ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST 1, 2 OR ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN
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ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST 1, 2 OR ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN
Salary
$2,387.00 - $4,089.00 Monthly
Location
Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
55/204213/ACC12TCH/02.06.26-AS
Department
DOTD-Engineering & Operations
Division
Section 55
Opening Date
02/06/2026
Closing Date
2/15/2026 11:59 PM Central
Description
Benefits
Questions
About this Job
Section 55 Unit 004
55/204213/ACC12TCH/02.06.26-AS
At DOTD, our mission is to empower communities and improve lives by delivering responsive, inclusive, and forward-thinking public services. We are proud to serve the people of Louisiana with integrity, innovation, and a deep commitment to equity.
About This Position:
This position must possess an extensive knowledge of DOTD Business Services and Procedures Manual and DOTD Purchasing Rules and Regulations, to report and document all accounting processes. Incumbent participates in DOTD structured training programs as appropriate and attends all continuing education classes and conferences deemed necessary to facilitate the performance of required tasks. Additionally, the incumbent is required to possess the following specialized knowledge, skills and abilities:
Maintain vendor files and contracts.
Maintain payables according to fiscal year.
Skilled with a working knowledge of SAP including but not limited to the following transactions: MIGO, MIR7, FV60, FV65, FBL1, FBL1N, FBV2, FBV3, FK03, XK03, ME2N, ME23N,
Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel and Word).
Skilled in typing, personal computer, fax machine, copier, printers, and phone
While in an official capacity, DOTD employees must comply with applicable Louisiana and Civil Services laws, rules, and regulations, as well as DOTD policies, procedures, manuals, and directives.
Please visit our DOTD Career Center for more information about our agency:
http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Inside\LaDOTD/Divisions/Mgmt\Finance/HR/Pages/Career_Center.aspx
Minimum Qualifications
One year 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 Specification
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=136950) .
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:
Incumbent receives, prepares and enters invoices from external vendors or contractors for payment on a daily basis and has responsibility for ensuring accurate processing of all payables, which requires the ability to make decisions to ensure coding is consistent with Section's budget allocation and Section policy. Incumbent must maintain role of requisitioner. Accountable for accurate budget reporting by auditing expenditures prior to payment; confirming validity of charges; proper coding.
Incumbent audits and verifies that expense accounts for traveling employees of Sections 42, 50, 51 and 55 comply with DOTD's Policy and Procedure Memorandum on Travel and the Division of Administration's State Travel Regulations before processing for payment. Emails Financial Services with employee's name, personnel number and date of hire, enabling new employees to request reimbursement. Includes verification of correct travel documents, including Travel Authorization, Employee Affidavit, and Travel Expense Account Coding Sheet.
Processes payment of invoices for the statewide hazardous waste contract totaling approximately $300,000.00 annually and invoices for fuel deliveries to our ferry location totaling approximately $300,000.00 annually.
Processes payment of utility bills for Sections 42, 51 and 52. Extracts and manipulates information from SAP and prepares report of expenditures as needed by supervisor. Runs SAP document journal reports monthly to monitor purchase order partial payments, verifying that report totals reconcile with vendor monthly files.
Position Specific Details:
Appointment Type: Probational, Promotional, or Job Appointment
Compensation :
Career Progression: This position may be filled as a as Accounting Specialist 1, 2 or Accounting Technician depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant(s).
Accounting Specialist 1 has a SER of $1,234.40/ Biweekly
Accounting Specialist 2 has a SER of $1,320.80/ Biweekly
Accounting Technician has a SER of $1,512.00/ Biweekly
Please refer to the "Job Specifications" tab located at the top of the LA Careers "Current Job Opportunities" page of the Civil Service website for specific information on salary ranges, minimum qualification and job concepts for each level.
How To Apply:
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.
Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Dennis McCrory
Admin Program Manager 2
225-379-1516
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) is an equal employment opportunity employer and serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities. DOTD does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, disability, age, or pregnancy, and prohibits harassment of any @type.
Information on the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services is available: https://www.laworks.net/workforcedev/lrs/lrs_rehabilitation.asp
Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.
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
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Are you a permanent LA DOTD employee?
Yes
No
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Are you a probational LA-DOTD employee?
Yes
No
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Are you a current or former employee of the State of Louisiana?
Yes
No
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If so, for which state agency(ies) do you/did you work and during what time period(s)? If not, indicate "NA".
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To ensure compliance with PPM #9, DOTD Nepotism Policy, please list the name and relationship with any immediate family members that are currently employed by the LA-DOTD. Please @type "N/A" if there are no immediate family members?
Required Question
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State of Louisiana
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the supplemental information above.
Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802
Phone
(866) 783-5462
Website
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