ACCOUNTANT 4
State of Louisiana
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Job summary
The State of Louisiana, Division of Administration/Office of Finance and Support Services, seeks an Accountant 4 to lead complex accounting tasks and review work by junior staff. The role focuses on monthly financial statements, reconciliations, and revenue projections within the Financial Reporting Section in Baton Rouge.
Qualifications include multi‑disciplinary accounting experience, CPA pathways, and a bachelor’s or advanced degree in relevant fields.
Qualifications
- Six 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 plus three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking.
- A bachelor’s degree with twenty‑four semester hours in accounting plus three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking.
- A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, or statistics plus three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking.
- An advanced degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, quantitative methods, or statistics plus two years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking.
- Possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license plus one year of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking.
Responsibilities
- Prepare all Financial Statements and Reports.
- Exercise cash and revenue management for the positions assigned agency, Division of Administration section, budgetary unit, or federal grant.
- Prepares monthly and weekly expenditure analysis.
- Interacts routinely with interested parties in the exchange of pertinent information or financial status related to the Division of Administration or any agency or program serviced by the Office of Finance and Support Services.
- Accumulates data, maintains spreadsheets, and submits to management various reports that are used in the budget process, the projection of revenues, and the development of the Statewide Cost Allocation plan and for specific reporting requirements related to the Annual Financial Report.
Skills
Education
Job description
The Division of Administration/Office of Finance and Support Services has a vacancy. This job title has an assigned pay grade of AS-619. This vacancy is located in the Financial Reporting Section.
The Office of Finance and Support Services provides comprehensive accounting services, including financial reporting, analysis, budget development and preparation for the Division of Administration and various offices and agencies within the executive Department. The services provided by OFSS involve a range of agency responsibilities for implementing financial operational policies and procedures, preparing and monitoring all budget functions and providing monthly and annual financial statements to ensure accurate and timely financial services. The work is performed in compliance with state, federal, grant specific and office rules, policies, and procedures and are reviewed on the basis of results, reports and outside Independent audit, both federal and state.
The Accountant 4 serves as a program specialist, performing the more complex assignments, and as a team lead and reviewer for the work of lower level Accountants. This position is responsible for the preparation of monthly financial statements, expenditure, reconciliations, cost allocation, sales and revenue projections, financial quarterly reports, and the Annual Financial Statement.
The Division Of Administration Is The State Government’s Management Arm And The Hub Of Its Financial Operations. Division Offices Perform a Wide Variety Of Activities Including The Following:
- Overseeing the state’s capital construction program
- Working to provide state and federal grants for community development
- Development of the state budget
- Providing technology services
- Giving agencies guidance in the state purchasing and contracting process as they seek goods and services
- Administering a program that provides federal funds to help Louisiana residents recover from a series of devastating hurricanes
- Six 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 plus three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR
- A bachelor’s degree with twenty‑four semester hours in accounting plus three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR
- A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, or statistics plus three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR
- An advanced degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, quantitative methods, or statistics plus two years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR
- Possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license plus one year of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking.
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.
- Prepare all Financial Statements and Reports.
- Exercise cash and revenue management for the positions assigned agency, Division of Administration section, budgetary unit, or federal grant.
- Prepares monthly and weekly expenditure analysis.
- Interacts routinely with interested parties in the exchange of pertinent information or financial status related to the Division of Administration or any agency or program serviced by the Office of Finance and Support Services.
- Accumulates data, maintains spreadsheets, and submits to management various reports that are used in the budget process, the projection of revenues, and the development of the Statewide Cost Allocation plan and for specific reporting requirements related to the Annual Financial Report.
Appointment Type: This vacancy will be filled by new hire or by promotion of a current permanent status classified employee. A permanent status employee may be required to serve a new probationary period in lieu of promotion.
Compensation: This position has a Special Entrance Rate (SER) of $2,428.00 biweekly.
Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer" for People with Disabilities.
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.
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
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.
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
For Further Information About This Posting, Please Contact:
Erica R. Gay
HR Specialist
Division of Administration/Office of Human Resources
Email: Erica.Gay@la.gov
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