Entry-Level Accountant: Create Reports & Budgets

lsu; United States; On-site; USD 40,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Retirement benefits

Medical insurance options

Job summary

LSU AgCenter seeks an Accountant 1 to provide professional accounting services at the Renewable Natural Resources Building in Baton Rouge, LA. The role is entry-level with responsibility for financial statements, reports, and budget-related tasks.

Qualifications include at least three years in accounting or related fields, or applicable degrees and/or CPA certification. The position offers a structured civil service path and strong benefits; remote work is not available.

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

• Prepares required financial statements and fiscal reports which include the compilation and analysis of data for monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
• Communicates with public and private accountants; state, federal, and independent auditors; banks; brokerage firms; program or management personnel; and vendors for the purpose of providing information and technical assistance needed to resolve problems.
• Maintains cash management records, including funds drawn and received, funds disbursed by sources, deposits of funds, issuance of refunds, and classifies revenue as to sources of funding and expenditures as to their nature.
• Prepares, monitors, reconciles, audits, and forecasts revenues, expenditures, and budgets.
• Reviews and approves purchases and contracts.
• Participates in the development of new accounting techniques in the design and implementation of accounting subsystems, compilation of manuals for accounting and computer application, and preparing managerial reports.

Skills

Accounting experience

Auditing experience

Payroll experience

CPA license

Education

Bachelor's degree with 24 hours in accounting

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance/business

Advanced degree in accounting/finance/business

CPA license

Job description

LSU AgCenter seeks an Accountant 1 to provide professional accounting services at the Renewable Natural Resources Building in Baton Rouge, LA. The role is entry-level with responsibility for financial statements, reports, and budget-related tasks.

Qualifications include at least three years in accounting or related fields, or applicable degrees and/or CPA certification. The position offers a structured civil service path and strong benefits; remote work is not available.