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Accountant Manager 1

Salary

$5,023.00 - $9,856.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

52678

Department

LA School Employees' Retirement System

Opening Date

10/07/2025

Closing Date

10/12/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System (LSERS) is the third largest retirement system in Louisiana, made up of non-instructional personnel of the Louisiana public school system. LSERS is committed to providing excellent service to its members by maintaining an accountable and sound retirement program that provides comprehensive retirement benefits.

We currently have an opening for an Accountant Manager to join our Accounting Team. The Accountant Manager works closely with the CFO and supervises three Accountants. Their primary role is to oversee the financial contributions, enrollments, bank reconciliations, and year-end tax reports.

If you are driven, detailed, and a team leader, we would love to invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity!

AN IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULD POSSESS THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCIES:

Select Preferred Competencies

Accepting Direction: The ability to accept and follow directions from those higher in the chain of command.

Communicating Effectively: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.

Following Policies and Procedures: The ability to comply with policies and procedures of the organization, as well as State Civil Service rules, and all applicable federal and state laws.

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

Managing Time: The ability to control your time to increase effectiveness, efficiency, or productivity.

Minimum Qualifications

Seven 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 four years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR

A bachelor’s degree with twenty-four semester hours in accounting plus four 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 four 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 three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR

Possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license plus two years 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 found here (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=159710) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

As an Accountant Manager, you will be key to maintaining the financial accuracy of the Accounting Team.

In this role, you will:

+ Oversee and manage the preparation of annual financial statements of LSERS on the $2 billion in pension assets.

+ Manage the preparation of the reconciliation of the Federal 945 taxes ledger account monthly and annually. Transmit taxes for all retirement payrolls for Federal Taxes, Refund taxes, and Retiree Payroll using the IRS's and EFTPS systems.

+ Communicate verbally and in writing with banks and members to ensure proper handling of stop payments as well as misplaced checks should they surface once stop payment has been initiated.

+ Oversee and manage DROP and IBRP withdrawal set up and payment, prepare annual RMD payments, and oversee the transfer of retiree/beneficiary DROP/IBRP LA contributions to the Self-Directed Plan administrator.

+ Oversee and manage employees responsible for agency contribution reporting, agency insurance cost upload and reporting, refund of accumulated contributions, member account adjustments, enrollment information, monitoring of the beneficiary designation(s), void payments, and ex-members.

+ Prepare statements of annual earnings and disability receipts.

+ Assigned additional duties and responsibilities as deemed necessary by the Accountant Administrator/CFO.

Position- Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probational

Career Progression: The Accountant Manager 1 does not participate in a career progression group.

Work Schedule: Work hours are 7:30 - 4 pm, Monday - Friday

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

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is 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:

Marcie Berkholz

La. School Employees' Retirement System

Human Resources Specialist

[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

01

Do you possess 24 semester hours in accounting from a regionally accredited college?

+ Yes

+ No

02

If you answered 'yes' to the previous question, please type each course name, semester hours earned, and the accredited university. If you answered 'no,' type N/A. Example: ACCT 2001 - Introductory Financial Accounting - 3 hrs – LSU

03

Do you have a current Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certificate? This information should also be included in the licenses portion of the application.

+ Yes

+ No

04

If you answered yes to the previous question, please list your certification number, issue date, and expiration date. If no, please type N/A.

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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