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Accountant 3

Salary

$4,099.00 - $8,044.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

209000

Department

Remote Sellers Commission

Opening Date

06/04/2025

Closing Date

6/13/2025 11:59 PM Central

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Minimum Qualifications

Five 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 two years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR

A bachelor’s degree with twenty-four semester hours in accounting plus two 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 two 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 one year of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; 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 Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=139370) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

50% - General Accounting and Cash Management

+ Maintains cash management records in the Commission’s accounting software, 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. This includes:

+ Reconciling daily deposits.

+ Reconciling monthly bank statements

+ Verifying ACH-Credit payments match return amount due

+ Providing daily list of payments received to tax specialists

+ Submitting daily NACHA files for ACH debit payments to JP Morgan

+ Other accounts payable ? Processes and maintains schedules for any payments under protests.

15% - Reporting

+ Prepares required financial statements and fiscal reports, which includes the compilation and analysis of data for monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.

+ Assists the Executive Director in budget preparation and other reporting requirements

15% - Payment Issue Research

+ Charge back work items. NSF Checks and/or payment reversals – work with JP Morgan to research ACH return debits (NSF). Enter NSF in the System of Records. Notify the remote seller of NSF.

+ Research payments received in Error. ? Issue refund checks for approved refunds

10% - Payroll

+ Liaison to Louisiana State Employee Retirement System (LASERS)

+ Maintain continuous communication with LASERS to post, journalize, balance and update retirement

+ contributions for all employees.

+ Liaison to Office of Group Benefits

+ Maintain communication with the Group Benefits office to post, journalize, balance, and update health coverage for all employees.

+ Prepare monthly remittance of employee/employer contributions and premiums to LASERS andthe Office of Group Benefits and submit on a timely basis.

+ Payroll Manager ? Prepares, posts, balances, journalizes, and updates bi-monthly payroll for the entire agency, which includes tax withholdings, LASERS contribution, and Group Benefits.

+ Prepare, journalize, and balance the monthly payroll ledger.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score or assessmentis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. *

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Renee Ellender Roberie

Louisiana Remote Sellers Commission

225-342-2156

[email protected]

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough 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 athttps://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 (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) 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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Do you have a current certified public accountant (CPA) certificate?

+ Yes

+ No

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Do you possess twenty-four semester hours in accounting? Include course number, title, credit hours earned, and institution attended. Ex. ACCT 1001 Intro to Accounting 3hrs - LSU

Required Question

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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