ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST SUPERVISOR

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ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST SUPERVISOR

Salary

$3,345.00 - $6,566.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

418-207327-SAJ

Department

DPS-Office of Management & Finance

Opening Date

03/21/2025

Closing Date

3/28/2025 11:59 PM Central

• Description

• Benefits

• Questions

Supplemental Information

This vacancy is located in the Department of Public Safety, Office of Management and Finance - Financial Services division in East Baton Rouge Parish.

The position may be filled as a probational appointment, job appointment, or promotional opportunity.

No Civil Service test scoreis 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:

Samantha Johnson

Department of Public Safety/Office of Human Resources Management

7979 Independence Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70806

Fax: 225.925.3970

If you are contacted for an interview, please let us knowat that timeif you will need special accommodations.

NOTE: THE SELECTED CANDIDATE MUST TAKE AND PASS A DRUG SCREEN AND BACKGROUND CHECK PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT.

The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Public Safety Services, is a State as a Model Employer (SAME) agency that supports improved employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. For more information on employment-related resources available for those with disabilities, refer to theLouisiana Employment Resource Guide (http://www.laworks.net/Downloads/LRS/EmploymentResourceGuide_2018.pdf) _

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Four 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 duties while directly supervising a unit of paraprofessional fiscal positions in the performance of accounting duties.

Level of Work:

Supervisor.

Supervision Received:

Generally from a higher level fiscal or administrative position.

Supervision Exercised:

Generally over at least two paraprofessional accounting positions.

Location of Work:

May be used by all state agencies.

Job Distinctions:

Differs from Accounting Specialists by presence of supervisory duties over paraprofessional accounting positions.

Differs from Accountant Supervisor 1 by lack of professional accounting duties.

Examples of Work

Maintains accounting ledgers and other documents.

Approves transaction documents or batch documents.

Trains employees in the performance of job duties, assigns and reviews work of subordinates, ensures accuracy of unit/output, and measures and reports productivity of unit.

Responsible for posting and journalizing ledgers and preparing financial accounts reports.

Communicates with public and private accountants; state, federal, and independent auditors; banks; brokerage firms; and program or management personnel for the purpose of providing information and technical assistance needed to resolve problems.

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

  Are you a permanent classified employee of the Department of Public Safety?

• Yes

• No

  02

  To ensure compliance with DPS-PSS Policy 01-02.01 Nepotism, no individual may be hired, promoted, demoted or transferred within DPS, if the individual is related to another employee who is, or would be, within their line of supervision. Relative is defined as: child, step-child, sibling, spouse, parent, step-parent, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, grandchild, grandparent, and any "in law" relationship. Are you related to anyone employed with the Department of Public Safety, Public Safety Services?

• Yes

• No

  03

  If you answered "yes" to the above question, please list the name of your relative and relationship. If you answered "no" to the above question, enter N/A.

  04

  Do you have a valid Louisiana driver's license?

• Yes

• No

  05

  *Please review your application one more time for accuracy. Information omitted from the application will not be considered after job posting closes. * Did you list ALL your job experience and education on your application?

• Yes

• No

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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

Website

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

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