Salary : $5,260.67 - $9,211.00 Monthly
Location : Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type: Promotion
Job Number: 26-78 Accountant 4
Department: Department of Environmental Quality
Division: OMF FINANCIAL/ACCOUNTS PAYABLE & BUDGET
Opening Date: 07/23/2026
Closing Date: 7/28/2026 11:59 PM Central

About this Job
The Department of Environmental Quality/Office of Management and Finance has a vacancy.

This is an Internal Promotion - Open only to current permanent employees of DEQ
Join a high-impact financial team that supports budgeting, disaster billing, and expenditure control for all five LDEQ program offices. As an Accountant 4, you will serve as a technical expert in position control, personnel budgeting, and complex financial analysis-helping ensure accuracy, compliance, and accountability across a multimillion-dollar statewide agency.

Minimum Qualifications
Six 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 three years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR

A bachelor's degree with twenty-four semester hours in accounting plus three 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 three 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 two years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR

Possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license plus one year of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
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.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:

• Position Control & Personnel Budgeting - Serve as the department's technical expert for position control, salary budgeting, benefits expenditure tracking, and personnel data accuracy.
• Emergency & Disaster Billing - Compile, analyze, and manage incident and disaster billing data; coordinate with internal programs, federal/state agencies, and industry partners to ensure complete and accurate expenditure capture.
• Budget Development - Assist Accountant Managers and senior staff in preparing and analyzing budgets for five program offices, including federal, self-generated, statutory dedicated, and ancillary appropriations.
• Financial Reporting - Prepare and submit quarterly and semi-annual exposure reports to Risk Management and maintain required records to support departmental insurance coverage.
• Asset Master Data - Create and maintain the department's asset master data and perform additional financial duties as assigned to support the Accounts Payable & Budget Unit.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Promotion - Internal Open only to current permanent employees of DEQ
Domicile: East Baton Rouge

Compensation: This position offers a Special Entrance Rate (SER) listed below. This is the minimum compensation that may be offered. The job title and salary offered will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

• Accountant 4: $30.35 per hour

Overview of the five major offices within the agency: It provides information on the mission, function, and organization along with a biography for each member of management.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application if possible (PDF format preferred). The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire.
You must submit an equivalency evaluation statement for any international degree(s) by the closing of this announcement.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Sarah McFarland

LDEQ/Human Resources

P.O. Box 4303, Baton Rouge LA, 70821

225-219-3850

01

Have you completed twenty-four (24) semester hours in accounting from an accredited college or university?
02

If you answered "yes" to the previous question, please type each course name, semester hours earned, and the accredited university. If you answered "no", type N/A.Example: Acct 2001 - Introductory Financial Accounting - 3 hrs - LSU
03

Do you have a current Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license?

• Yes
• No

04

Are you a current permanent employee of DEQ?

• Yes
• No

Required Question