ACCOUNTANT Job Listing at City of Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, LA (Job ID 2400830-1)

Description

Job Announcement City of Baton Rouge/Parish of EBR

Job Title: ACCOUNTANT
Type of Vacancy: Open Competitive
Job Opening No.: 2400830-1
Job Code: 1404
Work Location: DHDS-HEADSTART ADMIN
Starting Salary: $19.7668 Hourly / $41,114 Annually
Pay Grade: 1210 Special Recruiting Rate: This classification has a special recruiting rate at Step 9 (Starting Salary $52,083 Annually)
Application Dates: 10/25/2024 - 11/07/2024
Application Times: Friday 12 Noon - Thursday

NOTE:
Applicants using education to qualify for any job MUST attach a copy of their degree or transcript to their application at the time of applying. Applicants applying for any position that requires an official certification MUST attach a copy of that certification at the time of applying. Applicants MAY use experience as a substitution only if the minimum requirements indicates such. Failure to provide documentation of education, licenses, certifications, and courses may result in your application being REJECTED or a lower application score.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Under the direction of a higher classification, performs professional accounting work in one of the various City-Parish departments requiring the performance of accounting activities. Work involves responsibility for the application of professional accounting principles, practices and techniques and the ability to apply them to municipal accounting situations. Additional responsibilities may include investing idle City-Parish monies, assisting with determining the type, amount and term of investments within the guidelines of the Investment Policy, providing leadership and guidance for statutory and ad-hoc audits of grant sub-recipients and conducting fiscal monitoring of sub-recipients. Supervision may be exercised over paraprofessional and clerical/fiscal personnel through the inspection of completed work. Performs other work as requested.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS


EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Bachelor's degree with at least twenty-four semester (thirty-six quarter) hours of a university professional accounting curriculum.

SUBSTITUTIONS
Master's degree with at least twenty-one semester (thirty-one and a half quarter) hours of a university professional accounting curriculum.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES/REGISTRATIONS
(Unless otherwise specified below, must possess at the time of appointment and must be maintained current throughout employment in this classification.) None.

OTHER JOB ASPECTS
None.

SELECTIVE CERTIFICATION
None.

EXAMINATION
Score derived from application grading.

APPLICATION NOTE
In your employment application, please include detailed information such as software and equipment used, documents produced, fiscal or legal duties performed, types of customer service provided, decisions made, guidelines followed, supervisory duties, etc. Failure to provide a detailed description of job duties may result in your application being rejected or a lower application score. Note: For the complete job specification, please visit www.brla.gov/hr. Career Assessment: Explore career options and take a free career assessment at www.brla.gov/careerguide.