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.

OSRAP is the Louisiana Division of Administration’s service and control agency responsible for preparing the state’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), setting uniform accounting policies, and ensuring compliance with state, federal, and GASB standards.

This position provides support for the Statewide Vendor Program within OSRAP’s Financial Systems section. Primary duties include maintaining the statewide vendor master file, activating new vendors requesting to do business with a state agency, processing EFT enrollment requests from vendors, assisting state agencies and vendors with payment issues, and reviewing and approving system accounting entries submitted by state agencies.

The Division of Administration is the state government’s management arm and the hub of its financial operations. Division offices perform a wide variety of activities including the following:

• 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.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

This position is within OSRAP’s Financial Systems section, which is responsible for statewide financial system maintenance, transaction and payment processing, policy development and assistance, system design and reporting, and master vendor maintenance. Position duties include:

• Implement and perform routine quality assurance reviews of the statewide master vendor file to ensure compliance with policies and procedures, identify and deactivate duplicate records, assess personnel training needs, and recommend process improvements.
• Develop, maintain, and update statewide vendor and customer policies and procedures by researching best practices, monitoring IRS regulations related to vendors and 1099 reporting, and recommending improvements to vendor maintenance and payment processes, including electronic…