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Accounting Technician

Salary

$2,922.00 - $5,734.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

214297

Department

LA Used Motor Vehicle Commission

Opening Date

10/27/2025

Closing Date

11/1/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

The Accounting Technician position is responsible for performing a variety of fiscal and administrative duties in support of the agency's accounting operations. Work involves preparing and reconciling daily bank deposits, recording receivables in both the agency's licensing and accounting systems, preparing monthly adjusting journal entries, and processing weekly vendor payments. The incumbent also assists with employee onboarding activities, including the completion of new hire and benefits documentation. This position requires accuracy, organizational skills, and a strong understanding of standard accounting procedures and state fiscal policies.

An Idea Candidate Should Possess the Following Key Competencies :

Building and Supporting Teams: The ability to combine your actions and efforts with others to work toward achieving a common goal.

Developing Plans: The ability to prioritize tasks and competing demands to create accurate plans.

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.

Managing Systems: The ability to predict and manage the effects of actions on interrelated or interacting components of a team, department, or organization.

Solving Problems:The ability to discover solutions to problems .

Thinking Critically: The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion .

Working with Financial Information:The ability to use financial data to guide, drive, and convey the financial standing and/or outlook of an organization.

Minimum Qualifications

Three years of experience or training in accounting, auditing, bookkeeping, or financial operations or computations.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:

Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will substitute for one year of the required experience.

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=139340) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

+ Prepare and complete daily bank deposits, ensuring accuracy and timely submission.

+ Record receivables in both agencies' licensing system and accounting software.

+ PreparesmonthlyadjustingjournalentriesProcessweeklyvendorpayments\

+ Enter and track all vendor invoices in the agency's accounting system.

+ Maintaining organized and up-to-date financial records

+ Assist with onboarding of new employees, including the preparation of new hire paperwork and benefits forms.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probational

Work Schedule:Work hours are 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday.

Compensation: The salary offered will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

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

How To Apply:

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.

*Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Sharetha Moncrieffe

LA Used Motor Vehicle Commission

225-925-3879

[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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BST: Rate your ability to build and support teams based on our definition: The ability to combine your actions and efforts with others to work toward achieving a common goal.

+ 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable building and supporting teams

+ 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to build and support teams

+ 3= I can build and support teams

+ 4= I can build and support teams and help others improve their ability to build and support teams

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DP: Rate your ability to develop plans based on our definition: The ability to prioritize tasks and competing demands to create accurate plans.

+ 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable developing plans

+ 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to develop plans

+ 3= I can develop plans

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

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MC: Rate your ability to manage conflict based on our definition: The ability to recognize and navigate disagreements in a rational, unbiased, and productive way.

+ 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable managing conflict

+ 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to manage conflict

+ 3= I can manage conflict

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

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SP: Rate your ability to solve problems based on our definition: The ability to discover solutions to problems.

+ 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable solving problems

+ 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to solve problems

+ 3= I can solve problems

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

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WFI: Rate your ability to work with financial information based on our definition: The ability to use financial data to guide, drive, and convey the financial standing and/or outlook of an organization.

+ 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable working with financial information

+ 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to work with financial information

+ 3= I can work with financial information

+ 4= I can work with financial information and help others improve their ability to work with financial information

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State of Louisiana

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Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

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