State Accounting System Consultant

The Division of Administration/Office of Statewide Reporting and Accounting Policy has a vacancy. This job title has an assigned pay grade of AS-620.

The Office of Statewide Reporting and Accounting Policy (OSRAP) is a statewide control and service agency within the Division of Administration with responsibility for preparing the state’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and establishing a uniform system of accounting for all state agencies. The Financial Systems section within OSRAP is responsible for statewide financial system maintenance, transaction and payment processing, policy development and assistance, system design and reporting, and master vendor file maintenance.

This is an advanced‑complex position in the Financial Systems section with highly specialized, technical responsibilities over statewide fiscal management subprograms. The position exercises functional supervision over departmental fiscal personnel and peers to accomplish statewide fiscal management objectives of the agency.

• Overseeing the state’s capital construction program
• Working to provide state and federal grants for community development
• Development of the state budget
• Providing technology services
• Giving agencies guidance in the state purchasing and contracting process as they seek goods and services
• Administering a program that provides federal funds to help Louisiana residents recover from a series of devastating hurricanes

Six 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 three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR

A bachelor’s degree with twenty‑four semester hours in accounting plus three 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 three 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 two years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR

Possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license plus one year 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.

• Implement and perform routine quality assurance checks over the master vendor file to ensure compliance with policies and procedures, identify and assess training needs of in‑house personnel, and suggest improvements to vendor processes;
  Develop and generate special automated reports for analysis of vendor and customer data, as needed, for internal use or use by state agencies and/or the public;
  Develop and maintain statewide vendor and customer policies and procedures;
• Research best practices for master vendor file maintenance and vendor payments, including electronic fund transfers (EFT); keep up‑to‑date on IRS regulations related to vendors and 1099 reporting to update statewide policies and procedures as needed; resolve complex agency and vendor problems related to purchasing and payments, including, but not limited to, 1099 reporting, EFT, interagency transfers, backup withholding, assignment of contracts and proceeds,…