Accountant, Financial Reporting, Financial Analyst

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.

Make an impact behind the numbers! Join LDH’s financial management team and play a key role in managing and reporting billions in Medicaid and LaCHIP federal and state resources. This position offers the opportunity to apply your accounting expertise to complex financial operations, including budgeting, grants management, cost accounting, and program analysis. If you’re ready to take on meaningful work with significant responsibility and help ensure resources are managed accurately and effectively,

• 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.

Job Duties:

• Prepare quarterly federal financial statements of expenditures for Medical Assistance, Medical Administration, LaCHIP, and 1915(b) Freedom of Choice Waiver programs.
• Enter, transmit, and explain federal financial reports, including CMS-64, CMS-10, and CMS-21 reports, and respond to federal reviewers regarding costs and reporting procedures.
• Maintain financial records, schedules, files, subsidiary records, and Excel spreadsheets supporting state and federal financial reporting requirements.
• Reconcile subsystem and manual financial records with LaGov reports and maintain proprietary accounts identifying expenditures across multiple funding sources.
• Develop and analyze financial reports, expenditure projections, trend analyses, and ad hoc reports to support program monitoring and federal budget estimates.
• Prepare schedules to reconcile unexpended and undrawn grant award authority and cash, and support the development and maintenance of cost allocation plans and methodologies.
• Communicate with federal and state auditors, fiscal intermediaries, cost allocation personnel, and agency officials to provide financial information, technical assistance, and resolve financial reporting and operational issues.

Position-Specific Details:

Location: Office of the Secretary / Fiscal Services / East Baton Rouge Parish

Appointment Type: This position may be filled as aProbationary appointment or Promotional appointment

Cost Center:

Position Number(s):

Compensation: This position is eligible for the following Special Entrance Rates (SER)

Accountant 4 - $30.35 hr / $2,428.00 bi-weekly

Contact Information:

Deanda Thymes

Deanda.

Thymes

LA Department of Health (LDH)

Division…