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ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN

Salary

$2,922.00 - $5,734.00 Monthly

Location

Lake Charles, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

MSU102825C99192

Department

McNeese State University

Division

Business Affairs

Opening Date

10/28/2025

Closing Date

11/11/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

The McNeese Team Store is accepting applications for an Accounting Technician position.

At McNeese State University, our mission is to deliver a life-changing higher education experience by fostering a dynamic teaching and learning community committed to excellence with a personal touch.

McNeese offers excellent benefits to include retirement with LASERS, comprehensive insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, accrual of sick and vacation leave, 14 paid holidays per year, tuition reduction program for employees and qualified dependents, and many other supplemental benefit programs.

This position is under the immediate supervision of the McNeese Team Store Manager and assists the University Post Office Supervisor. Primary responsibility is to manage the process of all financial document preparation, daily cash handling, record retention, account reconciliation, payment processing and month end procedures. This position evaluates for data accuracy electronically and manually the financial documentation for all vending processes, MTS sales and returns and assists Administrative Accounting with all required documentation and reporting. The Accounting Technician in this position will not supervise other full-time staff but may supervise student workers and will be a key-carrying employee with the ability to Open and Close the Team Store in the absence of the Manager and/or Assistant Manager.

An Ideal candidate should possess the following key competencies:

+ 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.

+ Leveraging Technology: The ability to use technology and its related processes to further organizational goals.

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

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:

The Accounting Technician will:

+ Reconcile daily sales and payments

+ Review and oversee unit price purchases for Vending Machines

+ Create Excel Spreadsheets for monthly Sales, Average Basket, etc. for reporting

+ Maintain daily sales, processes, and photo uploading to the Team Store Website

+ Reconcile End of Month and End of Year Sales, Purchases and Inventory

+ Assists with training new staff, opening PTA’s, cashiering and sales floor merchandising

Position-Specific Details:

Location and Work Schedule:

McNeese Team Store

Monday - Wednesday: 7:30 AM - 5 PM

Thursday: 7:30 AM - 6 PM

Friday: 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Appointment Type andCompensation:

This vacancy is being announced as a classified position and is open to all qualified applicants and may be filled as a probationary or promotional appointment .

+ Entry Pay Rate: $16.86 / hourly

+ Pay Level: AS612

+ Job Code: 139340

+ SCS Position #: 50446128

+ MSU Position #: C99192

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test scoreis 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.

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe 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:

Kim Dronett, HR Analyst

Office of Human Resources

[email protected]

(337) 475-5413

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

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FPP: Rate your ability to follow policies and procedures based on our definition: 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.

+ 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable following policies and procedures

+ 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to follow policies and procedures

+ 3= I can follow policies and procedures

+ 4= I can follow policies and procedures and help others improve their ability to follow policies and procedures

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

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LT: Rate your ability to leverage technology based on our definition: The ability to use technology and its related processes to further organizational goals.

+ 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable leveraging technology

+ 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to leverage technology

+ 3= I can leverage technology

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

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

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TCr: Rate your ability to think critically based on our definition: The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion.

+ 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable thinking critically

+ 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to think critically

+ 3= I can think critically

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

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

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State of Louisiana

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Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

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

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