Chief Accountant; Class Code 0405

responsibilities

professional work in directing the financial management of a major accounting section which maintains citywide accounting functions and related official city financial records; and related work as required.

• a bachelor's degree in accounting from an accredited college or university
• or a bachelor's degree in any field with at least twenty-four (24) semester hours of accounting (credit only for semester hours listed on college transcript with an accounting course prefix)
• five (5) years of progressively responsible professional accounting experience with increasing responsibility performing accounting functions
• two (2) years of this experience must have included preparing or auditing financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (gaap)
• all related previous experience will be considered for qualification purposes; however credit on the rating of training and experience will only be given for experience gained within the last ten (10) years
• prior to appointment, the hiring agency is required to verify any education or licenses claimed by the applicant to qualify for this classification. If selected for hire, applicants must provide original documents of their qualifying credentials to the hiring agency prior to their start date in this job classification

the city of new orleans is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, creed, culture, or ancestry