Staff Accountant 1 (Entry Level)
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Staff Accountant 1 (Entry Level)
Salary
$5,000.00 Monthly
Location
Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type
Unclassified
Job Number
R00113089
Department
LSU-Baton Rouge
Opening Date
02/05/2026
Closing Date
2/19/2026 12:01 AM Central
Description
Benefits
About this Job
This position is an entry-level, unclassified position in the Accounts Payable & Travel division of Accounting Services. This position maintains the procure-to-payment function of invoices for purchases that are not subject to competition (direct charge) for LSU A&M, LSU at Eunice, and Pennington Biomedical Research Center campuses. This position serves as the primary contact for direct charge invoice payments and questions, which requires proficiency in university procurement policies and procedures to ensure compliance. This position maintains the enrollment requests of the university procurement card (LaCarte) and vendor enrollment for electronic payments.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in accounting or a business-related field with at least 24 accounting hours; 2 years of directly applicable professional experience can be substituted for 24 hours of accounting, or 2 years of professional experience can be substituted for up to 9 hours of accounting.LSU values skills, experience, and expertise. Candidates who have relevant experience in key job responsibilities are encouraged to apply- a degree is not required as long as the candidate meets the required years of experience specified in the job description.(per La. RS 42:36).
Job Specification
Physical Qualifications:
Physical ability and eye-hand coordination necessary to use a computer terminal, calculator, copier, telephone, and other office equipment. Ability to sit in the same position for extended periods (3.5-4 hours) at a time using continuous hand motions when using a calculator or entering data into the computer system; overtime may be required during peak times, during the fiscal year-end process, or while working on special projects.
Job Duties and Other Information
0% Audits direct charge supplier invoices and miscellaneous check requests to ensure compliance with university purchasing policies and procedures. Audits invoices for correct spend categories assigned to purchases to ensure accuracy of the university ledgers. Accounts for the accuracy of the supplier IDs assigned to direct charge invoices to ensure invoice payments are remitted to the correct supplier location. Reviews direct charge invoices for small dollar amounts to determine if the invoice can be paid with the LaCarte card.
25% Confers with the Office of Procurement Services and university departments to resolve problems resulting from procurement issues. Provides assistance and responds to questions received from university departments with regard to proper procedures to follow when making purchases via direct charge. Communicates with the Office of Procurement Services regarding supplier record changes, policies, and procedures. Communicates with university suppliers pertaining to the payment of invoices, deductions taken, etc.
15% Maintains the enrollments and maintenance requests for the university procurement card (i.e., LaCarte) and for ePayables vendors by updating Bank of America's web-based system, WORKS; maintains and provides guidance for the electronic payments (i.e., ePayables and Paymode) workflow process, which includes accounting for the report of new supplier elections, assigning the account numbers to the ePayables suppliers, and assisting with the enrollment of new ePayables suppliers.
10% Assists with fiscal year-end processing related to direct charge payments. Assists with the participant, refunds, and royalty miscellaneous payments business process via the miscellaneous payments EIB. Maintains requests for the university sales tax exemption certificate. Provides backup services, performs other duties as assigned, and assists with special projects and events assigned by the Assistant Director or Associate Director.
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
Employer
State of Louisiana
Address
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Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802
Phone
(866) 783-5462
Website
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