Fiscal Operations Accountant - Coordinator 1

University of New Orleans; Baton Rouge, Northern (LA, KY); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

LSU New Orleans is seeking a dedicated accounting professional to join the Department Medicaid Support. You will prepare, review, and maintain financial records and supporting documentation, and handle journal entries and reconciliations.

You will assist with monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting, month‑end tasks, and monitoring revenues, expenditures, budgets, and grants. Strong detail orientation and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience per job posting.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret and apply accounting policies and procedures.
• Effective verbal and written communication abilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

• Preparing, reviewing, and maintaining financial records and supporting documentation.
• Preparing journal entries, reconciliations, and accounting workpapers.
• Reviewing financial transactions for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with procedures.
• Researching and resolving routine accounting discrepancies.
• Compiling and analyzing financial information for monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
• Assisting with month-end and year-end accounting activities.
• Preparing spreadsheets, schedules, and supporting documentation for financial reporting.
• Assisting with monitoring revenues, expenditures, budgets, grants, and cash activity.
• Maintaining organized accounting records and supporting audit requests.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Verbal and written communication

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Office suite

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree, or Associate’s degree + 3 years of experience, or 6 years of experience

Advanced degree in Accounting/Finance/BA/Economics/Management/Statistics (desired)

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Summary

Department Medicaid Support

Job Description

Provides professional accounting support by:

• Preparing, reviewing, and maintaining financial records and supporting documentation.
• Preparing journal entries, reconciliations, and accounting workpapers.
• Reviewing financial transactions for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with established accounting procedures.
• Researching and resolving routine accounting discrepancies.

Provides financial reporting support by:

• Compiling and analyzing financial information for monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
• Assisting with month-end and year-end accounting activities.
• Preparing spreadsheets, schedules, and supporting documentation for financial reporting..

Provides fiscal operations support by:

• Assisting with monitoring revenues, expenditures, budgets, grants, cash activity, or other assigned fiscal functions.
• Maintaining organized accounting records in accordance with department policies and procedures.
• Assisting with the preparation and review of financial data used in management decision-making..

Provides compliance and customer support by:

• Assisting with internal and external audit requests by gathering supporting documentation.
• Communicating with Fiscal staff, program personnel, and other stakeholders to obtain or clarify financial information.
• Applying established accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls to assigned work..

Participates in continuous improvement by:

• Learning state accounting systems, policies, and financial processes.
• Assisting with special projects, process improvements, and other related duties as assigned.
• Other tasks as required.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree, or Associate’s degree plus 3 years of professional experience, or 6 years of professional work experience.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and follow up.
• Ability to interpret and apply accounting policies and procedures.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Proficiency in Teams, and Microsoft Office, including but not limited to Outlook, Word, and Excel.

DESIRED:

• Advanced degree Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Management, Statistics, or a related field.
• Minimum 1 year professional experience maintaining financial records or preparing accounting reports.
• Minimum 1 year professional experience using accounting or enterprise financial systems.
• Minimum 1 year professional experience interpreting and applying accounting policies and procedures.

SALARY:

40-50k

Posting Close Date

This position will remain open until filled.

Note to Applicant:

Applicants should fully describe their qualifications and experience with specific reference to each of the minimum and preferred qualifications in their cover letter. The search committee will use this information during the initial review of application materials. References will be contacted at the appropriate phase of the recruitment process.

This position may require a criminal background check to be conducted on the candidate(s) selected for hire. As part of the hiring process, applicants for positions at LSU New Orleans may be required to demonstrate the ability to perform job-related tasks. LSU New Orleans seeks to recruit a highly productive 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.

About LSU New Orleans

New Orleans is the only R2 public research university in New Orleans, Louisiana, and one of just four public colleges in Louisiana to hold that designation. R2 status opens the doors to competitive federal research grants that flow preferentially to classified research universities. It anchors the university’s power to recruit research‑active faculty, to sustain doctor programs of national standing, and to signal to businesses and investors that New Orleans possesses the intellectual infrastructure a knowledge economy demands. Located along Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, LSU New Orleans’ research excellence and urban relevance provide an opportunity for the institution to become a leading public research partner in one of America’s most exciting and vibrant metropolitan areas. New Orleans has always faced challenges that call for research driven solutions including coastal land loss, educational achievement gaps, affordability, public safety, and workforce shortages. LSU New Orleans can strengthen its research activity as a tool for public problem solving as well as economic impact by leveraging the scale, reputation, infrastructure, and global reach of the LSU enterprise while remaining deeply connected to the city it serves. With more than 5,500 students and the support of approximately 248 faculty serving the College of Liberal Arts & Human Development, The college of Sciences, The Robert A. Savoie College of Engineering, the Henry Berstein College of Business Administration, and six distinct schools, the campus remains committed to honoring its founding vision and continuing to play a critical role in the region. Opened in 1958 on the site of a former U.S. Naval Air Station as the region’s first fully integrated public university, LSU New Orleans was created after years of coordinated efforts from civic leaders and residents who believed that an accessible public institution of higher education was vital to the city’s future. Located only 15 minutes away from downtown and the French Quarter, the university occupies a 195‑acre campus in one of the nicest residential areas of the city. Since its first commencement exercises in 1962, the university has conferred more than 80,000 degrees creating an extensive network of Privateer Alumni that includes prominent local leaders in fields such as business, tourism, athletics, government, and academia. The university is also an important catalyst of socio‑economic mobility for the region. Its student body includes a significant share of first‑generation students, working students, adult learners, and veterans. The institution has grown from a commuter‑oriented campus into a comprehensive urban research university with undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs in distinctive academic categories tied to the city and region. Its evolution has been inseparable from the story of New Orleans; an internationally recognized city of creativity, resilience, industry, cultural influence, and global connectivity. As one of the most strategically important cities in America, New Orleans’s economy is rooted in legacy sectors such as energy, maritime commerce, tourism, healthcare, and international trade. Recently, the city has expanded its economic portfolio to include areas such as coastal restoration, film and media production, technology, and advanced manufacturing. The city’s strengths are the university’s opportunities. New Orleans needs talent, civic leadership, resilient infrastructure, healthcare innovation, artists, and entrepreneurs. This combination of culture, commerce and connectivity gives LSU New Orleans a set of dynamic factors that allows it to serve as both an access institution and a problem‑solving university as it reinvents itself beginning this summer. LSU New Orleans Welcomes Job Applicants from Varied Backgrounds LSU New Orleans seeks to recruit a highly productive 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.