Staff Accountant 1 - Entry Level

Position Overview

Title:

Staff Accountant 1 - Entry Level

Type:
Professional / Unclassified

Department: LSUAM FA - AS
- Payroll
- Payments
- Admin
- Graduate Assistants, Faculty and Professional (Lorin Oliver ))

Location:

0204 Thomas

D. Boyd Hall

Pay Grade:
Professional

This position is a non-supervisory, unclassified position in the Payroll section of the Office of Accounting Services. The primary purpose of this position is processing personnel forms for graduate assistants, faculty, and professional staff for the Baton Rouge paid campuses—LSU A&M in Baton Rouge, LSU Agricultural Center, and Pennington Biomedical Research Center, and LSU in Eunice, Alexandria, and Shreveport. This position requires a basic knowledge of the following LSU computer Workday systems: HCM, Payroll, and FIN.

• 30% Payroll Processing and Reporting Processes monthly payroll for teaching and research graduate assistants, as well as academic and professional employees across multiple campuses. Performs retroactive payroll calculations to correct prior-period payroll adjustments. Initiates payroll cycles, resolves payroll processing errors, reviews audit reports, balances payroll records, and generates payroll reports for distribution.
• 25% Manual Payroll Calculations and Terminations Calculates gross pay and related deductions for personnel actions that are not processed through the retro pay cycle, including partial payments with no transactions in the database when payrolls are processed. Verifies termination leave calculations for academic and professional employees and calculates net over payments resulting from late terminations. Reviews and releases all late GA termination transactions, prepares bank request sheets to recover over payments, and prepares journal entries and correspondence to establish receivables for repayment.
• 20% Payroll Support, Compliance, and Employee Assistance Communicates with LSU Human Resources offices, the Graduate School, departments, and employees regarding payroll transactions and activities. Reviews personnel and tax-related forms for nonresident employees to ensure compliance with IRS regulations and federal tax treaty requirements. Maintains working knowledge of employment and tax laws and LSU policies. Participates in seminars and provides guidance to departments on payroll procedures and applicable Workday processes and testing.
• 10% Fringe Benefits and Tax Reporting Assists with ensuring taxable and nontaxable fringe benefits are accurately loaded into Workday as income and additional pay components. Verifies that fringe benefits are properly included in employee income and that the appropriate amounts are reported on Form W-2 in accordance with IRS regulations. Updates fringe benefit spreadsheets and performs monthly reconciliations to Workday system reports.
  
  Maintains working knowledge of IRS regulations related to taxable and nontaxable fringe benefits and applicable FASOP AS-12 requirements.
• 15% Summer School Support and Special Project Assists with summer budget loads, balancing activities, and the balancing of EIB loads associated with summer research payments. Performs other duties and special projects as assigned by Payroll and Accounting Services management, as applicable.

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field; 24 hours of college accounting courses
• Degree Substitute: LSU values skills, experience, and expertise. Candidates who have relevant experience in key job responsibilities are encouraged to apply—a degree is not required as long as the candidate meets the required years of experience specified in the job description. (per La. RS 42:36)
• This position regularly engages in financial matters, including handling credit cards, cash, grant funds, or other university funds, and must undergo a credit check per FASOP HR-04.

• Proficient with computers and advanced MS Office skills; 10-key by touch with a high degree of speed and accuracy. Experience applying standard accounting principles and proven verbal and written communication skills. Multitasking capabilities.
• Physical ability and hand-eye coordination necessary to use a computer terminal, calculator, copier, telephone, and other office equipment. Ability to sit in the same position for extended periods (3.5 to 4 hours) at a time using continuous hand motions when using a calculator or entering data in the computer system.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively through telephone and direct contact with individuals.

Position: is not eligible for remote work; requires ability to conduct presentations and training; may require occasional overtime; may not allow leave during critical times due to workload; and may require occasional travel.

All candidates must have valid U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and maintain that valid work authorization throughout employment.

LSU is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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