Accountant 1, 2, Or 3
About The Position
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections – Corrections Services is hiring an Accountant 1, 2, or 3 at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana. The role serves as an accountant for LSP and supervises Inmate Banking, providing accounting support in a correctional facility. The position works with and supports employees and adult male inmates across all custody levels, including minimum, medium, maximum (death row), and protective custody. The position is in the Accountant 1, 2, or 3 career progression group and will be filled at the level corresponding to the selected applicant’s experience; salary depends on experience. The appointment may be probationary, a promotion of a permanent classified Louisiana state employee, or—if used to fill a vacancy—a temporary job appointment. A permanent classified employee selected for promotion may be required to serve a trial detail. The agency describes its mission as promoting public safety and strengthening communities through fair, professional, and responsive corrections services. DOC highlights employee recognition, internal promotional opportunities, communication, and professional development. Benefits include a defined benefit pension, health insurance available post-retirement, at least 10 paid holidays, rollover sick and annual leave, compensation or accrued time off for hours worked over 40 per week, deferred compensation, a flexible benefits plan, and potentially alternate work schedules, including 4/10 schedules, subject to policy requirements. This is a 24-hour facility and a drug-free workplace. Applicants must authorize the HR office to contact prior employers for PREA reference checks by answering “YES” to the supplemental question. Degrees, certificates, special licenses, and DD-214s must be verified with official documentation before hire; qualifying college credit must be supported by transcripts. No Civil Service test score is required. Applicants must provide complete education and experience details in the application; resumes are not accepted in place of those sections.
Requirements
- Meet one of the following minimum qualification alternatives: three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; or six years of full-time experience in any field plus 24 semester hours in accounting; or a bachelor’s degree plus 24 semester hours in accounting; or a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, or statistics; or an advanced degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, quantitative methods, or statistics; or a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license.
- College-credit substitution: each 30 semester hours from an accredited college or university counts as one year toward the six years of full-time experience in any field, up to 120 semester hours (four years).
- Authorize the HR Office of DPS&C-Corrections Services to contact prior employers for PREA reference checks by answering “YES” to the supplemental question.
- Provide official documentation verifying any degree, certificate, special license, or DD-214 before hire; provide transcripts for qualifying experience based on college credit or hours.
- Include relevant, detailed education and experience information in the application; resumes are not accepted in lieu of completed application sections.
Responsibilities
- Serve as an accountant for Louisiana State Penitentiary and supervise Inmate Banking.
- Audit Rodeo daily deposit paperwork to ensure daily sales reconcile with reports.
- Coordinate collection of data needed to post the agency Visa bill to the appropriate organization and object codes. The bill consists of approximately 550 156Bs and $250,000 in transactions per month.
- Allocate monthly Visa purchase transactions in the Works program before the Administrative Director sweeps the transactions.
- Support employees and inmates in the correctional facility.
Benefits
- Defined benefit pension plan
- Health insurance available post-retirement
- At least 10 paid holidays
- Sick and annual leave that rolls over from year to year
- Paid compensation or accrued time off for hours worked over 40 per week
- Deferred compensation plan
- Flexible benefits plan
- Alternate work schedules may be available, including 4/10 schedules, subject to policy requirements
- Professional development and internal promotional opportunities
- Employee recognition programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
