Financial Analyst Temporary Jobs in Baton Rouge, LA

About this Job The Department of Environmental Quality/Office of Management and Finance has a vacancy. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality's (LDEQ) mission is to provide service to the people of Louisiana through comprehensive environmental protection in order to promote and protect health, safety and welfare. Join a dedicated Human Resources team that supports more than 700 employees across multiple LDEQ offices.

In this position, you'll play a key role in ensuring accurate payroll and benefits administration, maintaining data integrity, and supporting critical compliance functions that keep the agency running smoothly. This position offers meaningful, fast-paced work with opportunities to contribute to agency-wide improvements and strengthen HR operations. An ideal candidate should possess the following competencies: Communicating Effectively: The ability to convey information, ideas, and emotions using structured communication methods that promote understanding and engagement.

Demonstrating Accountability: The ability to take ownership of actions, behaviors, performance, decisions, and outcomes. Following Policies and Procedures: The ability to follow, reinforce, adapt, or develop policies and procedures to maintain compliance with federal and state legal requirements, State Civil Service rules, and organizational policies. Minimum Qualifications Three years of human resources experience; OR Six years of full-time experience in any field; OR A bachelor's degree.

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: Payroll & Benefits Support - Maintain and analyze payroll, benefits, retirement, and timekeeping data in LaGov HCM to ensure accuracy and timely processing. Reporting & Auditing - Generate, audit, and reconcile HR reports used to monitor personnel actions, data integrity, and compliance across multiple divisions. Employee Administration - Process separations, reallocations, permanent status actions, and other personnel transactions while ensuring documentation accuracy.

Agency & Vendor Coordination - Communicate with OGB, LASERS, TRSL, OSUP, and other agencies to resolve benefits, retirement, and payroll matters. Special Projects & Support - Assist with policy development, crisis leave administration, PPA processing, and serve as backup within the Benefits and Payroll Consultant Group. Position-Specific Details: Appointment Type: This position may be filled as either a probational appointment, job appointment (a temporary appointment not to exceed four years), or promotion of permanent classified employee.

If the position is filled as a job appointment, it could be converted to a probational appointment should funding become available. Domicile: East Baton Rouge Career Progression: This position may be filled as a Human Resouces Analyst A, B, C or Human Resources Specialist depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant. 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. Human Resources Analyst A: $20.20 per hour Human Resources Analyst B: $21.61 per hour Human Resources Analyst C: $24.31 per hour Human Resources Specialist: $26.01 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

Office of the Secretary Office of Management and Finance Office of Environmental Services Office of Environmental Compliance Office of Environmental Assessment 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 This agency participates in the E-Verify system for verification of citizenship and employment authorization

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities. Equal Opportunity Employer.