Accountant, Financial Reporting, Financial Analyst

At the Port of New Orleans, our mission is to drive economic prosperity throughout our tri‑parish jurisdiction:
Jefferson, Orleans and St. Bernard. We collaborate with state and local partners to ensure that we can continue to be a vital link to the world for businesses and consumers throughout Louisiana and beyond.

We are seeking a detail‑oriented and experienced Accountant 3 to support financial operations through advanced accounting analysis, reporting, and compliance. The role is responsible for preparing complex financial statements, reconciling accounts, ensuring adherence to policies and regulations, and providing guidance on accounting practices.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong technical expertise, problem‑solving skills, and the ability to work independently on assignments of significant scope and complexity.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

• Responsible for managing the Board’s Work Order Management system, which includes approximately 350 work orders across five categories totaling roughly $83M. The duties include managing issued work orders, reviewing and monitoring the approved budget and expenditures, conducting thorough review of the proper classification of GLA accounts and preparing journal entries adjustment, processing damage claims for invoicing to third parties, preparing journal entries for closing, conducting monthly analysis and reconciliations for the work order subsidiary ledger, preparing a work order analysis report, and coordinating with the Legal team to resolve inquiries related to Damage Type work orders as needed.
• Responsible for managing Fixed Asset Management by identifying and assessing work order accounts; monitoring the acquisition process, correctly capitalizing assets and expenditures, maintaining and preparing depreciation schedules and journal entries, overseeing asset disposal, and preparing necessary journal entry adjustments, and generating various fixed asset reports as requested.
• Assists in preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in accordance with GAAP and GASB standards, which duties include reviewing and conducting analysis of variances, preparing journal entries, maintaining and reconciling subsidiary ledgers, preparing financial reports related to expenditures and revenues, and analyzing expenses and revenues to evaluate the reasonableness of the accounts.
• Reviews and reconciles the GL accounts for Prepaid Expense, Miscellaneous Accruals, Bad Debt Reserves, various liability reserves such as Environmental, Workmen's Compensation, Liability Claims and others as may be assigned, and prepares a monthly analysis of each GL account to create journal entries. Review weekly AP invoices to ensure proper classification of GLA codes, then post them.
• Provides training and guidance to Accountant 2 on AP GLA classification, general ledger and trial balance analysis, journal entries procedures, AR and AP reconciliations, asset closing schedule, and Workman’s Compensation schedules.
• Supports the coordination and execution of the Board’s annual financial statement audit conducted by external auditors. Responsibilities include preparing audit work papers, compiling necessary documentation, and ensuring a smooth audit process. May also be involved in in‑depth research and analysis of accounting records and transactions at the request of the public accounting firm.
• Participates in the development of new accounting techniques and designs. Assist in other duties as may be assigned.

• Five 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 two years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial operations, payroll, or banking; OR
• A bachelor’s degree with twenty‑four semester hours in accounting plus two 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 two…