Accountant 1/2/3 Position Available In East Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Accountant 1/2/3
Salary
$3,345.00 – $6,566.00 Monthly
Location Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number

LSERSMB0409

Department
LA School Employees’ Retirement System
Opening Date
04/09/2025
Closing Date
4/19/2025 11:59 PM Central

DESCRIPTION

Supplemental Information

AN IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULE POSSESS THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCIES

Selected Preferred Competencies

Accepting Direction:

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

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 Time:

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

Solving Problems:

The ability to discover solutions to problems
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy. for this vacancy, click on the “” 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
8660 United Plaza, Baton Rouge
mberkholz@lsers.net
Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Three 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; OR
A bachelor’s degree with twenty-four semester hours in accounting; OR
A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, or statistics; OR
An advanced degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, quantitative methods, or statistics; OR
Possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license.
Job Concepts

Function of Work:

To provide professional accounting services.

Level of Work:

Entry.

Supervision Received:

Generally from higher-level fiscal or administrative supervisor.

Supervision Exercised:

None.

Location of Work:

May be used by all state agencies.

Job Distinctions:

Differs from Accountant Manager by presence of professional level accounting duties.
Examples of Work
Prepares required financial statements and fiscal reports which include the compilation and analysis of data for monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
Communicates with public and private accountants; state, federal, and independent auditors; banks; brokerage firms; program or management personnel; and vendors for the purpose of providing information and technical assistance needed to resolve problems.
Maintains cash management records, 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.
Prepares, monitors, reconciles, audits, and forecasts revenues, expenditures, and budgets.
Participates in the development of new accounting techniques in the design and implementation of accounting subsystems, compilation of manuals for accounting and computer application, and preparing managerial reports.
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