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171820
STATE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM SUPERVISOR
AS620     $57,408 - $112,570
Creation Date: 07/01/2009
Change Date: 10/01/2022

FUNCTION OF WORK:
To supervise subprograms within a statewide fiscal management program and assist in implementing accounting standards.
LEVEL OF WORK:
Supervisor
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Broad review from a State Accounting System Manager or higher-level personnel.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
Line over State Accounting System Consultants; functional over departmental fiscal personnel on a project basis; functional over peers on a project basis. Daily over State Departments in matters relating to meeting Accounting policy and standards.
LOCATION OF WORK:
Division of Administration, Office of Statewide Reporting and Accounting Policy.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from State Accounting System Consultant 4 by the continuous direct line supervision over State Accounting System Consultants.

Differs from State Accounting System Manager by the absence of major program responsibilities.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
CORE COMPETENCIES HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED BY STATE CIVIL SERVICE FOR THIS JOB TITLE. MORE INFORMATION ON THE SCS COMPETENCY MODEL CAN BE FOUND HERE.

EXAMPLES OF WORK:
EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Supervises Statewide Fiscal Management subprograms in the Division of Administration, such as fund reporting/note disclosure, ACFR development, accounts receivable/cost allocation, revenues/expenditures/debt, system maintenance, transaction processing, policy/help, payment processing, and systems reporting/design.

Serves as consultant for a selected group of agencies/departments in matters relating to accounting policy and standards.

Develops and revises statewide accounting procedures.

Supervises subordinates and participates in the preparation of statewide accounting policy and procedure manual and the development of training programs as needed.

Confers with management, executive and fiscal personnel in agencies to resolve highly complex problems, provide technical assistance, and to recommend alternatives in operations.

Supervises and participates in the preparation of the most complex fund statements, such as the General Fund and Bond Security and Redemption Funds under the governmental fund types, for the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.

Supervises and participates in the preparation of statewide year-end close and annual report procedures.

Supervises and participates in assessing the training needs of agency and in-house personnel.

Develops and generates special automated reports for state agencies and for public use.

Serves as project leader to convert large and complex agency accounting systems to the statewide centralized automated accounting system.

Researches state-of-the-art governmental accounting techniques through professional literature and correspondence with external governmental entities.

Supervise and participates in the preparation and negotiation of the Cash Management Improvement Act (CMIA) agreement between the State of Louisiana and the United States Department of the Treasury.

Supervises and participates in the preparation of an annual CMIA report on interest liability to the federal government.

Serves as the appropriation control officer for the Division of Administration.

Supervises and participates in the development and maintenance of an office website on the internet and serves as the liaison between the office and the Data Commission.

Directs and participates in special fiscal management projects as assigned.

Monitor the effects of policy and procedure changes on accounting subsystems.

Evaluate system processes to detect conflicts with policy and recommend correctional action to management, state agency and other control personnel.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A baccalaureate degree with twenty-four semester hours in accounting plus four years of professional level experience in accounting or financial auditing.

SUBSTITUTIONS:
A CPA certificate will substitute for the baccalaureate degree with twenty-four semester hours in accounting plus one year of the required experience.

A master's degree in accounting, business administration, finance, management, economics, quantitative methods or public administration will substitute for one year of the required experience.

NOTE:
Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.