Accountant Manager 1

State of Louisiana•Baton Rouge, LA

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About The Position

The Division of Administration/Office of Risk Management (ORM) has a vacancy for an Accountant Manager. ORM manages all state insurance covering property and liability exposures and all claims made against the state or any state agency. ORM also serves as the State of Louisiana public facilities sub-recipient representative for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance (PA) Grants. The Accountant Manager in the Accounting Section serves as the primary assistant to the Accountant Administrator in managing governmental and financial accounting functions and risk management fiscal processes. This role provides direct supervision over three Accounting professionals and manages accounting and financial operations related to insurance claims, underwriting, and FEMA PA grants. The Division of Administration is the state government’s management arm and the hub of its financial operations, overseeing programs such as capital construction, grants, budget development, technology services, purchasing, and disaster recovery.

Requirements

Seven 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 four years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR A bachelor’s degree with twenty-four semester hours in accounting plus four 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 four 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 three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR Possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license plus two years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking.
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.

Responsibilities

Performs personnel supervision and administration.
Manages duties and responsibilities of the Unit.
Maintains a thorough understanding of numerous accounting areas including fund receipts, premium accounts receivable and collection management; accounts payable, purchase order, contract and employee travel payments and procurement card management; and general accounting functions.
Oversees the preparation of various informational reports, periodic or recurring management reports and/or other ad hoc reports requested for internal or external users.
Manages the complex development and assembly of various reports required annually by Office of Statewide Reporting & Accounting Policy.
Ensures accurate and on-time daily wire funding of contractual commitments to Third Party Administrator (TPA) for insurance claim and expense payments.
Reviews and approves daily transactions in State systems, related to TPA claim payments; and month-end reconciliations and allocation of costs.
Plans and oversees monitoring of TPA fiscal activities, including payments made on behalf of the risk management program through the large and complex contract.
Supervises and supports accountants in varied assignments and processes related to a secondary accounting system maintained for statutorily required line of insurance reporting, and to provide a subsidiary ledger system for management of insurance premiums billed to and collected from agency clients.
Manages Unit roles related to federal grant operations for all presidentially declared disasters where ORM is sub-recipient representative.
Oversees processes and staff to analyze claim transactions, prepare entries, maintain detailed records and manage the complex reconciliations, correction and alignment of historical payments for past disaster claim activities, between multiple systems.
Manages, reviews the work of staff and supports Administrator in the complex preparation of statistical calculations and reports related to analysis of claim data.
Evaluates internal control structures to identify areas of financial and operational risk.
Provides recommendations to Administrator on new procedures or process changes to strengthen controls; and leads or supports implementation of approved changes.
Develops and maintains proficiency in various systems and software applications, databases and with spreadsheets in order to train, coach and/or support unit personnel.
Assumes the duties of the Administrator in his/her absence.