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The Accountant 4 position is located within Fiscal Operations – Appropriation Control. The position is primary responsible for financial control, complex reports, and payable activities ensuring compliance with OSRAP and other control agency policies, and the state public finance law.

Candidates who possess the following skills and experience are encouraged to apply:

The preferred candidate should have leadership skills and experience using LaGov (SAP) and Excel.

Position is located in Baton Rouge, LA. The person(s) hired are expected to regularly report to the Baton Rouge office. Positions may be filled as probationary new hire, or by promotion of any current permanent classified Louisiana State employee. Current permanent classified state employees may be required to accept a probationary appointment, if selected.

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For further information about this vacancy contact:

ldoejobs@la.gov

Louisiana Department of Education – Human Resources

PO Box 94064

Baton Rouge, LA 70804

Function of Work:
To provide specialized professional accounting services to an agency.

Level of Work:
Advanced.

Supervision Received:
Generally from an Accountant Manager or higher-level fiscal/administrative position.

Supervision Exercised:
May supervise one lower level fiscal professional.

Location of Work:
May be used by all state agencies.

Job Distinctions:
Differs from Accountant 3 by the presence of serving as a technical specialist over assigned programs.

Differs from Accountant Supervisors and Managers by the absence of direct supervision of required Accounting subordinates.

See allocation criteria memo for details.

May serve as a technical specialist performing in-depth/expanded activities in programs requiring advanced knowledge, skills, and abilities.

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.