Accountant Manager 1
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Accountant Manager 1
Salary
$5,023.00 - $9,856.00 Monthly
Location
Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
OS/DRT/220469
Department
LDH-Office of Secretary
Opening Date
04/28/2026
Closing Date
5/8/2026 11:59 PM Central
Description
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About this Job
The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.
Learn more about Louisiana Department of Health (https://ldh.la.gov/)
Take on a leadership role where your financial expertise drives the accuracy and integrity of cash management operations across the Louisiana Department of Health. In this position, you'll oversee critical processes including deposits, reconciliations, reporting, and compliance-ensuring alignment with state and federal requirements.
You'll lead and develop a team, improve workflows, and collaborate with leadership and oversight agencies to support audits and statewide reporting. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact, strengthen internal controls, and help shape financial operations at a statewide level.
Minimum Qualifications
Seven 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 four years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR
A bachelor's degree with twenty-four semester hours in accounting plus four 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 four 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 three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR
Possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license plus two years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking.
EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.
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=159710) .
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:
Oversees daily operations of the Cash Management Section, including supervision of staff responsible for revenue classification, deposit processing, LaGov entries, and reconciliation of financial activity across LDH programs.
Ensures accuracy and timeliness of deposits and revenue processing while maintaining compliance with internal controls, state regulations, and federal audit requirements.
Oversees classification, documentation, and reconciliation of complex cash receipts and refunds, ensuring transactions are properly coded and recorded in LaGov in accordance with statewide accounting standards.
Supervises monthly reconciliation of Treasury bank activity and LaGov records, ensuring discrepancies are researched, resolved, and documented in compliance with fiscal and accounting requirements.
Oversees preparation and review of internal and external cash reports, ensuring accuracy and compliance with statewide reporting policies and coordinating data for quarterly accounts receivable reporting.
Manages staff performance and development through training, coaching, evaluations, and process improvements; ensures completion of required documentation and maintenance of detailed desk procedures.
Collaborates with leadership and oversight entities to support audits, respond to information requests, maintain banking system access, and recommend updates to policies and procedures to ensure compliance with GAAP and regulatory requirements.
Position-Specific Details:
Location:Office of the Secretary / Fiscal Services / East Baton Rouge Parish
Appointment Type: This position will be filled as a Probationary appointment
Cost Center: 3071050701
Position Number(s): 2279
Compensation: This position is eligible for the following Special Entrance Rate (SER)
Accountant Manager 1 - $30.43 hr / $ 2,434.40 bi-weekly
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 the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
For information on how to check your application status and understand status updates, please click HERE (https://ldh.la.gov/assets/docs/hr/Forreferenceonly/LDH-Application-Status-Guide-4.2026.pdf) .
Contact Information:
Deanda Thymes
Deanda.Thymes@la.gov
LA Department of Health (LDH)
Division of Human Resources
PO Box 4818
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
225-342-6477
This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.
LDH supports Louisiana's commitment to being a State as a Model Employer (SAME) by promoting the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.
Information on the Louisiana Works, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services is available here (https://www.laworks.net/workforcedev/lrs/lrs_rehabilitation.asp) .
LDH is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to recruit a highly productive and diverse workforce and will provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and prospective employees. Employment decisions shall be based strictly on merit and without regard to religious or political beliefs, sex, race, or any other non-merit factor.
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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Describe your experience with cash management, banking operations, or revenue accounting. Include the @types of duties you performed and the environment in which you gained this experience. If no experience, @type "N/A".
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Describe your level of experience performing and completing detailed reconciliations. If no experience, @type "N/A".
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Describe your level of experience with the LaGov accounting system. Include the modules, transactions, or financial processes you used and how frequently you used the system. If no experience, @type "N/A".
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Describe your experience researching and resolving discrepancies involving deposits, general ledger balances, or other financial transactions. If no experience, @type "N/A".
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To ensure compliance with LDH Nepotism Policy#41, if you have any immediate family members that are currently employed by LDH, please list the name and relationship. Please @type "N/A" if no immediate family members are employed by LDH.
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State of Louisiana
Address
1201 N 3rd St
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802
Phone
(866) 783-5462
Website
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