ACCOUNTANT ADMINISTRATOR 3

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ACCOUNTANT ADMINISTRATOR 3

Salary

$5,477.00 - $10,740.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

194796

Department

DOS-Secretary of State

Opening Date

05/14/2024

Closing Date

5/28/2024 11:59 PM Central

• Description

• Benefits

• Questions

Supplemental Information

Louisiana is a State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities.

One vacancy is located in the Accounting Division of the Secretary of State , Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA.

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.

• 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:

  Ashley Rathcke, HR Specialist

  Secretary of State Nancy Landry

  Human Resource Division

  P. O. Box 94125

  Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125

  ashley.rathcke@sos.la.gov

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A baccalaureate degree with twenty-four hours in accounting plus five years of professional level experience in accounting or financial auditing, two years of which must have been at the supervisory level or above.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

A certified public accountant (CPA) certificate will substitute for the baccalaureate degree with twenty-four semester hours in accounting plus one year of the general experience.

A master's degree in accounting, business administration, finance, management, economics, quantitative methods, or public administration will substitute for one year of the required general experience.

SUBSTITUTIONS FOR DEGREE ONLY:

Six years of full-time work experience in any field may be substituted for the required baccalaureate degree (not the 24 hours in accounting).

Candidates without a baccalaureate degree may combine work experience and college credit to substitute for the baccalaureate degree (not the 24 hours in accounting) as follows:

A maximum of 120 semester hours may be combined with experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.

30 to 59 semester hours credit will substitute for one year of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

60 to 89 semester hours credit will substitute for two years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

90 to 119 semester hours credit will substitute for three years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

120 or more semester hours credit will substitute for four years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

College credit earned without obtaining a baccalaureate degree may be substituted for a maximum of four years full-time work experience towards the baccalaureate degree. Candidates with 120 or more semester hours of credit, but without a degree, must also have at least two years of full-time work experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.

NOTE: Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Job Concepts

Function of Work:

To serve as chief financial officer for a state agency.

Level of Work:

Administrator.

Supervision Received:

Generally from a Deputy Undersecretary or other high-level administrator.

Supervision Exercised:

Generally over at least two professional accountant positions. Agency hierarchy and reporting relationships will also be considered when making allocations at this level.

Location of Work:

May be used by all state agencies.

Job Distinctions:

Differs from Accountant Managers by serving as chief fiscal officer of an agency.

Differs from other Accountant Administrators by executive budget, T.O., fiscal subordinates, organizational units, and funding sources.

See allocation criteria memo for details.

Examples of Work

Directs the fiscal office and all fiscal activities including budget preparation and the annual financial statement for the agency.

Sets fiscal and performance objectives; monitors accomplishment of objectives.

Consults with external and internal auditors, state, and federal and local officials regarding the financial operations of the entity.

Serves on department and statewide committees in the design, development, and implementation of new management information, accounting, and reporting systems.

Testifies before legislative committees relative to the financial operations of the agency.

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

  01

  Do you possess 24 semester hours in accounting from a regionally accredited college?

• Yes

• No

  02

  If you answered 'yes' to the previous question, please type each course name, semester hours earned, and the accredited university. If you answered 'no,' type N/A. Example: ACCT 2001 - Introductory Financial Accounting - 3 hrs – LSU

  03

  Do you have a current certified public accountant (CPA) certificate?

• Yes

• No

  04

  If you answered yes to the previous question, please list your certification number, issue date, and expiration date. If no, please type N/A.

  05

  This position requires two years of professional-level supervisory experience in accounting or financial auditing. Please indicate which jobs on your application were supervisory. If you do not have experience as a supervisor in accounting or financial auditing, type N/A.

  Required Question

Agency

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

Website

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

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