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Accountant Supervisor 2

Salary

$4,694.00 - $9,211.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Promotion

Job Number

PCF-ACCTSUP2-213429-LL

Department

Patients' Compensation Fund Oversight Board

Division

Patient's Compensation Fund

Opening Date

10/01/2025

Closing Date

10/6/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

About the Patient's Compensation Fund

The Patient's Compensation Fund (PCF) was created in 1975 to provide an affordable and guaranteed medical malpractice coverage system for the private healthcare providers in the state. The Patient's Compensation Fund is self-funded state entity, operating independently of the main state budget, and governed by the PCF Oversight Board. The Patient's Compensation Fund provides protection for the healthcare system, keeping costs down, and providing a guaranteed pool of funds to pay those citizens injured from medical malpractice of private care providers.

We are a small agency invested to retain a skilled, productive, engaged, diverse team that we support through training and development, building connections, and supporting a harmonious work life while delivering quality services to the citizens of Louisiana

This vacancy is an internal only promotional opportunity within the PCF.

The incumbent in this position will provide professional level accounting services to the Patient’s Compensation Fund and the Oversight Board. Incumbent assists in training staff, reviews lower-level Accountant and Contracts Grants Reviewer work and participates in the recruitment process in the hiring and promotions of Accounting staff. Confers with agency fiscal, claims, and administrative management to resolve highly complex fiscal, compensation, benefit, and claims future medical problems.

The incumbent serves as the Lead Accountant and exercises direct supervision over one Accountant 2 position, one Contract/Grants Reviewer 3 position, and indirect supervision over two Accountant 2 positions. This position may also exercise direct supervision over student workers in the unit. This position reports directly to the Accountant Manager 2 and serves as backup to the Accountant Manager 2 in their absence.

An ideal candidate will possess the following competencies:

Leading Effective Teams:The ability to guide and motivate a team to create, plan for, and achieve goals.

Managing the Employee Lifecycle:The ability to manage the recruitment, hiring, onboarding, performance, development, retention, and succession of employees.

Training Others: The ability to facilitate the acquisition of work-related knowledge and skills in an effort to improve employee performance.

Minimum Qualifications

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.

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=159610) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

Supervises, trains, reviews and approves the work of subordinate staff responsible for processing 300-500 future medical payments, contracts, and student worker.

Leads training and cross-training initiatives for the accounting team to enhance employee skillsets and support business continuity. Conducts regular staff meetings and performance reviews, providing feedback and coaching to promote employee development and operational excellence. Participates and delegates on-the-job training to perform, evaluate, approve, and direct work of subordinate staff.

Approves leave requests and time sheet for assigned staff, ensuring coverage and workload balance. Manages attendance in compliance with agency leave policies.

Prepares and facilitates performance evaluations and planning sessions. Documents ongoing performance and revises planning expectations throughout the year in accordance with unit expectations.

Timely reviews and revises job description of subordinate staff.

Monitors all investment activity. Records all necessary transactions and journal entries to report interest, sales, dividends, gains and losses and other costs in the PCF internal accounting system. Prepares investment reports as needed and requested by Executive Management. Reviews and verifies the accuracy of the fund balance reported by the money managers and custodian.

Analyzes data, extracts information, prepares applications for automated systems, and manipulates information in the preparation of complex financial reports and schedules.

Ensures that accurate internal ledgers and records are maintained and are reconciled periodically with reports generated by agency internal systems Accufund and Prism, or equivalent.

Responsible for oversight of posting and journalizing ledgers and preparing financial accounts reports.

Communicates with public and private accountants; state, federal, and independent auditors; banks; brokerage firms; and program or management personnel for the purpose of providing information and technical assistance needed to resolve problems.

Confers with administrators regarding problem areas, making recommendations for increasing efficiency, and for changing procedures.]

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Full time, Classified. Promotional.Only current classified permanent employees of the PCF will be considered.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, overtime as needed.

Compensation: Depends on the qualifications of the selected candidate.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required 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.

*Please identifyALLwork experience with each employer on your job application! Please submit a complete job history. 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:

Lauri Lee

Patient's Compensation Fund/ Human Resources

PO Box 3718

Baton Rouge, LA 70821

225-342-5200

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

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

01

Are you currently employed with the Patient's Compensation Fund as a permanent classified employee?

+ Yes

+ No

02

Have you successfully completed twenty-four (24) semester hours in accounting from an accredited institution?

+ Yes

+ No

03

If you answered yes to the previous question, you are required to list your coursework below in order to meet minimum qualifications. (If you answered no, simply type in "N/A.") The required information is the name of the course, the number of semester hours successfully completed in that course and the name of the accredited institution completed at. For example: Acct 1001- Intro to Accounting - 3 hrs- LSU Please don't skip this question even if you have attached your transcript. If you do not list the coursework here, it will not be credited and your application will not meet minimum qualifications even if you are a current employee.

04

Do you possess a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license?

+ Yes

+ No

05

Rate your ability to lead effective teams based on our definition: The ability to guide and motivate a team to create, plan for, and achieve goals.

+ 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable leading effective teams

+ 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to lead effective teams

+ 3= I can lead effective teams

+ 4= I can lead effective teams and help others improve their ability to lead effective teams

06

Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below.

07

Rate your ability to manage the employee lifecycle based on our definition: The ability to manage the recruitment, hiring, onboarding, performance, development, retention, and succession of employees.

+ 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable managing the employee lifecycle

+ 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to manage the employee lifecycle

+ 3= I can manage the employee lifecycle

+ 4= I can manage the employee lifecycle and help others improve their ability to manage the employee lifecycle

08

Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below.

09

Rate your ability to train others based on our definition: The ability to facilitate the acquisition of work-related knowledge and skills in an effort to improve employee performance.

+ 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable training others

+ 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to train others

+ 3= I can train others

+ 4= I can train others and help others improve their ability to train others

10

Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below.

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Employer

State of Louisiana

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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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