ACCOUNTANT 1, 2, or 3 Position Available In East Baton Rouge, Louisiana

ACCOUNTANT

1, 2, or 3
Salary
$3,749.20 – $6,566.00 Monthly
Location Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type
Promotion
Job Number
400-25-039
Department
DOC-Administration
Opening Date
04/11/2025
Closing Date
4/16/2025 11:59 PM Central

DESCRIPTION

Supplemental Information
Louisiana Department of
Public Safety & Corrections –
Corrections Services
doc.louisiana.gov

HEADQUARTERS OFFICES

Baton Rouge, LA
This position is located in Fiscal Services.

THIS POSITION WILL BE FILLED BY PROMOTION

OF

A PERMANENT CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE OF

LA

DPS&C – CORRECTIONS SERVICES

(Adult DOC)
This position may be filled as:

DETAIL:

The selected employee may be required to serve a trial detail prior to being permanently promoted.
This position has a Special Entrance Rate at each level:
Accountant 1 has an SER of $21.63 per hour.
Accountant 2 has an SER of $23.14 per hour.
Accountant 3 has an SER of $26.50 per hour.
Exams and License Requirements
No Civil Service Test Score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
Any degree, certificate, special license, or DD-214 must be verified by official documentation prior to hire.
Any qualifying experience that is based on college credit/college hours should have an accompanying transcript for verification. Failure to provide your qualifying work experience may result in your application not being considered.

SALARY DEPENDENDS ON LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE

As part of a Career Progression Group, vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as an

ACCOUNTANT

1, 2, or 3, depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant(s). The maximum salary for the

ACCOUNTANT 3

is $96,533 .00 annually. Please refer to the ‘Job Specifications’ located at the top of the LA Careers ‘Current Job Opportunities’ page of the Civil Service website for specific information on salary ranges, minimum qualifications and job concepts for each level.
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.

REVIEW YOUR APPLICATION TO MAKE SURE IT IS CURRENT. IMPORTANT

In the supplemental questions section, applicants must authorize the HR Office of DPS&C-Corrections Services to contact prior employers to check references under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), to be considered for employment, by answering ‘YES’ to the PREA question.
Resumes

WILL NOT

be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
There is no guarantee that everyone who applies to this posting will be interviewed. The hiring supervisor/manager has 90 days from the closing date of the announcement to make a hiring decision. Specific information about this job will be provided to you in the interview process, should you be selected.
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.
This Agency is a Drug Free Workplace.
To view and apply to any of our other postings we currently have available, click HERE. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections – Corrections Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on any non-merit factor including disability.
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Megan Coco
Human Resources Department
HeadquartersPEEmployees@la.gov
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 Technician by presence of professional level accounting duties.
Differs from Accountant 2 in that the duties are less complex. See allocation criteria memo for details.
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.
Reviews and approves purchases and contracts. 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