fund, including billing, reconciliations, audits, analysis, and payment posting.
• Performs complex cash management, revenue control, accounts receivable, accounts payable, funds disbursement, expenditure control, and program analysis to support efficient financial operations.
• Implements and maintains financial operating policies and coding structures to ensure timely and accurate financial services for LDH agencies and external providers.
• Conducts detailed accounting research, prepares fiscal reports for revenue monitoring, forecasting, and reconciliation, and ensures accuracy through monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting cycles.
• Serves as a technical specialist by collecting, analyzing, and tracking Hospital Stabilization Assessments, Ambulance Assessments, and Outstation data for auditing and compliance purposes.
• Establishes and maintains audit‑ready financial files, schedules, and subsidiary records; communicates with internal and external partners including OSRAP, State Treasury, Legislative Auditors, and LDH leadership.
• Exercises independent judgment in carrying out responsibilities under the direction of the Accountant Manager 2 and 3 in the Cash Management Section.

Job description

About This Job

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.

Learn more about Louisiana Department of Health

Step into a key leadership role at the heart of LDH’s financial operations! As the lead accountant for the Cash Management Unit, serve as the lead accountant producing highly responsible work in managing and controlling the revenue deposit functions within the Cash Management Unit of the Financial Management Section in the Division of Fiscal Management with the Office of Management and Finance of the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH).

This position will be responsible for implementing financial operation policies and procedures, monitoring and maintaining a wide variety of coding sources in order to provide smooth and timely financial services to assigned agencies within LDH. In addition, the incumbent will require advanced knowledge of the banking system processes and will serve as the point of contact. The accounting activities required of the incumbent are complex in nature and includes budgeting, cash and revenue management, revenue control, and program analysis. The work is performed in accordance with State, Federal and departmental laws, policies and procedures, and is reviewed on the basis of results, reports and by outside independent audits, both Federal and State.

Minimum 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.

Experience Substitution

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.

Job Duties

• Manages and oversees daily, monthly, and quarterly accounting activities for the Medical Assistance Trust Fund, including billing, reconciliations, audits, analysis, and payment posting.
• Performs complex cash management, revenue control, accounts receivable, accounts payable, funds disbursement, expenditure control, and program analysis to support efficient financial operations.
• Implements and maintains financial operating policies and coding structures to ensure timely and accurate financial services for LDH agencies and external providers.
• Conducts detailed accounting research, prepares fiscal reports for revenue monitoring, forecasting, and reconciliation, and ensures accuracy through monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting cycles.
• Serves as a technical specialist by collecting, analyzing, and tracking Hospital Stabilization Assessments, Ambulance Assessments, and Outstation data for auditing and compliance purposes.
• Establishes and maintains audit‑ready financial files, schedules, and subsidiary records; communicates with internal and external partners including OSRAP, State Treasury, Legislative Auditors, and LDH leadership.
• Exercises independent judgment in carrying out responsibilities under the direction of the Accountant Manager 2 and 3 in the Cash Management Section.

Position-Specific Details

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: 3071050701

Position Number(s): 2223

Career Progression: This position may be filled as an Accountant 1, 2, 3, or 4 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
• Accountant 4 – $30.35 hr / $2,428.00 bi-weekly

Benefits and Perks

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

01 Fiscal and Accounting Experience: Describe your experience performing fiscal or accounting functions. Include the types of work performed, systems used, approximate workload or transaction volume, and your level of responsibility.

02 Accuracy and Reconciliation: Describe a situation where you identified and resolved a fiscal, reconciliation, coding, documentation, or operational error. Include how the issue was identified, actions taken, research performed, and the outcome.

03 Financial Systems and Operational Experience Describe your experience using:

• LaGov,
• SAP,
• ISIS,
• or other financial/accounting systems. Include functions performed, transactions processed, reports utilized, reconciliations performed, and operational responsibilities associated with system usage.

04 Workload and Operational Accountability Describe how you manage:

• competing deadlines,
• operational responsibilities,
• urgent requests,
• reconciliations,
• and follow-up requirements while maintaining accountability and accuracy.

05 Independent Problem-Solving and Operational Ownership Describe a situation where you independently:

• researched,
• resolved,
• corrected,
• or improved a fiscal, operational, reconciliation, reporting, or process issue. Include the issue identified, actions taken, coordination involved, and the operational outcome.

06 To ensure compliance with LDH Nepotism Policy#41, if you have any immediate family members that are currently employed by LDH, please list the name and relationship. Please type "N/A" if no immediate family members are employed by LDH.

07 Please select how you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

• Three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking
• Six years of full-time experience in any field plus twenty-four semester hours in accounting
• A bachelor's degree with twenty-four semester hours in accounting
• A bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, or statistics
• An advanced degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, quantitative methods, or statistics
• Possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license
• None of the above.

08 If you selected the option above indicating the possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license, please provide the following details: Certification number Issue date Expiration date

09 If you indicated that you have completed 24 semester hours in accounting, please list each course using the format below: Course acronym and number – Course title – Credit hours – Institution Example: ACCT 2001 – Introductory Financial Accounting – 3 credit hours – LSU If not applicable, enter "N/A."

Required Question

Contact Information

Deanda Thymes

[e-mail]

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.

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.