Accounting Technician
State of Louisiana
Supplemental Information
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Department MISSIONDCFS is working to keep children safe, helping individuals and families become self-sufficient, and providing safe refuge during disasters.Department VISIONWe care for the well-being and safety of Louisiana's people.Department VALUESTreating all people with dignity, compassion and respect, while providing services with integrity.
This vacancy is located in the DCFS Fiscal Services Section - East Baton Rouge Parish.
This position may be filled as a probational appointment or a job appointment that may last up to 48 months. Job appointments may convert to probational appointments. Also, it may be filled as a detail and promoted within 12 months.
You must include all relevant education and experience on your official State application.
Resumes cannot be submitted in lieu of completing an application.
The duties that you describe in the Work Experience section of your application will be reviewed by State Civil Service as part of the process in determining if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job.
Your experience WILL NOT be evaluated based on the job title alone. You must describe your actual duties. If you are a current employee of the State of Louisiana it is important that you indicate in the “Duties” section for each job the specific programs that you worked in to receive credit for that experience.
List all prior employment. Work experience left off of your electronic application or only included in an attached resume will not be credited. Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The transcripts can be added as an attachment to your online application. The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire.
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.
DCFS is an "Equal Opportunity Employer" and Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities".
For additional information about this vacancy, please contact Jasmine.Robertson.DCFS@La.Gov Minimum Qualifications
- 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 Concepts
Function of Work:
To provide the full range of paraprofessional accounting services.
Level of Work:
Advanced.
Supervision Received:
Generally from higher-level fiscal or administrative position.
Supervision Exercised:
May supervise lower-level paraprofessional fiscal or administrative positions.
Location of Work:
May be used by all state agencies.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from Accounting Specialist 2 by responsibility for preparation of basic-level financial reports.
Differs from professional accountants by assisting accounting professionals in the performance of various tasks within the accounting process.Examples of Work
Extracts information and prepares portions of reports and/or schedules for higher-level accounting professionals in a budget unit.
Extracts and manipulates information and prepares weekly or biweekly financial reports and schedules for state and federal reports to be used by higher level accounting professionals.
Responsible for posting and journalizing ledgers and preparing financial accounts reports such as those for complex grants in a large central fiscal office.
Reconciles biweekly or monthly bank statements/accounts.
Prepares biweekly financial projections.