What are the responsibilities and job description for the ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN position at State of Louisiana?
This position is located in the Acadiana Area Human Services District – Lafayette Centralized Billing Unit.
This position provides fiscal/accounting and administrative support services. Work is performed in AAHSD’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) System, as well as other software. The EHR system is a web-based single system which streamlines business processes, ensuring that real-time data automatically flows between the electronic client record, billing engine, quality improvement, reporting and administrative dashboards. Duties include but are not limited to: Maintains the on-line accounting receivable system; Posts payments; Generates and prepares reports; Analyzes information; Investigates and corrects errors; Generates monthly insurance billing and works denials; Obtains, verifies, computes and enters client date and financial information; Verifies insurance eligibility. Incumbent must understand accounting procedures and processes and must be a proficient end user of AAHSD’s EHR system.
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.
*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*
If you are selected for this position and indicate that you have a degree, you will be required to submit an official transcript.
There is no guarantee that everyone who applies to this posting will be interviewed. The hiring supervisor/manager has 90 days from the closing date of the announcement to make a hiring decision. Specific information about this job will be provided to you in the interview process, should you be selected.
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Jennifer Sonnier, Human Resource Analyst
Jennifer.Sonnier@La.Gov
AAHSD – Human Resources
302 Dulles Drive
Lafayette, LA 70506
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.
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.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.
Salary : $2,922 - $5,734
