NEOGOV · 22 hours ago
Accountant 1 - 4
Baton Rouge, LA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid, Senior Level
$3,345/mo - $6,566/mo
3+ years expNEOGOV is seeking an Accountant 1-4 for the Louisiana Department of Health's SNAP/DDS Fraud Recovery Unit. This role involves analyzing and reconciling fraud recoveries, ensuring accuracy across funding streams, and maintaining audit-ready records while collaborating with various federal and state agencies.
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Responsibilities
Performs Complex Reconciliations and Fund Analysis: Independently reconciles high-volume cash transactions for SNAP and DDS fraud recovery, ensuring alignment with LaGov general ledger balances, cost centers, and fund types
Supports Federal Financial Reporting and Grant Monitoring: Prepares supporting schedules and documentation for federal reports. Verifies expenditures and revenues align with grant terms. Compiles data for federal drawdown schedules and supports timely reporting through reconciliation and validation
Oversees Transaction Processing and LaGov Monitoring: Processes and/or monitors LaGov transactions related to fraud recovery and SNAP/DDS collections. Reviews parked or rejected entries, works with program or fiscal staff to resolve coding errors, and ensures transactions are properly classified by fund and cost center
Maintains Audit-Ready Records and Responds to Data Requests: Maintains documentation required for internal, state, or federal audits. Assists in preparing responses to audit findings. Ensures records are properly organized and retrievable by cost center, grant, or transaction type
Reviews and Provides Technical Support to Other Staff: Assists entry-level staff with transaction coding, documentation standards, and reporting timelines. Reviews work for accuracy and compliance with OSRAP and federal guidance. Serves as a resource for questions related to cost classification and LaGov navigation
Qualification
Required
Three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking
Six years of full-time experience in any field plus twenty-four semester hours in accounting
A bachelor's degree with twenty-four semester hours in accounting
A bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, or statistics
An advanced degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, quantitative methods, or statistics
Possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license
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
Benefits
Insurance Coverage
Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave
Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Mardi Gras, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Retirement– State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works).
Company
NEOGOV
NEOGOV is the leading provider of workforce management software uniquely designed for the public sector, education, and public safety.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
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$700MKey Investors
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2025-07-28Secondary Market· $700M
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