What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accountant Administrator 5 position at State of Louisiana?
Department MISSION
DCFS is working to keep children safe, helping individuals and families become self-sufficient, and providing safe refuge during disasters.
Department VISION
We care for the well-being and safety of Louisiana's people.
Department VALUES
Treating all people with dignity, compassion and respect, while providing services with integrity.
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 or by promotion of a permanent classified employee.
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 or assessment is required 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 via e-mail: Shanita.Smith.DCFS@La.Gov
Two years of the required experience for the following minimum qualifications must have been at the supervisory level or above:
Eight 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 plus five years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR
A bachelor’s degree with twenty-four semester hours in accounting plus five years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR
A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, or statistics plus five years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR
An advanced degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, quantitative methods, or statistics plus four years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR
Possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license plus three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking.
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.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.
Salary : $7,540 - $14,792
